Ocena zagrożenia wojennego w latach 1926-1935 w opinii kierownictwa wojska i jej wpływ na doktrynę wojenną

The May coup carried out by Piłsudski in May 1926 exerted a profound influence on the concept of the state defence, ensuring security on the eastern border including. However, the developments more conservative than in the period 1921- 1926 were adopted in the Polish war doctrine of the time under analysis, in spite of the fact that leading European countries adopted modern variants of waging war. The doctrine, which was suggested by Piłsudski, not taking into consideration real possibilities, rejected these assumptions which based on the French doctrine, not giving its own in return. The conservatism of the Polish war doctrine of the period under analysis showed in the fact that its main assumptions were not formed basing on scientific anticipations of professionals but on Piłsudski’s own opinions who ignored changes taking place in the military.