Zapasy wojenne w Polsce w latach 1921-1926

War reserves, apart from war industrial production, import and services in kind constituted an essential element of material preparation to war. In the between the wars period they were called supply reserves by the state budget. They included mobilisation reserves and strategic reserves. Financial aspects caused that the state of Poland at the threshold of independence could not afford to collect both mobilisation and strategic reserves. According to the Chief of General Staff’s directive the main effort was concentrated on creating mobilisation reserves first. However, “inheriting in 1921 after the war (...) various assets of suspicious quality (...), that weathered two wars” and also limited budget possibilities caused that the state of war reserves radically departed from real armed forces needs. The lack of appropriate number of stores and organisational solutions also posed a serious problem.