Kształtowanie się podstaw sztuki wojennej lotnictwa polskiego w latach 1945-1949

In the first post-war years, Polish air force war art used mainly the combat experiences of Russian Army air force in the Second World War. It was characteristic for Russian theoreticians, whose viewpoints inspired Polish strategies, to use the air forces, first of all, for joint operations with the land forces. Polish theoreticians were of the opinion that the only form of the air force actions, ena-bling them to reach an advantage in air, was to carry out offensive actions both over our territory and over the enemy country as well. It was believed that these actions should be conducted by all air force kinds. Col. Navigator, Józef Jungraw, a prominent Polish air force theoretician, stressed that the air force was an important part of the armed forces, capable of co-operating with the land forces, the navy and independent actions on the enemy country territory. Polish attempts of independent viewpoints on strategic and operational use of the air force finished in 1949 when, due to the Soviet Union dictatorship, a hasty unification of social - political life was started in Socialist countries.