Teoria i praktyka. Weryfikacja umiejętności dowódczych absolwentów Polskiej Szkoły Wojskowej w Genui i Cuneo (1861-1862) podczas powstania styczniowego (1863-1864)

Adam Buława

doi:10.21697/sc.2015.22.18

Published: 2016-09-20

Vol. 22 (2015)

Theory and practice. Verification commander skills graduates of Polish Military School in Genoa and Cuneo (1861-1862) during the January Uprising (1863-1864)

Adam Buława

Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings

Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2015.22.18

Abstract

In the run-up to independence uprising, from October 1861 to June 1862 thanks to permit the authorities of the United Kingdom of Italy and the intervention of Giuseppe Garibaldi functioned in Genoa and Cuneo Polish Military School was closed due to diplomatic pressure by the partitioning powers. Over the course of several months was the theoretical preparation of the January Uprising leadership cadre, and 15 graduates covered the self-command of the guerrilla armed parties. 4 of them belonged to the most prominent commanders for the entire war, also 4 can be regarded as promising. One showed just to be average, two were clearly weak. In two cases, it is difficult to set a clear assessment. For two commanders, former soldiers of the Austrian army were disappointing in the field. The Italic episode was an added element of military knowledge. The most significant was the individual’s characteristics, although it certainly proved to be a useful body of knowledge transmitted by the emigration of well-prepared teachers cadet school

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Polish Military School in Italy, Genoa, Cuneo, January Uprising commanders, theoretical preparation, commanding skills assessment in practice

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Buława, A. (2016). Theory and practice. Verification commander skills graduates of Polish Military School in Genoa and Cuneo (1861-1862) during the January Uprising (1863-1864). Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 22, 206–221. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2015.22.18

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Adam Buława

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WNHiS UKSW, Warszawa Poland

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dr Adam Buława, ur. 1971, adiunkt na Wydziale Nauk Historycznych i Społecznych UKSW –Zakład Historii Wojskowości przy Katedrze Historii XIX i XX wieku Instytutu Nauk Historycznych. Zainteresowania naukowe: historia Polski i powszechna XIX i XX w., historia wojskowości.