Council of National Defense of Poland

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The Council of National Defense of Poland was a high-level wartime governing body of the Second Polish Republic responsible for key military and defense decisions during the Polish–Soviet War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governmental body
wartime governing body
aim ensure rapid and unified command in wartime
appliesToJurisdiction Poland
category Council of National Defense of Poland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Polish–Soviet War organizations

military history of Poland
political history of Poland
chairperson Józef Piłsudski
compositionIncludes Minister of Military Affairs
President of Poland
Prime Minister of Poland
other key ministers
representatives of the Sejm
conflict Polish–Soviet War
country Second Polish Republic
dissolved 1921
establishedDuring Polish–Soviet War
governmentSystemContext parliamentary republic
hasDecisionMakingLevel highest level of wartime command in Poland
hasScope military strategy
national defense
war economy
headOfGovernmentAtCreation Józef Piłsudski
historicalEra Second Polish Republic
historicalStatus defunct body
inception 1920
languageOfWork Polish
legalForm extraordinary state authority
legislativeBasis act of the Polish parliament
locatedIn Warsaw
mainRole coordination of national defense policy
making key defense decisions
making key military decisions
memberOfGovernmentStructure executive branch of the Second Polish Republic
power allocate resources for defense
coordinate civil and military authorities
issue binding decisions on military operations
reasonForEstablishment extraordinary threat posed by the Polish–Soviet War
relatedEvent Battle of Warsaw (1920)
replacedBy regular constitutional authorities of the Second Polish Republic
significance central organ for wartime decision-making in 1920–1921
subordinateTo Parliament of Poland
surface form: Polish parliament
temporalContext interwar period
typeOfJurisdiction national

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Cross of Valour (Poland) establishedBy Council of National Defense of Poland
Council of National Defense of Poland category Council of National Defense of Poland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Polish–Soviet War organizations