Ministry of Military Affairs

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The Ministry of Military Affairs was the central governmental body responsible for overseeing and organizing Poland’s armed forces during the early years of the re-established Polish state.

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Ministry of Military Affairs canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defence ministry
former government agency
government ministry
appliesToJurisdiction Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Poland
dissolved 1945
establishedAfter regaining of Polish independence in 1918
followedBy Ministry of National Defence (Poland) NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalRole central authority for Poland’s armed forces in the early years after independence
hasPart General Staff of the Polish Army NERFINISHED
departments of infantry, cavalry, artillery and other arms
military medical services department
military supply and transport departments
hasResponsibility Polish Armed Forces NERFINISHED
defence planning
military administration
military education and training
military logistics
military personnel policy
mobilization planning
veterans’ affairs (partly)
headquartersLocation Warsaw
inception 1918
languageOfWorkOrName Polish
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939) NERFINISHED
nativeLabel Ministerstwo Spraw Wojskowych NERFINISHED
notableOfficeHolder Józef Piłsudski NERFINISHED
Kazimierz Sosnkowski NERFINISHED
Tadeusz Kasprzycki NERFINISHED
Władysław Sikorski NERFINISHED
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment Minister of Military Affairs
operatedIn Polish government-in-exile NERFINISHED
Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED
partOf Government of the Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED
primaryGoal ensuring defence of the Polish state
organization of the Polish Armed Forces
replaced military authorities of the partitioning powers
replacedBy Ministry of National Defence (Poland) NERFINISHED
shortName MSWojsk. NERFINISHED
significantEvent Polish defensive war of 1939 NERFINISHED
Polish participation in the 1938 annexation of Zaolzie
Polish–Soviet War NERFINISHED
Polish–Ukrainian War NERFINISHED
Silesian Uprisings NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Council of Ministers of Poland NERFINISHED
timePeriod World War II
interwar period

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