Polish General Staff


Polish General Staff, formally known as the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces is the highest professional body within the Polish Armed Forces. Organizationally, it is a part of the Ministry of National Defence. It was created in 1918, and for a time bore the name Main Staff. Currently the position of Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces is LTG Rajmund Andrzejczak, since 2 July 2018.

History and structure

On 25 October 1918, a decision was made to establish the directorate of the chief of staff of the Polish Army. In 1928 the General Headquarters of the Polish Army was established, known commonly as the at the time as the Main Staff. In September 1939, during the Invasion of Poland by the Wehrmacht and the Red Army, all the institutions of the General Staff ceased to function and were transferred to joint German and Soviet. control. On 8 August 1944, the General Command of the Polish Army was created and on 1 January 1945, the National Council of Poland decided to establish the General Staff of the Polish Army, the head of which was appointed Soviet-Polish General Vladislav Korchits.
The General Staff consists of the following organizational units in the Ministry of National Defence :

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[Second Polish Republic] (1918−1939)

[Polish government-in-exile] (1939−1946)

Republic of Poland / [People's Republic of Poland] (1945−1989)

[Third Polish Republic] (1990−present)