Academy of Martial Arts (Warsaw)
| Polish Academy of Martial Arts Akademia Sztuki Wojennej |
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| founding | October 1, 2016 |
| Sponsorship | Ministry of National Defense |
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Warsaw Aleja called Antoniego Chruściela "Montera" 103 |
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 Poland
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| management | Komendant-Rector pułkownik doktor inżynier Ryszard Parafianowicz |
| Website | www.akademia.mil.pl |
The Academy of Martial Arts ( Polish Akademia Sztuki Wojennej - ASzWoj), until 2016 Academy for National Defense ( Polish Akademia Obrony Narodowej - AON), is the highest military teaching and military science research institution in Poland , with locations in Warsaw .
Foundation, name changes and realignment
The establishment of the university goes back to the Academy of the General Staff ( Akademia Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego ) created in 1947 . Initially, a building complex on Opaczewska Street (today Stefana Banacha Street ) was used. This part of the campus is currently located on General Antoni Chruściel "Monter" avenue .
In 1954 there was an expansion by setting up a second part of the campus. This took place in the west by incorporating the former combat troop school ( Centrum Wyszkolenia Piechoty ) in Warsaw / Rembertów.
On October 1, 1990, the name was changed to Akademia Obrony Narodowej (Academy for National Defense).
On October 1st, 2016 the school was renamed Akademia Sztuki Wojennej (Academy of Martial Arts). The academy has the status of an academic university and reports directly to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Poland . It is regarded as an alma mater for commanders, commanders and staff officers but also senior civil employees of authorities and organizations with security tasks in Poland.
Military science work
In addition to academic training, further education and training, this university also deals with scientific research on military doctrine , strategy and tactics . In the field of military technology and equipment, the Academy of Martial Arts maintains close cooperation with the Warsaw Military Technical Academy .
The graduates graduate in an academic diploma procedure and receive the title or degree of qualified officer ( Polish Oficer dyplomowany ).
history
Knight school
Today's Academy of Martial Arts sees itself as the successor and heir in the tradition of the historical Polish knight schools, cadet schools and military academies .
The first such institution, a knight school, goes back to King Stanislaus August Poniatowski in 1765. The graduates included the most famous military leaders and military leaders of the 18th and 19th centuries, such as Tadeusz Kościuszko , Jakub Jasiński, Maurycy Hauke, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz , Karol Kniaziewicz , Józef Sowiński , Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha and Rajmund Rembieliński.
Application school
After the partition of Poland in 1794, the school was closed. In 1815, however, with the rebirth of Congress Poland , the reopening of some military teaching institutions became possible. This is the School of Artillery and Engineering ( Szkoła Aplikacyjna Artylerii i Inżynierii ) in Warsaw. This is where the cadres of the Polish armed forces who fought against Russia during the November Uprising were trained.
Only up to 24 officers per year were accepted, graduated and henceforth embodied the elite of the Polish armed forces. In this context it is of interest that none other than Nicolas Chopin , the father of the then well-known composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin, taught as a French professor at this school.
After the November uprising, this school was closed by the Russian rulers, whereupon training for Polish officers at the best foreign teaching institutions, for example in France and Italy, continued.
General Staff War School
After Poland's rebirth in 1918, the country already had military elites who had gained sufficient experience in the armed forces in Germany, France, Austria-Hungary and Russia. This contradicts the fact that the occupying powers hardly promoted Poles to top positions. Therefore there was an apparent deficit of Polish general staff officers and Poles in top military positions. A certain relief was created by the establishment of the War School of the Polish General Staff Szkoła Wojenna Sztabu Generalnego in 1919 with the support of the French military mission in Poland and the French military school Saint-Cyr .
After the Polish-Soviet War , the teaching institution was on August 16, 1922 in the Higher War School ( Polish Wyższa Szkoła Wojenna ). renamed. Until 1928 the professors were mostly French assisted by Polish officers. Among them was, for example, Charles de Gaulle , former President of France, who was then teaching as a tactics professor.
The course was by no means purely military in nature, and well-known scientists and personalities such as Tadeusz Kotarbiński , Edward Lipiński and Marian Kukiel taught here . Those were not inferior to officers who had extensive personal combat experience in World War I , the Polish-Soviet War, Polish-Ukrainian War , Polish-Lithuanian War , but also from the Poznan Uprising (1918-1919) and the Silesian Uprising .
This quickly resulted in the school gaining prestige and attracting foreign students, including from France, Georgia, Estonia, Lithuania and even Japan. Among them were officers of the former Ukrainian Armed Forces Symon Petlyura and Russian White Guards .
Over 1,300 officers graduated from the General Staff War School in just two decades. This did not remain without influence on the attack on Poland (1939) , as well-trained general staff officers , as well as the lecturers and teaching officers in the command staffs and task forces of the Poznań Army fought, which is why this army was the most successful large formation in the Polish Army during the entire campaign in 1939 has been.
After Germany and the Soviet Union overran Poland, the teaching facility was closed. However, with British support and the Western Allies on November 11, 1940 in exile in London, teaching was continued. The professors and lecturers were recruited from active officer circles at the Polish headquarters in exile. The officers trained there fought side by side with the Allies on the fronts of World War II . The school also became an alma mater for high-ranking officers in the Czechoslovak army in exile in France . Teaching in London ceased in 1946 after the Allies stopped supporting the Polish government in exile .
Start-up in Poland
After the Second World War, the Academy of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (also General Staff Academy ) Polish Akademia Sztabu Generalnego (ASG) Wojska Polskiego (WP) was re-established in Warsaw in 1947 . After Poland left the Warsaw Pact, the university was named the Academy of National Defense in 1990 and then the Academy of Martial Arts in 2016 . The most famous alumni include Zygmunt Zieliński , Bolesław Chocha , Antoni Jasiński and Wojciech Jaruzelski .
organization structure
Faculties
- Faculty of National Security
- Faculty of Management and Leadership
- Military Faculty
General facilities (selection)
- Center for Security Research
- Defense training center against weapons of mass destruction
- Center for simulation and military computer games
- External training department
Degree programs (as of 2010)
Study opportunities for officers
Aim of the Master’s degree - in the following areas:
- National security
- Business administration
- logistics
- Management with specialization:
- Leadership and
- Leadership Air Force National Security
- Postgraduate and advanced courses:
- Study - Defense Policy
- Study - Operation Tactics
- Studies - Air Force Management
- Courses - higher operating strategy
Studies for civilians
Full-time and part-time first degree studies (targeted for a bachelor's degree) and second degree studies (targeted for a master’s degree) in the following areas:
- National security
- European studies
- logistics
- Management with two specializations:
- Management and leadership or
- Aviation management
- history
- Postgraduate studies in the following areas:
- National Security
- Aviation management
- Management information security
- Optimization of logistic systems
- Crisis management
- International military relations
- Management in military staffs
- Levels of economic security
- Management in public organizations
- Civil-military cooperation
- Management and leadership in multinational organizations
- Training in security matters
- Polemology degree in War and Peace
- Use of violence in armed conflict
- Counterterrorism
Alumni
- Tadeusz Sapierzyński
- Roman Polko
- Andrzej Błasik
- Stanislaw Targosz
- Zdzisław Żurawski
- Tadeusz Buk
- Kazimierz Gilarski
- Andrzej Karweta
- Włodzimierz Potasiński
References
See also
Web links
- Academy homepage
- How Poland's military is brought into line , article on faz.net from February 2, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ By the law of May 20, 2016 on the establishment of the Academy of Martial Arts (Ustawa z dnia 20 maja 2016 r. O utworzeniu Akademii Sztuki Wojennej)
Coordinates: 52 ° 15 '59.9 " N , 21 ° 10' 23.1" E