Lech Wyszczelski
Lech Wyszczelski (born 1942) is a Polish military historian and author of books on Central European history of the 20th century. A retired colonel in the Polish army and professor at various universities, he has written 36 books and 420 articles on military history,[1] notably on the Polish-Bolshevik War and the pre-war Polish army.[1]
He graduated from the Historical-Political Faculty of the Dzerzhinsky Political-Military Academy in Warsaw in 1973 and received, in 1979, a doctorate there.[2] In 1986, he received the habilitation at the Warsaw Academy of General Staff.[2] In 1998, he received permanent (full) professorship from the president of Poland.
He currentlyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". holds a post at the Academy of National Defence in Warsaw, the Pułtusk-based Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna im. A. Gieysztora, and University of Natural Sciences and Humanities in Siedlce.[3] Between 1988 and 1990, he was also a member of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites.[4] In 2012, he received the Golden Medal for Long Service for 30 years of service in the Polish army.[5]
Among the most notable of his books is a series of monographs on various operations of the Polish-Bolshevik War, including Kiev 1920, Warsaw 1920, Battle at the Outskirts of Warsaw; 13-25th of August 1920 and The Undeclared War. Polish-Russian military activity of 1919. Among the works of a wider scope are Polish Military Thought 1914-1939, What Beck and Rydz Knew, History of Military Thought and Piłsudski's Army. He is also the author of a monograph on the civilian and military radio stations during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.
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