E L E M E N T S O F E D U C A T I O N A L A C T I V I T Y P R E S E N T A T P O L I S H M I L I T A R Y U N I V E R S I T I E S D U R I N G T H E S E C O N D H A L F O F T H E 2 0 T H C E N T U R Y

Abstract

One of the main problems that were to be faced during the post-war era was educat-ing new commanding personnel for the purposes of the Polish people’s army. The education-al programmes and aims, which were being carried out at Polish military schools were imposed by the socialist system as well as a dynamic political situation in Poland. The very first post-war years were stigmatized by strong Soviet influence, which impacted both the organization of military educational system as well as the process of bringing up the army which was taking part in the mentioned institutions. Just as the reality was changing, so was the point of view at the education of a Polish officer. In the given paper educational activity present at military schools was showed, based on four main Polish military schools: The Naval Academy (Akademia Marynarki Wojennej), The National Defence Academy (Akademia Obrony Narodowej), Military Technical Academy (Wojskowa Akademia Techiczna) and Mili-tary Political Academy (Wojskowa Akademia Polityczna), from the end of World War II to the 1990’s.