Celem artykułu jest określenie i scharakteryzowanie kluczowych przesłanek świadczących o tym, że implikacje sporu polsko-litewskiego wpłynęły w latach 1919-1922 w sposób niekorzystny na bezpieczeństwo odrodzonego państwa polskiego. Analizę oparto na materiale archiwalnym zgromadzonym w Archiwum Instytutu Józefa Piłsudskiego w Ameryce, a także na dostępnym piśmiennictwie.

Przyjęto tezę, że eskalacja i trwanie sporu polsko-litewskiego wpłynęły niekorzystnie na bezpieczeństwo państwa polskiego w latach 1919-1922. Oddziaływały niekorzystnie na położenie państwa polskiego w różnych dziedzinach przedmiotowych bezpieczeństwa.

Zaprezentowane argumenty pozwalają stwierdzić, iż konflikt polsko-litewski oddziaływał w latach 1919-1922 na różne przedmiotowe sfery bezpieczeństwa II RP. Wpływał niekorzystnie na bezpieczeństwo wewnętrzne i zewnętrze państwa. Dotyczył zagrożeń militarnych w związku z działaniami armii litewskiej i doraźnie organizowanych oddziałów partyzanckich, a także sprowadzał się do licznych zagrożeń pozamilitarnych.

The importance of Polish-Lithuanian disputes for security of The Second Polish Republic in the years 1919-1922. Selected symptoms (part 2)

The aim of the article is to define and characterize the key premises proving that the implications of the Polish-Lithuanian dispute in 1919-1922 adversely affected the security of the reborn Polish state. The analysis was based on archival material collected in the Archives of the Józef Piłsudski Institute in America, as well as on the available literature.

It was accepted that the escalation and continuation of the Polish-Lithuanian dispute had a negative impact on the security of the Polish state in the years 1919-1922. It adversely affected the position of the Polish state in various security areas.

The arguments presented allow us to state that the Polish-Lithuanian conflict in 1919-1922 affected various security areas of the Second Polish Republic. It has adversely affected both the internal security and external security of the state. It concerned military threats in connection with the activities of the Lithuanian army and temporarily organized partisan units as well as boiled down to numerous non-military threats.

The aim of the article is to define and characterize the key premises proving that the implications of the Polish-Lithuanian dispute in 1919-1922 adversely affected the security of the reborn Polish state. The analysis was based on archival material collected in the Archives of the Józef Piłsudski Institute in America, as well as on the available literature.

It was accepted that the escalation and continuation of the Polish-Lithuanian dispute had a negative impact on the security of the Polish state in the years 1919-1922. It adversely affected the position of the Polish state in various security areas.

The arguments presented allow us to state that the Polish-Lithuanian conflict in 1919-1922 affected various security areas of the Second Polish Republic. It has adversely affected both the internal security and external security of the state. It concerned military threats in connection with the activities of the Lithuanian army and temporarily organized partisan units as well as boiled down to numerous non-military threats.