January Uprising: military aspects [ANALYZA]

This year on 22 January we celebrate the 160th anniversary of the outbreak of 1863, the largest Polish national uprising in the time of the partitions, and at the same time the uprising which in broad public awareness is inactive not known. Anniversary celebrations are so a good time to consider what factors decided that despite the deficiency of a regular army on the Polish side, the 1863 insurrection was the longest lasting independency in the 19th century, and the tradition of Polish weapons was enriched with another dedicated case of national military commanders and places of heroic battles.