Bellona. Monthly military magazine published by the Military Commission [first annual 1918].

Warsaw 1918, edited by Waclaw Tokarz. 15x23 cm, pp. 978 (continuous pagination in 12 issues), linen bookbinding. Good condition (pp. 257-262 and 579-586 missing, minor soiling of front pastedown, isolated soiling).

First annual (1918) of Bellona, one of the most important Polish military periodicals of the interwar period, published in Warsaw by the Military Scientific and Publishing Institute. It had a scientific and professional character and was intended mainly for officers and command staff. Its pages published articles on strategy, tactics, military history and analyses of contemporary conflicts, as well as reviews of foreign military thought. "Bellona" played an important role in the formation of Polish military doctrine and the intellectual development of the officer corps of the Second Republic.

The contents of the yearbook include: The Battle of Raszyn (Marian Kukiel). Dabrowski as a leader (Marian Kukiel). Polish militaria in Warsaw government archives (Bronislaw Pawlowski). From the history of army conscription in the Kingdom of Poland (Bronislaw Pawlowski). Prince Józef Poniatowski (Ignacy Prądzyński). The issue of arms and ammunition in the November Uprising (Waclaw Tokarz). Journal of combat operations of the 5th Infantry Regiment of the Polish Legions (Marian Dabrowski). On Russian artillery (Eug. Hulanicki). The evolution of the world war (Marian Januszajtis-Zegota). The fight on the Berezana hill (Wladyslaw Krogulski). School of ensigns in Legionowo. Participation of cavalry in the battle of Molotkov (St. Rostworowski). Notes on the battles of the Carpathian brigade in October and November 1914 (Andrzej Waiss). Cavalry in the armies of the future (St. Rostworowski). Machine guns attached to artillery (Stanislaw Suryn). Aviation as an independent type of weapon (Jerzy Syrokomla-Syrokomski). Positional and mine warfare. Hand grenades. Psychology and the military (Franciszek Janssen). Infantry cadet school in Ostrow (Waclaw Tokarz).