Polish Army oaths

The following is a list of the Polish military oaths, both historical and contemporary.

This oath is in current use in the Polish Armed Forces. Last line is optional.

Przysięgam,

Służyć wiernie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej,

Bronić jej niepodległości i granic,

Stać na straży Konstytucji,

Strzec honoru żołnierza polskiego,

Sztandaru wojskowego bronić,

Za sprawę mojej Ojczyzny,

W potrzebie krwi własnej ani życia nie szczędzić,

Tak mi dopomóż Bóg!

Fully Swear,

To Serve loyally to the Republic of Poland,

Defend her independence and borders,

Stand on guard of the Constitution,

Defend the honor of a Polish soldier,

Defend the military banners and standards of the Armed Forces,

In the sake of my Fatherland,

Even at the cost of losing both my life and blood.

So help me God! (optional)

In 1788, the State Defence Commission of the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania issued this following military oath to all military personnel of the Commonwealth armed services. This is the oath spoken in Polish.

The Oath of Tadeusz Kościuszko, sworn in the old town market of Kraków on 24 March 1794, at the outbreak of the Kościuszko Uprising.

The oath was prepared by the German authorities and on July 3, 1917 presented to Gen. Hans Beseler, then the German governor of Warsaw and the highest authority of the planned Polnische Wehrmacht military formation. He was swearing the loyalty of the Polish Legions with it, thus putting them under direct German command.

However, the Polish Legions were already enraged with the German and Austro-Hungarian plans of limiting plans for Polish independence and also the Austro-Hungarian dismissal of Józef Piłsudski, the Legions' leader. As such, most of the soldiers of the Legions declined to swear allegiance to a non-existing king of Poland and foreign government, thus leading to the so-called Oath Crisis.

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