Polish Minister of War

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cabinet position defence ministry position government office

The Polish Minister of War was the pre-World War II cabinet post responsible for overseeing Poland’s armed forces and military policy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Minister of Military Affairs of the Second Polish Republic	1
Minister of National Defence of Poland	1
Polish Minister of War canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12758762 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Polish Minister of War
Context triple: [Tadeusz Kasprzycki, positionHeld, Polish Minister of War]

A. General Inspector of the Armed Forces of Poland
The General Inspector of the Armed Forces of Poland was a top military command position in interwar Poland, held by figures such as Józef Piłsudski, responsible for overseeing and coordinating the country’s armed forces.
B. Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army
The Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army was the highest-ranking military authority overseeing Poland’s armed forces, particularly significant during the era of the Congress Kingdom of Poland under Russian influence.
C. Minister of War
The Minister of War was the top military official in Imperial Japan responsible for overseeing the army’s administration, operations, and war policy.
D. Marshal of Poland
Marshal of Poland was the highest military rank in the Polish Armed Forces, historically associated with supreme military leadership and national prestige, most famously held by Józef Piłsudski.
E. Imperial and Royal Minister of War
The Imperial and Royal Minister of War was the chief military official of the Austro-Hungarian Empire responsible for overseeing the common army and defense affairs of the dual monarchy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Polish Minister of War
Target entity description: The Polish Minister of War was the pre-World War II cabinet post responsible for overseeing Poland’s armed forces and military policy.

A. General Inspector of the Armed Forces of Poland
The General Inspector of the Armed Forces of Poland was a top military command position in interwar Poland, held by figures such as Józef Piłsudski, responsible for overseeing and coordinating the country’s armed forces.
B. Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army
The Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army was the highest-ranking military authority overseeing Poland’s armed forces, particularly significant during the era of the Congress Kingdom of Poland under Russian influence.
C. Minister of War
The Minister of War was the top military official in Imperial Japan responsible for overseeing the army’s administration, operations, and war policy.
D. Marshal of Poland
Marshal of Poland was the highest military rank in the Polish Armed Forces, historically associated with supreme military leadership and national prestige, most famously held by Józef Piłsudski.
E. Imperial and Royal Minister of War
The Imperial and Royal Minister of War was the chief military official of the Austro-Hungarian Empire responsible for overseeing the common army and defense affairs of the dual monarchy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ defence ministry position ⓘ government office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Second Polish Republic ⓘ
category	Government of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ Military history of Poland ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
dissolvedInContextOf	World War II ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Polish Air Force ⓘ Polish Army ⓘ Polish Navy ⓘ
hasNativeLabel	Minister Spraw Wojskowych ⓘ linked to: Minister of Defence
historicalFunction	coordination of Poland’s military forces ⓘ implementation of government defence policy ⓘ preparation for national defence in case of war ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Polish ⓘ
locatedIn	Warsaw ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Józef Piłsudski ⓘ Kazimierz Sosnkowski ⓘ Tadeusz Kasprzycki ⓘ Władysław Sikorski ⓘ
oversees	General Staff of the Polish Army ⓘ linked to: General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces defence planning ⓘ military administration of Poland ⓘ military budget implementation ⓘ military procurement ⓘ military readiness ⓘ mobilisation policy ⓘ national defence strategy ⓘ training of the armed forces ⓘ
partOf	Council of Ministers of Poland ⓘ cabinet of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ linked to: Government of the Second Polish Republic
positionHeldByHeadOf	Polish Ministry of Military Affairs ⓘ linked to: Ministerstwo Spraw Wojskowych
replacedBy	Minister of National Defence of Poland ⓘ linked to: Polish Minister of War
responsibleFor	Polish Armed Forces ⓘ linked to: Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland military policy of Poland ⓘ
sector	defence ⓘ national security ⓘ
subordinateTo	President of Poland ⓘ Prime Minister of Poland ⓘ
timePeriod	interwar period ⓘ pre–World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tadeusz Kasprzycki → positionHeld → Polish Minister of War ⓘ

Polish Minister of War → replacedBy → Minister of National Defence of Poland ⓘ

linked to: Polish Minister of War

Tadeusz Kasprzycki → positionHeld → Minister of Military Affairs of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ

subject linked to: Kasprzycki