Trends in the Land Warfare Capability of Poland and the Visegrád States, 1991–2021
Year: 2023

Abstract This chapter outlines the changes in the military forces of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia over three decades following the end of the Cold War. In transitioning from Warsaw Pact to NATO member states, each of these countries dramatically resized their military forces, abandoning their previously highly centralized mass mobilization force designs and embarking on programmes of transition and modernization. The chapter compares some aspects of NATO and Warsaw Pact forc