Coursework During Officer Attendance at the École de guerre navale in Paris 1920-1939
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25071/2561-5467.999Keywords:
Marine nationale, officers, professional military education, interwar, École de guerre navale, Georges LeyguesAbstract
Following the interruption of the First World War, the French Navy’s higher naval school reopened its doors to receive selected officers admitted for advanced studies. In keeping with its mission statement, the naval war school prepared them for staff duties and higher command positions appropriate to their competencies and rank. Most were French naval officers, though foreign officers from other navies allied to France also attended on a yearly basis during the interwar period. Coursework included significant research and writing components, in the form of major papers focused on specific naval topics and themes. This research note provides contextual information on the interwar École de guerre navale, a list of the French and foreign naval officers attending by class year, and translates into English the titles of student papers written in French, where known and available in French repositories.
Après l’interruption de la Première Guerre mondiale, l’École supérieure de marine de Paris ouvre de nouveau ses portes pour recevoir des officiers sélectionnés ayant été admis aux études supérieures. Conformément à son énoncé de mission, l’École de guerre navale les a préparés à des fonctions d’étatmajor et à des postes de commandement supérieur appropriés à leurs compétences et à leur grade. La plupart étaient des officiers de la Marine nationale, bien que des officiers étrangers appartenant à d’autres marines alliées à la France aient également participé chaque année pendant l’entredeux- guerres. Les cours comprenaient d’importants éléments de recherche et de rédaction, sous la forme d’articles majeurs axés sur les sujets et des thèmes spécifiques se rapportant à la Marine. Cette note de recherche fournit des informations contextuelles sur l’École de guerre navale de l’entre-deux guerres, une liste des officiers de marine français et étrangers presents par année de classe, et traduit en anglais les titres des articles d’étudiants rédigés en français, lorsqu’ils sont connus et disponibles dans les référentiels français.
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