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This is a timeline of Polish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Poland and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Poland. See also the list of Polish monarchs and list of prime ministers of Poland
Soviet-Polish battle at Szack; 52nd Rifle Division and 411th Tank Battalion forced in temporary retreats by Polish defenders. [26]: 130 Germany and the Soviet Union sign a Border and Friendship Treaty and adjust the frontiers of occupied Poland. The Soviet Union publicly blames the Western Allies for the continuation of the war.
This represented a far greater threat to both Poland and Lithuania, and the two countries united in a defensive alliance by the crowning of the Lithuanian Duke Jogaila as King of Poland (as Władysław II) which led to a major confrontation at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410 and subsequent wars until 1525, when the Order became a vassal to the ...
The history of Poland spans over a thousand years, from medieval tribes, Christianization and monarchy; through Poland's Golden Age, expansionism and becoming one of the largest European powers; to its collapse and partitions, two world wars, communism, and the restoration of democracy.
1770 - The Battle of Dobra takes place. May 21, 1771 - The Battle of Lanckorona takes place. September 6 - The Battle of Antopol takes place. 1792 - The War in Defense of the Constitution begins. The Battle of Mir takes place. The Battle of Zelwa takes place. June 18 - The Battle of Zielenice takes place. July 18 - The Battle of Dubienka takes ...
Battle of Cernăuți; Battle of Chojnice (1454) Battle of Eylau (1455) Battle of Grunwald; Battle of Koronowo; Battle of Latarnia; Battle of Lipniszki; Battle of Lubny; Battle of Lubusz (1239) Battle of Lwów (1695) Battle of Reni; Battle of Skoczów; Battle of Sokal; Battle of Świecino; Battle of Tarnopol; Battle of the Narew River; Battle of ...
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...
By the end of the initial invasion of Poland (the "Polish Defensive War"), the Soviet Union took over 52.1% of Poland's territory (≈200,000 km 2), with over 13,700,000 people. The estimates vary; Prof. Elżbieta Trela-Mazur gives the following numbers in regards to the ethnic composition of these areas: 38% Poles (ca. 5.1 million people), 37% ...