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The history of Poland from 1939 to 1945 encompasses primarily the period from the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to the end of World War II. Following the German–Soviet non-aggression pact, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September 1939 and by the Soviet Union on 17 September.
The Oder–Neisse line Poland's old and new borders, 1945. At the end of World War II, Poland underwent major changes to the location of its international border. In 1945, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, the Oder–Neisse line became its western border, [1] resulting in gaining the Recovered Territories from Germany.
The first 20th-century incarnation of Poland, the Second Polish Republic, occupied 389,720 km 2 (150,470 sq mi), while, since 1945, a more westerly Poland covered 312,677 km 2 (120,725 sq mi). [ 5 ] The Poles are the most numerous of the West Slavs and occupy what some believe to be the original homeland of the Slavic peoples .
Polska 1939–1945. Straty osobowe i ofiary represji pod dwiema okupacjami [Poland 1939–1945. Personal losses and victims of repression under two occupations]. ISBN 978-83-7629-067-6. (Introduction reproduced here Archived 1 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine) Teich, Mikuláš; Kováč, Dušan; Brown, Martin D. (2011).
The Polish government-in-exile, officially known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (Polish: Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie), was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Poland of September 1939, and the subsequent occupation of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and the Slovak Republic, which brought to an end the ...
Poland's top government officials and military high command fled the war zone and arrived at the Romanian Bridgehead in mid-September. After the Soviet entry they sought refuge in Romania. [164] [165] [166] Map of Poland following the German and Soviet invasions (1939)
Stachura, Peter D. Poland, 1918-1945: An Interpretive and Documentary History of the Second Republic (2004) online Archived 2019-05-26 at the Wayback Machine; Stachura, Peter D. ed. Poland Between the Wars, 1918-1939 (1998) essays by scholars; Watt, Richard M. Bitter Glory: Poland and Its Fate, 1918-1939 (1998), comprehensive survey
February 8. In the second round of the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland in Basel beats Hungary 5-3; February 9. In the second round of the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland in Basel loses to the United States 0-4; February 10. In the consolidation round of the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland in Zürich beats ...