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English: Flag-map of Poland (1918-1939) Date: 23 February 2012: Source: Own work: ... File history. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
The flag of Poland in 1937 The civil ensign of Poland in 1938 The flag of Poland in 1939. White-and-red flags were first waved during a patriotic demonstration on 3 May 1916 in Warsaw. The organizing committee advised participants about the correct alignment of the colours, that is with the white stripe above the red one.
Restored by Tsar Alexander I in 1815 as the war ensign flag of the Congress Kingdom. Flag of the Russian Tsar as king of the Congress Kingdom in 1815–1830. De facto flag. The state entity did not have an officially adopted flag. 1794: Banner of 2nd Kraków Grenadier Regiment: One of banners used by Polish scythemen during Kościuszko Uprising.
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The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, [b] formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania [c] and also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic, [d] [9] [10] was a federative real union [11] between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, existing from 1569 to 1795.
The organizations forming the Polish Underground State that functioned in Poland throughout the war were loyal to and formally under the Polish government-in-exile, acting through its Government Delegation for Poland. [178] During World War II, hundreds of thousands of Poles joined the underground Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa), [179] a part ...
The history of interwar Poland comprises the period from the revival of the independent Polish state in 1918, until the Invasion of Poland from the West by Nazi Germany in 1939 at the onset of World War II, followed by the Soviet Union from the East two weeks later.
The official name of the state was the Republic of Poland.In the Polish language, it was referred to as Rzeczpospolita Polska (abbr. RP), with the term Rzeczpospolita being a traditional name for the republic when referring to various Polish states, including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (considered to be the First Polish Republic, Pierwsza Rzeczpospolita), and later, the current Third ...