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The following 32 pages use this file: Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939) Brześć District; Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands; Civil Administration of the Lands of Volhynia and Podolian Front
February 12. In Prague, in the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland beats Lithuania 8–1, February 13. In Poznań, in international boxing match, Poland (with Antoni Czortek, Henryk Chmielewski, and Antoni Kolczyński) beats Germany 10–6. In Prague, in the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland beats Romania 3–0, February 14.
As Czechoslovakia was being absorbed into the German Reich, Trans-Olza, the Czech half of Cieszyn, was annexed by Poland in 1938 following the Munich Agreement and the First Vienna Award. At noon on September 30, Poland gave an ultimatum to the Czechoslovak government. It demanded the immediate evacuation of Czech troops and police from Trans ...
The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War (2012) Korbel, Josef. Poland Between East and West: Soviet and German Diplomacy toward Poland, 1919–1933 (Princeton University Press, 1963) online; Polonsky, A. Politics in Independent Poland, 1921-1939: The Crisis of Constitutional Government (1972) Remak, Joachim.
Poland signed a treaty with Czechoslovakia in Warsaw on 13 June 1958 confirming the border as it existed on 1 January 1938. After the Communist takeover of power, the industrial boom continued and many immigrants arrived in the area (mostly from other parts of Czechoslovakia, mainly from Slovakia ).
The borders of Poland resembled the borders of the German-Russian gains in World War 2, with the exception of the city of Bialystok. This is called the Curzon line. The small area of Trans-Olza, which had been annexed by Poland in late 1938, was returned to Czechoslovakia on Stalin's orders.
Initially, the Voivodeship’s area in the new Poland was 30,276 square kilometres. On 16 December 1930, Sarny County, comprising 5,478 km² of land, was transferred from Polesie Voivodeship to the Wołyń Voivodeship. [12] As a result, the total area of the Wołyń Voivodeship increased to 35,754 km², making it Poland's second largest province.
Map showing Poland's borders pre-1938 and post-1945. The Eastern Borderlands is in gray while the Recovered Territories are in pink.. The Recovered Territories or Regained Lands (Polish: Ziemie Odzyskane), also known as the Western Borderlands (Polish: Kresy Zachodnie), and previously as the Western and Northern Territories (Polish: Ziemie Zachodnie i Północne), Postulated Territories ...