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The Second Polish Republic, [f] at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, [g] was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939. The state was established in the final stage of World War I .
Poland is a member of the European Union, NATO, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Poland currently has a population of over 38 million people, [3] which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world [18] and one of the most populous members of the European Union.
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.
Polish voivodeships, 1922–1939. Administrative Map in 1939 showing April 1938 voivodship revisions and Slovak border changes. Subdivisions of the Second Polish Republic became an issue immediately after the creation of the Second Polish Republic in 1918. The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had been partitioned in the late 18th century.
1939 September 1: German Invasion of Poland begins; Bombing of Wieluń: September 2: Massacre in Torzeniec village September 3: Bloody Sunday in Bydgoszcz: September 8: German Massacre in Ciepielów of Polish POW: September 13: Bombing of Frampol, up to 90% of the town destroyed September 17: Soviet invasion of Poland: September 18
Module:Location map/data/Poland 1939 is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Poland. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939) Podolian District; Polesian District; Polesie Voivodeship; Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939) Poznań Voivodeship (1919–1939) Provisional Administration of the Front-line and Phase Territories; Sandomierz Voivodeship (1939) Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939) Stanisławów Voivodeship
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