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The Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland was founded under Soviet protection on 31 December 1944 and recognised by the United States and the United Kingdom since 6 July 1945. It evolved into the Government of National Unity on 28 June 1945, and eventually into the Polish People's Republic on 19 February 1947.
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.
After the German conquest of Poland, a Polish government-in-exile was formed under the protection of France and Britain. The government was recognised by the United Kingdom and the United States until 5 July 1945, when the Western Allies accepted Joseph Stalin's communist government. By the end of 1946, the government-in-exile had lost ...
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 ...
The president of Poland ... In 1945–54, Poland became a part of Soviet-controlled central-eastern Europe. ... President 1916—1939.
Władysław Raczkiewicz ([vwadɨˈswaf rat͡ʂkʲɛˈvit͡ʂ]; 28 January 1885 – 6 June 1947) was a Polish politician, lawyer, diplomat and President of Poland-in-exile from 1939 until his death in 1947. Until 1945, he was the internationally recognized Polish head of state, and the Polish government-in-exile was recognized as the ...
Wikipedia categories named after presidents of Poland (3 C) A. Acting presidents of Poland (5 P) E. Presidential elections in Poland (7 C, 13 P) P.
Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash killing Polish President Lech Kaczyński: 2010: July 4: Bronisław Komorowski elected president. 2011: August 5: Suicide of Andrzej Lepper: 2011: October 9: Parliamentary election: 2012: March 3: A train crash near Szczekociny, Poland, kills 16 people. 2014: April 27: Canonization of Pope John Paul II: 2014: May 25 ...