Second Polish Republic

Also known as II Rzeczpospolita

country in Central and Eastern Europe (1918–1939)

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The Second Polish Republic was an independent nation in Central and Eastern Europe that existed from 1918 to 1939, arising after Poland regained sovereignty following World War I. It matters as a significant period in Polish history when the nation reasserted itself as a distinct state after more than a century of foreign occupation and partition.

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Demonym: Polka
Population: 34849000
Area: 388634.38972
Image: Polonia Tryumphans by Stanisław Kaczor-Batowski, 1929.png

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Commons category: Second Polish Republic
inception: 1918-11-16
Commons gallery: Second Polish Republic
native label: Rzeczpospolita Polska
short name: Польша
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1939-09-28

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The Second Polish Republic, officially known at the time as the Republic of Poland, was the Polish state that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939 after being established in the final stage of World War I. The Second Republic was taken over in 1939 on the eve of its twenty-first anniversary, after it was invaded by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and the Slovak Republic, marking the beginning of the European theatre of the Second World War. The Polish government-in-exile was established in Paris and later London after the fall of France in 1940.