The Greater Poland uprising of 1918–1919, or Wielkopolska uprising of 1918–1919 or Poznań War was a military insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland region against German rule. The uprising had a
Polish soldiers in trenches on the Polish–German front, January 1919
Soldiers and workers assembling to elect a council in Poznań, 10 November 1918
German armored train protecting German borders in the station of Lissa in 1919.
Soldiers of the Greater Poland Army during the winter of 1919/20
Province of Posen
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The Province of Posen was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920, comprising most of the historical Greater Poland. The province was established following the Poznań Uprising of 1848 a
Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)
…roku; German: Großpolnischer Aufstand) or Poznań War was a military insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland region (German: Grand Duchy of Posen or Provinz Posen) against German rule. The uprising had a significant effect on the Treaty of Versailles, which granted a reconstituted Second Polish Republic the area…
1919 German army permit to enter the Polish territory of Posen, just ceded to Poland.