Polish Corridor
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The Polish Corridor, also known as the Pomeranian Corridor, was a territory located in the region of Pomerelia, which provided the Second Polish Republic with access to the Baltic Sea, thus dividing t
Percentage of Poles (including Kashubians) living on the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth territories, c. 1900
A Polish-language poster, illustrating the drop in German population in selected cities of western Poland in the period 1910–1931
Second Polish Republic
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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 sta
Polish Corridor
…known as the Pomeranian Corridor, was a territory located in the region of Pomerelia (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Eastern Pomerania), which provided the Second Polish Republic with access to the Baltic Sea, thus dividing the bulk of Weimar Germany from the province of East Prussia. At its narrowest point, the Polish territory…
Polish defences at Miłosna, during the decisive Battle of Warsaw, August 1920
Marshal Józef Piłsudski, Chief of State (Naczelnik Państwa) between November 1918 and December 1922
The May Coup d'État (1926)
Ignacy Mościcki, President of Poland (left), Warsaw, 10 November 1936, awarding the Marshal's buława to Edward Rydz-Śmigły