Poland 1940-1970's

  • The German-Soviet Pact

    The German-Soviet Pact
    The German-Soviet Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland on September 1, 1939, without fear of Soviet intervention.
    (The german-soviet pact is an agreement in 2 ways, one is economically and the other is a ten-year nonaggression pact in which each signatory promised not to attack the other.)
  • Soviet union invades Lwol,Poland

    Poland
    As hitlers troop were weakening the havoc in poland, the soviet union started to invade the eastern part of poland
    As a result, the soviet took over three-fifths with 13 million people specifically in the eastern poland
  • Red army re-enters on poland territory

    Red army re-enters on poland territory
    re-entering two and a half million Soviet soldiers confronted the mass of German Army Group Center and, within a month, the Red Army had pushed forward about two hundred miles.
  • Communist seize power in Poland

  • Uprising in Poland

    Uprising in Poland
    A short history of the 1970-71 uprising by workers in Poland which saw strikes and occupations at workplaces across the country. Although suffering savage repression, the uprising forced the government to back down over plans to increase prices of basic consumer goods.
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    Polish round table agreement