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Poland got starting for the migrations of the Slavs who established permanent settlements on the Polish lands during the Early Middle Ages
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caused by devastating wars and by the deterioration of the country's political system. Significant internal reforms were introduced during the later part of the 18th century, especially in the constitution of May 3, 1971, but neighboring powers did not allow the reform process to continue
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after a series of invasions and partitions of polish territory carried out by the russian empire, the kingdom of prussia, and the austrian habsburg monarchy
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From 1795 through 1918 no truly independent polish state existed, strong polisht resistance movements operated.
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In 1918 the Second Polish Republic,, existed as an independent state until 1939, when nazi germany and the soviet union destroyed it when they envaded poland.
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This was the opening event for WWII. Poland has been long allie with France, so soon two western powers declared war on germany, but they remained very inactive.
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warsaw fell after a heavy Herman bombardment that killed about 40,000 civilians.
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In the beginning in late 1939, hundreds of thousands of Poles from the Soviet-occupied areas were deported and taken east. Aboutt 22,000 of them were executed because they seemed harmful by the soviets
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cooperation in the western allies and the soviet union in the wake of the nazi invasion in 1941, the influence of the polish government in eile was diminished by the death of prime minister, Władysław Sikorski
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the warsaw uprising where most of the cities population participated, was instigated by the underground home warmy and approved by the polish government in an attempt to etablish a non communist Polish administration
