ROOTS OF THE WAR
May 13, 2021
3 minutes
For well over a century, the Polish national consciousness had existed in a political netherworld. Their country was partitioned three times in the 18th century by powerful neighbours Germany, Russia and Austria, the people of Poland had been subjugated, and their culture almost eradicated. However, the upheaval of World War I and the internal strife that beset Soviet Russia offered an opportunity for lasting redress.
The champion of the Second Polish Republic and its
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