Second
World War
On 1 September 1939, with the German
attack on Poland, World War II broke out. 17 September Soviet army
entered Poland with the intention to annex its eastern territories. The defence
managed to last until the beginning of October. Part of the territory was
transformed into what was known as "das General-Gouvernement", and part was
annexed directly onto Nazi Germany. The eastern territories were
occupation by the Soviets. Both powers applied a policy of systematic
extermination of the Polish population. The Nazis murdered 3 million Polish
citizens of Jewish ethnicity, and over 2 million non-Jewish Poles. Over 250,000
Polish civilians of all ethnic backgrounds were deported eastwards by the Soviet
authorities, where many of them died. The Polish Government worked in exile
in London, from where it ran the underground organisations at home.
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