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	Travel to Poland - Hotel Poland
		Poland is interesting for who wants to visit old cities, pubs, culture and picturesque landscapes varying from sea shores to mountains for an affordable price.
		A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on the Gulf of Gdańsk, an inlet of the Baltic Sea.
		Hitler's demand that Gdańsk be returned to Germany led to his invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II (September 1939).
	www.travelpoland.com /travel (720 words)

	poland.html
		Poland's army with only a few light tanks and few large weapon batteries were no match for the German Panzers and mechanized infantry.
		Poland had decided to meet Germany at the border in order to protect its valuable industrial region in western Poland, which left the Polish army surrounded on three sides, Germany, East Prussia, and Slovakia.
		Invasion of Poland details the cause and effect of Germany's invasion of Poland.
	nhs.needham.k12.ma.us /cur/Baker_00/03/baker_pg-jm/poland.htm (2931 words)

	WW2DB: Invasion of Poland
		Poland’s one major advantage was in intelligence, beginning in the early 1930s, a group of young mathematicians had managed to break the German military codes of the supposedly unbreakable Enigma encoding machine.
		Poland’s primary strategic goal was to draw France and Britain into the war on her side in the event of an attack by Germany.
		The invasion began at 4.45 A.M. The battleship Schleswig-Holstein was moored at the port of the Free City of Danzig on a “courtesy visit” near the Polish military transit station of Westerplatte.
	ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=28 (4520 words)

	PlanetPapers - Poland
		Poland lies at 52 00 N and 20 00 E, which places it in the midst of several ancient empires.
		Poland Jews suffered the worst casualty rate, there were over three million Jews in Poland before the war, and after the war there was a mere one-hundred thousand Jews.
		Poland wanted to stabilize its relationship to Russia because it was a huge trading partners and an important factor in their economy.
	www.planetpapers.com /Assets/4413.php (1837 words)

	Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Josef Pilsudski became the new leader of Poland and during the Russian Civil War his army made considerable gains and the Soviet-Polish Treaty of Riga (1921) left Poland in control of substantial areas of Lithuania, Belorussia and the Ukraine.
		Poland was the obvious choice as it was in the east and included areas of land taken from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles.
		In December 1990 Lech Walesa was elected President of the Republic of Poland.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RUSpoland.htm (5802 words)

	Smithfield's Invasion of Poland by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
		Poland is an oasis of traditional farming in a world dominated by agribusiness multinationals.
		Currently, Poland is a country of picturesque farm villages, with farms that average five hectares and modest homes of wood, timber and fieldstone.
		The reality is that Poland, like the rest of the modern world, is about to bury an ancient culture based on community living, family and land stewardship for the benefit of future generations.
	www.awionline.org /farm/news/rfkpoland.htm (2554 words)

	OrganicFood.co.uk » Poland’s New Invasion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Poland has sheltered from the ecological havoc beyond its borders — undamned rivers, virgin temperate forests, an intact aquatic ecosystem larger than Belgium, peasant based farming — but is now acutely at risk from an interlocking phalanx of multinational corporations and banks abetted by corrupt officials and EU bureaucrats.
		The foreign take-over of Poland’s industry by a corporate-bureaucratic assault is aimed at the 25% of Poles living on farms and in rural villages.
		Poland is the latest victim, in a global economy where all powerful food giants in their relentless search for ever-cheaper food, pit farmer against farmer across the world.
	www.organicfood.co.uk /stories/polandinvasion.html (1859 words)

	Poland - World War II
		His invasion of Poland in September 1939 was the tripwire that set off World War II, the most devastating period in the history of the Polish state.
		As Poland reeled under the assault from the west, the Soviet Union administered the coup de grace by invading from the east on September 17.
		Poland was the only country to combat Germany from the first day of the Polish invasion until the end of the war in Europe.
	countrystudies.us /poland/15.htm (1479 words)

	German in poland invasion
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		Poland images are licensed from World66.com under, and are hereby subject to, the Creative Commons License.
	www.poland-focus.com /Poland-Europe/german-in-poland-invasion.html (204 words)

	POLAND:
		Throughout the Cold War, Poland was isolated behind the "iron curtain", unable to take part in objectives such as the 1949 Washington Treaty promoting contribution "toward[s] the further development of peaceful and friendly international relations be strengthening their free institutions…and by promoting conditions of stability and well being" (Prizel and Michta 106).
		Poland is at the threshold of all of these issues and is ready to erupt onto the scene and be the leader from East Central Europe.
		Poland's future depends on their response to the historical bridge between "west" and "east" in terms of a collective security organization.
	www.alma.edu /departments/polsci/payerhin/ppr2-280b/paul.htm (2216 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Poland fights land invasion
		Poland, a country of two million farms and a long history of conflict with neighbouring countries, is worried that EU membership will mean an invasion of rich foreign farmers buying up Polish land.
		He says Poland should be more cautious about membership of the EU, because he believes it is being used by the Germans to dominate Europe.
		For Richard Phillips, Armin Stockem and other foreign farmers in Poland, the end of negotiations with the EU on the right to buy Polish land is unlikely to mean the end of uncertainty about the future of their farms.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1884168.stm (724 words)

	Invasion of Poland, Fall 1939
		The German-Soviet Pact of August 1939, which stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention.
		The demarcation line for the partition of German- and Soviet-occupied Poland was along the Bug River.
		The remainder of German-occupied Poland (including the cities of Warsaw, Krakow, Radom, and Lublin) was organized as the so-called Generalgouvernement (General Government) under a civilian governor general, the Nazi party lawyer Hans Frank.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005070 (500 words)

	THE SOVIET INVASION OF POLAND DURING WORLD WAR TWO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Portions of Poland were one of the few German occupied territories in Europe where helping a Jew was punishable by death; often entire families were executed for the crime.
		Poland was opened to almost uncontrolled Soviet economic exploitation, through one-sided terms of trade, while the bureaucracy was in some areas thoroughly penetrated by Soviet advisers.
		Poland officially regained her independence on November 11th 1918 but in reality, independence was not secured until after the Polish-Russian war of 1918-20.
	felsztyn.tripod.com /index.html (1387 words)

	BBC - History - Invasion of Poland
		When Hitler invaded Poland, he was confident that Britain and France would continue their policy of appeasement and broker a peace deal.
		As such, the invasion alarmed Hitler's generals and raised opposition to his command - and leaks of his war plans to Britain and France.
		Hitler was confident that the invasion of Poland would result in a short, victorious war for two important reasons.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/worldwars/wwtwo/invasion_poland_01.shtml (297 words)

	Looke: German Invasion Of Poland - Today in History 1939
		Poland was only able to put into the air 400 fighter planes to defend Polish skies.
		Poland was also jointly attacked by the Soviet Union on September 17, 1939.
		After the invasion was complete the Soviet participated in a joint victory parade with the Germans, one of many joint operations and collaborations.
	www.swoboda.net.nz /looke/archives/2005/09/german_invasion.html (815 words)

	Mission Aborted
		Poland, at the urging of the Catholic Church in the former Soviet-bloc country, successfully lobbied for a special provision, similar to one granted to Ireland, that safeguards the country’s abortion laws against interference from Brussels—at least for the immediate future.
		During Poland’s Soviet era, abortion was available on demand and, in effect, used as a means of birth control.
		In 1993, Poland banned abortion, though it allows for certain exceptions such as in cases where the mother’s life is endangered or when pregnancy is a result of rape or incest.
	www.amconmag.com /09_08_03/article1.html (1302 words)

	1939 France on the Invasion of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		They insure for Poland, the victim, the effective co-operation and moral support of the nations and of free men of all lands.
		To-day we are told that, once the German claims against Poland were satisfied, Germany would pledge herself before the whole world for ten, for twenty, for twenty-five years, for all time, to restore or to respect peace.
		She therefore desires the destruction of Poland, so as to be able to dominate Europe quickly and to enslave France.
	www.canadahistory.com /sections/documents/1939francepoland.htm (3096 words)

	Invasion of Poland (1939) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the Treaty of Versailles, Poland acquired the Corridor and this led to shifts in the region's population.
		It was agreed that the USSR would relinquish its interest in the territories between the new border and Warsaw in exchange for inclusion of Lithuania in the Soviet "zone of interest." By 17 September 1939 the Polish defense was already broken and their only hope was to retreat and reorganize along the Romanian Bridgehead.
		Soviet diplomacy claimed that they were "protecting the Ukrainian and Belarusian minorities of eastern Poland in view of Polish imminent collapse." Western and Polish critics have argued the Soviets were acting in co-operation with the Nazis, [6] [7], carving Europe into Nazi and Soviet spheres of influence as specified in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polish_September_Campaign (6588 words)

	Achtung Panzer ! - Invasion of Poland (Fall Weiss)
		Originally, Germany was to invade Poland in early hours of August 26th of 1939, but at 8:00pm on August 25th, Hitler postponed it.
		The invasion was preceded by numerous German border provocations and acts of diversions (e.g.
		Soviet invasion was part of Ribbentrop-Molotov pact signed on August 23rd of 1939, which included a non-aggression and trade agreement, and a secret protocol that provided for a German-Soviet partition of Poland and cleared the way for the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states.
	www.achtungpanzer.com /articles/polcamp.htm (2527 words)

	Blitzkrieg in Poland
		In March, 1939, he declared that the non aggression pact signed in 1934 was void and that the issue of ownership of Danzig had to be dealt with.
		The British sought to discourage German aggression by pledging to use force to protect Poland in the case of an invasion.
		Unknown to the bemused outside world, this agreement contained a clause that agreed to the partitioning of Poland between the two powers in the event of a war in Poland.
	www.schoolshistory.org.uk /EuropeatWar/blitzkrieg_poland.htm (366 words)

	Battle of Westerplatte Gdansk \| Gdansk Life
		In late August, 1939, under the suspect pretense of an amiable courtesy visit, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein dropped anchor in the channel off Westerplatte and on September 1, at exactly 04:45 local time, began it's barrage of the Polish outpost with its superior 280 and 150mm guns.
		Despite a German naval infantry invasion, sustained bombardment by heavy artillery and diving airraids from German warplanes, the Polish garrison repulsed the Germans for seven days, before the depleted unit, suffering from exhaustion, severe injury and a shortage of food, water, ammunition and medical supplies, was forced to surrender on September 7th.
		Though it is outside the city, Westerplatte is a worthwhile venture for anyone visiting Gdansk; like so many sights in Poland, it is haunted by it's troubling history in the face of a beautiful natural environment.
	www.gdansk-life.com /poland/battle-westerplatte (448 words)

	Love Invasion Hits Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A “Love Invasion” has hit a picturesque town in Poland, close to the Czech border, as Christians from Southern California and various parts of Europe, have converged on Wisla (pronounced VEEZ-WA) to bring a message of love and participate in the Festival of Life 2006, led by San Diego Pastor, Mike MacIntosh.
		He said that he had been encouraged by the support for the festival by the local Catholic authorities who had encouraged their congregants to attend the outreach and also by the fact that several Born-again Catholic Priests were deeply involved as well as Baptist and Lutheran leaders.
		Poland is a religious country, but not everyone knows about the Born-again experience.
	www.assistnews.net /Stories/s06070069.htm (671 words)

	World War Two
		With 100 divisions, it was outnumbered by the combined armies of France, Britain and Poland.
		America and the USSR are keen to see allied landing in western Europe as soon as possible, but are held back by the British, who believe the difficulties are underestimated.
		Overlord, a massive and meticulously planned operation, climaxes on June 6 with the D-Day landings on Normandy beaches, marking the Allied invasion of "Fortress Europe".
	www.unverse.com /WW2.html (1510 words)

	Neville Chamberlain Speech - On Hitler's Invasion of Poland
		Nor have we neglected any means of making it crystal clear to the German Government that if they insisted on using force again in the manner in which they had used it in the past we were resolved to oppose them by force.
		If out of the struggle we again re-establish in the world the rules of good faith and the renunciation of force, why, then even the sacrifices that will be entailed upon us will find their fullest justification.
		Following Hitler's invasion of Norway and Denmark, Chamberlain was driven from the House of Commons amid the hoots and chants of even his own supporters.
	www.historyplace.com /speeches/chamberlain.htm (1324 words)

	The Second World War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		On September 1st., 1939, 1.8 million German troops invaded Poland on three fronts;; East Prussia in the north, Germany in the west and Slovakia in the south.
		Under the German-Soviet pact Poland was divided; the Soviets took, and absorbed into the Soviet Union, the eastern half (Byelorussia and the West Ukraine), the Germans incorporated Pomerania, Posnania and Silesia into the Reich whilst the rest was designated as the General-Gouvernement (a colony ruled from Krakow by Hitler's friend, Hans Frank).
		When the Russians crossed into Poland the Home Army cooperated in the fight against the Germans and contributed greatly to the victories at Lwow, Wilno and Lublin only to find themselves surrounded and disarmed by their "comrades-in-arms" and deported to labour camps in Siberia.
	www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk /www/WW2.html (1914 words)

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