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| Alliance of Poland Beck, Josef |  |
| 6th April London Signs an agreement with Britain creating a temporary Pact of mutual assistance
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| Arrest of Gomulka Gomulka, Wladyslaw | |
| Escapes after the German invasion of Poland
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| Battle of Bzura Kutzreba, Tadeusz | |
| 12th Sep Bzura Attempts to attack the German 8th Army in the flank
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| 19th Sep Bzura 19 Polish Divs are encircled in the 1st pocket of the war, 170,000 capture d
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| 19th Sep Bzura Defeated during the German invasion of Poland
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| Capture of Brest Litovsk Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 17th Sep Brest Litovsk The Germans capture Brest-Litovsk
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| Capture of Silesia Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 11th Sep Silesia Upper Silesia is capture d by the Germans
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| Commander in Chief Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 24th Sep Appointed Commander -in-Chief, Polish Army in exile
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| Diplomacy of Poland Beck, Josef | |
| 30th Mar Warsaw Agrees Chamberlain 's proposal of a unilateral British guarantee of Polish independence
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| Diplomacy of Poland Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| Aug Refuses Russian passage to east Germany, precondition of Anglo -Franco -Soviet agreement
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| Exile of Mosciki Mosciki, Ignacy | |
| 17th Sep Resigns & goes into exile in Romania
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| Exile of Rydz smigly Rydz-smigly, Edward | |
| Sep Exile s himself in Romania when Germany invade s Poland
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| Exile of Sikorski Poland Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 30th Sep Paris Heads the Polish Government in exile , 1939-1943
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| Government of Poland Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| Paris Heads the Polish Government in exile , 1939-1943
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| Independence of Poland Beck, Josef | |
| 30th Mar Warsaw Agrees Chamberlain 's proposal of a unilateral British guarantee of Polish independence
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| Independence of Poland Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 21st Sep Germany & Russia declares that Poland no longer exists
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| Invasion of Poland Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 4th Aug Danzig German troops concentrate on the Polish border after the Polish ultimatum to Danzig
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| 9th Sep The 4th Panzer Div launches the 1st attack on Warsaw
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| 11th Sep Silesia Upper Silesia is capture d by the Germans
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| 12th Sep All French operations against the Germans are halted
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| 15th Sep Warsaw is surrounded by German troops, Hitler orders it's bombardment
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| 17th Sep Brest Litovsk The Germans capture Brest-Litovsk
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| 17th Sep Russia gives the order to invade eastern Poland which is undefended
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| 17th Sep The Polish Government flees to Romania
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| 19th Sep Brest Litovsk The Ref Army & German troops join up at Brest-Litovsk
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| 27th Sep Warsaw Warsaw finaly capitulates, 160,000 are taken prisoner
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| 6th Oct Warsaw Resistance in Poland comes to an end
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| 30th Oct Russia formally annexes it's occupied Polish territories
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| Invasion of Poland Smigly-Rydz, Edward | |
| 1st Sep Commands the Polish forces during the German invasion of Poland
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| 9th Sep River Bzura Launches a short lived counter-attack along the River Bzura
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| 16th Sep River Bzura The Bzura "pocxket" is contained by the German Army Group South
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| 18th Sep The Poznan Army collapses
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| Marshal Rydz smigly Rydz-smigly, Edward | |
| Appointed Marshal
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| Partition Poland, 5th Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2
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| Prime Minister of Poland Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| Sep Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term, in exile
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| 24th Sep Warsaw Appointed Head of the Polish Government in exile
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| Resignation of Mosciki Mosciki, Ignacy | |
| 17th Sep Resigns & goes into exile in Romania
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| 17th Sep Resigns & goes into exile in Romania
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| Rule of Gdansk Beck, Josef | |
| Mar Gdansk Hitler lays claim to the free City of Danzig
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| Rule of Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2
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| 30th Oct Russia formally annexes it's occupied Polish territories
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| Rule of Polish Corridor Beck, Josef | |
| Aug Polish Corridor Hitler lays claim to the whole of the Polish corridor
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| Siege of Modlin Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 28th Sep Modlin The 10 encircled Divs at Modlin finaly capitulate
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| Siege of Warsaw Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 9th Sep Warsaw The 4th Panzer Div launches the 1st attack on Warsaw
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| 15th Sep Warsaw Warsaw is surrounded by German troops, Hitler orders it's bombardment
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| 16th Sep Warsaw The Poles refuse to surrender Warsaw
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| 27th Sep Warsaw Warsaw finaly capitulates, 160,000 are taken prisoner
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| Ultimatum Danzig Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 4th Aug Danzig Poland orders Danzig to close its borders to east Prussia, Danzig complies
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