Poland

secondo conflitto globale (1939-1945)

Communist-ruled Polish state that emerged during the end of the Second World War and ended with the political transition of 1989.

Independent labor and civic movement in communist Poland that contributed to the political transformation of 1989.

guerra tra l'unione polacco-lituana e l'Ordine teutonico tra il 1409 e il 1411

conflitto del 1672-1676

The reign of Casimir III the Great, the last Piast king of Poland, during which the kingdom was consolidated, administratively strengthened, and territorially expanded.

monarchia elettiva dell'Europa orientale (1569-1795)

contrapposizione politica e ideologica fra USA e URSS (1947-1991)

Stato polacco controllato dall'Impero russo, esistito dal 1815 al 1915

Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, initiating the European phase of World War II and destabilizing the multiethnic eastern borderlands.

The 1944 armed uprising of the Polish Home Army and Warsaw residents against German occupation, lasting from 1 August until the capitulation on 2 October. Distinct from the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Polish troops defended Westerplatte against German attacks at the opening of World War II.

battaglia che ebbe luogo il 15 luglio 1410 tra i Cavalieri teutonici e la Polonia-Lituania

1673 battle where Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under John Sobieski defeated Ottoman Empire forces under Hussain Pasha

Workers' protests on the Polish Baltic coast were violently suppressed by communist authorities in December 1970.

Soviet security forces murdered Polish prisoners and detainees in mass executions during spring 1940.

A major diplomatic gathering held in Kraków in 1364 during Casimir III's reign, involving rulers and prominent political figures from Central Europe.

militare austriaco (1908-1946)

re di Polonia (r. 1333-1370)

giornalista e patriota polacco

duca di Polonia (r. 960-992)

Political center of the Commonwealth during the succession and mobilization period preceding the Ottoman invasion.

Nazi German concentration and extermination camp complex to which Jewish prisoners from occupied Poland were deported and murdered.

Polish city and administrative center of the German occupation in which Schindler operated his enamelware factory.

City in Poland.

City in England.

Polish Baltic city and central setting of the December 1970 violence depicted in Black Thursday.

Site of the decisive 15 July 1410 battle between the Polish–Lithuanian coalition and the Teutonic Order.

Strategic fortress in Podolia, besieged and captured by Ottoman forces in 1672.

Fortress on the Dniester and site of the Commonwealth victory over the Ottoman army on 11 November 1673.

A major textile-manufacturing city in the Kingdom of Poland that experienced explosive industrial and demographic growth in the second half of the 19th century.