Poland regained its independence as the Second Polish Republic in 1918 after World War I, but lost it in World War II through occupation by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

Jan 30, 2025 · The map below traces the history of Poland’s borders from 1635 right through to the present day. Watch as the borders shrink from their peak during the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to the partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century to …

Historical Map of Poland, 1831-1918 (Eugeniusz Romer) The political subdivision of the Polish territory before the war and its linguistic areas (Woodrow Wilson) The Polish question on the maps, 1914 (Joseph de Lipkowski)

Jan 15, 2017 · The geopolitical map of “Poland” didn’t change during the time from the 1880s through the early 1900s, when most of our ancestors emigrated, until the end of World War I when Poland was reborn as a new, independent Polish state.

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Oct 1, 2024 · A set of 483 microfiche maps of Poland as it existed between World War I and World War II. Modern road atlases for Poland are for sale at various genealogical booksellers and many on-line bookstores through the Internet.

After World War I, Poland again appeared on the map. Austria and Germany lost the war, while Russia was involved with the Bolshevik revolution. Poland regains much of the territory it held during the time of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

32. Poland Map - Pre-WWI Regions

Jan 17, 2025 · To find communities in Poland prior to the Second World War, reference staff have often relied on a set of topographic maps prepared by Poland's Wojskowy Insytut Geograficzny at 1:100,000 scale in the 1920s-30s. The set consists of approximately 480 sheets, often published in up to four editions per sheet.