Tag: Poland

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3rd September 1939: Second World War officially begins when France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany alongside Australia and New Zealand

• 3rd September 2022
• Tagged as: Britain, Chamberlain, Churchill, France, Germany, Hitler, Invasion, Nazi, Poland, Second World War, War

German Nazi forces had invaded Poland two days earlier, claiming to be acting in self-defence following a ‘false flag’ operation.

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14th August 1980: Lech Walesa leads a strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk and triggers the formation of the Solidarity trade union

• 14th August 2022
• Tagged as: Communism, Communist, Gdansk, Industrial Action, Industry, Poland, Politics, Strike, Work

Within two years up to 80% of the entire Polish workforce had joined Solidarity or one of its sub-organisations, and they regularly used strikes to achieve political change.

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25th February 1956: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev delivers his ‘secret speech’ announcing the start of de-Stalinization

• 25th February 2022
• Tagged as: 1956, Cold War, Communism, Hungary, Khrushchev, Poland, Secret Speech, USSR

Officially called ‘On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences’, Khrushchev’s speech was a vehement denunciation of Stalin’s abuses of power and his creation of a personality cult.

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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland, triggering the Second World War

• 1st September 2021
• Tagged as: Germany, Poland, Second World War

On the 1^st September 1939, German forces invaded Poland in a move that was to trigger the Second World War.

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23rd August 1939: Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop

• 23rd August 2021
• Tagged as: Alliances, Germany, Nazi, Pact, Poland, Russia, Secon, Second World War, USSR

On 23^rd August 1939, Vyacheslav Molotov and Joachim von Ribbentrop – the Soviet foreign minister and the German foreign minister – signed the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, otherwise known as the Nazi-Soviet Pact.

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20th August 1968: Warsaw Pact troops invade to end the Prague Spring

• 20th August 2021
• Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Czechoslovakia, Invasion, Military, Poland, Revolution, USSR

At around 11pm on the 20^th August 1968, troops from the USSR, Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary entered Czechoslovakia in an invasion that brought the Prague Spring to an end.

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4th February 1945: Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin begins

• 4th February 2021
• Tagged as: Britain, Churchill, Diplomacy, Germany, International Relations, Poland, Roosevelt, Second World War, Stalin, USA, USSR

Attended by the “Big Three” Allied leaders, the conference saw United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet to discuss the government of post-war Europe.

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27th January 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau liberated by Soviet forces

• 27th January 2021
• Tagged as: Final Solution, Genocide, Himmler, Holocaust, Judaism, Nazi, Poland, Red Army, Soviet Union, USSR

On the 27^th January 1945, Soviet soldiers from the 322nd Rifle Division liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp near the Polish city of Oświęcim.

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12th December 1935: Nazis introduce Lebensborn programme

• 12th December 2020
• Tagged as: Aryan, Birth Rate, Children, Germany, Himmler, Nazi, Norway, Poland, Race, Racism, Sweden, Women

On the 12^th December 1935, the Lebensborn registered association was established in Nazi Germany by the SS.

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3rd September 1939: Second World War begins

• 3rd September 2020
• Tagged as: Australia, Britain, Chamberlain, Churchill, France, Germany, Nazi, New Zealand, Poland, Second World War

On the 3^rd September 1939, the Second World War officially began when France and the United Kingdom – together with Australia and New Zealand – declared war on Germany.