History of Poland (1939–1945)

World War II in Poland
Part of The European theatre of World War II
Map of the Invasion of Poland
Date 1 September 1939 - 14 May 1945 Location Poland Result Polish and Soviet victory
Belligerents
Republic of Poland (1939) Polish Underground State (1939-1945) Home Army Jewish Combat Organization Peasant Battalions National Armed Forces Support: Polish government-in-exile (1939-1945) United Kingdom (1939-1945) United States (1941-1945) (and others)	German Reich General Government Slovakia Hungary (1944) Lithuanian Collaborators Ukrainian Collaborators Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1939-1941) Ukraine Belarus	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1941-1945) Ukraine Belarus Soviet partisans People's Guard (6 January 1942 – 1 January 1944) People's Army (1 January 1944 – 29 July 1944) Polish People's Army (May 1943-1945) Polish Army in the East Polish Committee of National Liberation (1944) Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland (1944-1945)

Poland would be the first European country to be invaded by Nazi Germany during the Second world war. With the nazis occupying Poland for most of the war. Resistance rose up to fight the German occupiers for almost 6 years from 1 September 1939 - 14 May 1945. The war ended with the resistance not liberating the country and the government-in-exile not returning until 1990. instead, Poland was liberated by the Soviet Union and the Polish People's Army.