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Principal Actions of World War One: Eastern Front
firstworldwar.com/battles/ |
5,100 words |
Although Poland did not exist as a sovereign state at the time of the outbreak of World War 1, on the Eastern Front much of war was fought on Polish lands with resultant massive destruction and loss of life among the local population, not to mention that conscription led to Poles serving in the armies of the three powers active in this theater. Details of these military actions are detailed on the following webpages of the Western Front Association
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Garrison Evacuates Polish Capital
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/... |
2 pages |
Account of the evacuation of Warsaw by the Russians and the entry of Bavarian troops into the capital. New York Times article of August 6, 1915 |
Photos of The Great War - Poland
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/... |
17 photos |
Enlargements of two of the 17:
Russians evacuating Warsaw
Entry of Leopold of Bavaria into Warsaw
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Woodrow Wilson: The Fourteen Points
campus.northpark.edu/history/.../14Points.html |
960 words |
Text of a President Wilson's Fourteen Points, the 13th of which stipulated that an "independent Polish state should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea."
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The Polish Blue Army
bfn.org/~pacb/bulletin/macielag |
1,340 words |
Text of a speech by Joseph Macielag detailing the recruitment in the United States, the training in Canada, and the military exploits in France and newly independent Poland of the Polish Blue Army, later known also as Haller's Army. |
When the Prussians Came to Poland
lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/memoir/.../Poland1.htm |
33 chapters
33,630 words |
Text of The Experiences of an American Woman during the German Invasion
by Laura de Gozdawa Turczynowicz. Published in 1916 by Grosset & Dunlap, New York |
Kosciuszko Squadron
wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/postwwi/ks.htm |
315 words |
An account of how, in the Spring of 1919, U.S. flyers formed a Polish squadron, named after Tadeusz Kosciuszko Squadron, and how they contributed to Poland's victory in its war with the Bolsheviks.
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Independence Regained
poloniatoday.com/history10.htm |
611 words |
Part 10 of A Brief History of Poland |
World War I: War and the Polish Lands - Recovery of Statehood
info-poland.buffalo.edu/.../longhist5.html |
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In Indpendence Won and Lost, 1914-45 Part 5 of the Library of Congress: Country Study: Poland - Historical Setting Indpendence Gained and Lost
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World War I
web.archive.org/poland-embassy.si/.../history5.htm |
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Part 5 of a History of Poland posted by the Polish Embassy in Lubjana |
The First World War: 1914-1918; Rebirth: 1918-1922
http://www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk/.../Revolution.html |
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Part of Revolution and Rebirth Section 4 of The History of Poland
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WWI
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