Poland (Germany)

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Was a short-lived polity that was proclaimed during World War I by the German Empire and Austria-Hungary on 5 November 1916 on the territories of the formerly Russian-ruled Congress Poland. It was a client state of Germany which then transformed in the fully independent Second Polish Republic.

Establishment

January 1917: Poland was officially established on January 14, 1917 in the territories of the former Congress Kingdom, with the aim of legitimizing the German occupation of Poland.

Chronology

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November 1918: On November 9 Polish forces attempted to seize the Drohobych oil fields by surprise but were driven back, outnumbered by the Ukrainians. The resulting stalemate saw the Poles retaining control over Lviv and a narrow strip of land around a railway linking the city to Poland, while the rest of eastern Galicia remained under the control of the West Ukrainian National Republic.

Disestablishment

November 1918: The Polish National Council and the Czechoslovak Committee concluded an agreement on the demarcation line of Cieszyn Silesia. The Frýdek district and a small part of the Fryštát district was left on the Czech side, the remainder was accorded to the Poles.

November 1918: The Republic of Tarnobrzeg was a short-lived entity, proclaimed in the Polish town of Tarnobrzeg.

November 1918: On 11 November 1918 in Warsaw, Józef Piłsudski was appointed Commander in Chief of Polish forces by the Regency Council and was entrusted with creating a national government for the newly independent country. On the same day, which would become Poland's Independence Day, he proclaimed the independent Polish Republic.