Territorial Changes of Poland - How Poland's Borders Shifted to the West

Have you ever wondered how after WW II the territory of Poland changed? Before the First World War Poland didn't excist as a sovereign nation. What is now Poland used to be part of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empire. During WW1 the central powers set up the Polish Legion. They also set up the Polish Kingdom which was a vasal state of Germany. In 1917 the Russian Revolution took place and after the bolsheviks seized power they signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk leaving large strips of land in the German sphere of influence.
After 11/11 the Germans lost the First World War. Józef Piłsudski led the Greater Poland Uprising and the Silesian Uprisings. On the east the Poles were fighting the Ukrainians and the Soviets. During the Polish-Soviet War (1919 - 1921) the Red Army was defeated and the Second Polish Republic was now here.
In 1939 the German invasion of Poland took place. A few weeks later the Soviets marched in from the east. Later the Germans attacked the Soviet Union. After WW II Poland came under the Soviet sphere of influence. Poland's borders shifted 200 kilometers to the west at the Oder-Neisse line. During Operation Vistula ethnic Ukrainians were resettled. Poland would be communist til 1989.
Here a history of Poland documentary. History Hustle at Home presents: Territorial Changes of Poland - How Poland's Borders Shifted to the West.
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