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Caught In The Polish Government-in-exile

Posted on:2014-12-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J XueFull Text:PDF
GTID:2265330425453238Subject:History of international relations
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September1,1939, the German attack Poland. After the collapse of the Poland,. However, Germany and the Soviet Union ocppy Poland.After the initial military defeat,, polish people did not give up resistance. Polish government was removed in Romania, France and the United Kingdom, the establishment of the wartime government-in-exile, to continue to lead the protest movements of the Polish people. With the intensification of the war situation and the outbreak of the Soviet-German war at the behest of the United Kingdom, Poland restored relations with the Soviet Union, and in a way to seek co-operation with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union also yielded limited to the formation of the army in the Soviet Union in Poland. Relations of cooperation between the two countries after all, is fragile, just out of the fight against wartime Germany’s needs. The Katyn opened the last fig leaf in the relations between the two countries, Polish-Soviet relation were broken. Britain and other countries to seek the wartime alliance with the Soviet Union, to avoid the Soviet Union out of the war, seeks to promote the continued cooperation between the two countries. Several major conferences in the late war, Poland became a meeting of major issues. Exile because of their own lack of adequate military and political strength, the fate of interference by power politics. The end result is the interim government came to power in Poland, the Polish government-in-exile loss of legitimacy, the image exists only as a part of the Polish resistance.The paper is divided into four parts.The first part introduces the background and the main activities of polish government-in-exile. Implementation of equidistant foreign policy in Poland before World War Ⅱ, to some extent Poland perish planted bitter fruit. Poland set up a government-in-exile after the fall of the critical moment, began plans against Germany and the Soviet Union, trying to restore the independence and the pre-war Polish border. Soviet-German War, the Sikorski’s government resume diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, the establishment of the Polish Second Corps in the Soviet Union, and try confederation plan in Central and Eastern Europe.The second part focuses on the position of the Allies in1941to1943in Poland. Poland was Poland’s most hard allies from the Soviet-German war broke out, the United Kingdom valued the national strength of the Soviet Union, to gradually favor of the Soviet Union in foreign policy. For domestic political reasons, the United States exposed during this period where there is no clear attitude, but the actual order to the needs of the Union was largely at the expense of Poland. Border issues and the withdrawal of the Polish Legion of Katyn interrupt the post-Soviet diplomatic ties and the Polish government in exile.The third part describes the diplomatic difficulties encountered by the Poland government-in-exile. The Soviet Union has achieved a great victory in anti-fascist battlefield, Poland gradually lost the right to speak in the Allies. The Moscow meeting Mikolajczyk grams government to seek a compromise solution, but ultimately failed. The failure of the Warsaw Uprising exacerbated the plight of Poland. The government-in-exile in Moscow after the meeting internal split, the resignation of Mikolajczyk grams. The authority of the government-in-exile by the challenges of domestic Lublin Committee, suffered a major crisis.The fourth part introduces the ultimate fate of polish government-in-exile the solutions in Yalta Conference.In Yalta Conference, the United States,Britain and Soviet Union set about rebuilding post-war international order. They reach a compromise in Poland. But in the final it doesn’t resolved in accordance with the spirit of the Yalta Conference. It decides the tragic fate of polish government-in-exile. Communism Poland is finally established and polish government-in-exile exists only as a symbol.
Keywords/Search Tags:Polish Government-in-exile, Poland Question, Britain
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