Wladyslaw Sikorski Biography

Birth of Wladyslaw Sikorski

Forms a cabinet of pacification after the assassination of Narutowicz

Forms a cabinet of pacification after the assassination of Narutowicz

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term

Heads the Polish Government in exile, 1939-1943

The Soviet Union offers a Soviet-British-French alliance which would guarantee the integrity of Poland, the consulations are unproductive

The Soviet Union offers a Soviet-British-French alliance which would guarantee the integrity of Poland, the consulations are unproductive

Refuses Russian passage to east Germany, precondition of Anglo-Franco-Soviet agreement

German troops concentrate on the Polish border after the Polish ultimatum to Danzig

Poland orders Danzig to close its borders to east Prussia, Danzig complies

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term, in exile

The 4th Panzer Div launches the 1st attack on Warsaw

The 4th Panzer Div launches the 1st attack on Warsaw

Upper Silesia is captured by the Germans

Upper Silesia is captured by the Germans

All French operations against the Germans are halted

Warsaw is surrounded by German troops, Hitler orders its bombardment

Warsaw is surrounded by German troops, Hitler orders its bombardment

The Poles refuse to surrender Warsaw

The Germans capture Brest Litovsk

The Soviets carry out their part of the secret appendix of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact dividing Eastern Europe into Nazi and Soviet spheres of influence. The Polish Government flees to Romania. Russia gives the order to invade eastern Poland which is undefended. Facing the second front, the Polish Government decides the defense of the Romanian bridgehead is no longer feasible and orders the evacuation of all troops to neutral Romania

The Germans capture Brest Litovsk

Facing the second front, the Polish Government decides the defense of the Romanian bridgehead is no longer feasible and orders the evacuation of all troops to neutral Romania

The Ref Army & German troops join up at Brest Litovsk

Germany & Russia declares that Poland no longer exists

Appointed Commander in Chief, Polish Army in exile

Appointed Head of the Polish Government in exile

Warsaw finaly capitulates, 160,000 are taken prisoner

Warsaw finaly capitulates, 160,000 are taken prisoner

Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2

Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2

The 10 encircled Divisions at Modlin finaly capitulate

Heads the Polish Government in exile, 1939-1943

Many of the exiles subsequently join the recreated Polish Army in allied France, French-mandated Syria, and the United Kingdom. Germany and the Soviet Union completely overrun Poland, although the Polish Government never surrendered

Resistance in Poland comes to an end

Russia formally annexes its occupied Polish territories

Russia formally annexes its occupied Polish territories

Negotiates with Russia a recognition of Polands pre-war frontiers with Russia

Poland joins the Inter-Allied resolution supporting the declaration.

The Polish government in exile adheres to Atlantic Charter principles.

Death of Wladyslaw Sikorski, killed in an aircrash

Evidence by the Nazis emerges of a massacre of Polish officers & soldiers by Russia

Stalin uses the Katyn massacre to sever relations with the Polish Government. Stalin recognizes the "Union of Polish Patriots", the core of a Soviet puppet regime

Dies in a plane crash at Gibraltar

The Lublin Committee is established for Polish Liberation

The Lublin Committee is established for Polish Liberation