January 1939Enigma MachineMaksymilian Ciezki
Attends the January Paris meeting while Poland initially withholds the full extent of its Enigma success.
Historical records for Poland in 1939, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Attends the January Paris meeting while Poland initially withholds the full extent of its Enigma success.
Represents the Polish Cipher Bureau at the January allied cryptanalytic meeting in Paris.
Agrees Chamberlains proposal of a unilateral British guarantee of Polish independence
Agrees Chamberlains proposal of a unilateral British guarantee of Polish independence
Hitler lays claim to the free City of Danzig
Signs an agreement with Britain creating a temporary Pact of mutual assistance
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
Explains Polish Enigma methods and equipment to the British and French delegations at Pyry.
Authorises disclosure of Poland's Enigma achievements to British and French cryptanalysts at Pyry.
Explains the mathematical reconstruction of Enigma and Polish key-recovery methods to allied cryptanalysts.
Shares Polish experience of Enigma rotor analysis with the British and French delegations.
Demonstrates the perforated-sheet method to British and French cryptanalysts at the Pyry meeting.
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
Helps AVA complete dozens of Enigma replicas before the German invasion of Poland.
Supports production of Polish Enigma replicas, one of which is supplied to Britain before the war.
Refuses Russian passage to east Germany, precondition of Anglo-Franco-Soviet agreement
Hitler lays claim to the whole of the Polish corridor
Commands the Polish forces during the German invasion of Poland
The 4th Panzer Div launches the 1st attack on Warsaw
Launches a short lived counter-attack along the River Bzura
The 4th Panzer Div launches the 1st attack on Warsaw
Upper Silesia is captured by the Germans
Upper Silesia is captured by the Germans
Attempts to attack the German Eighth Army in the flank
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 Bzura "pocxket" is contained by the German Army Group South
The Poles refuse to surrender Warsaw
The Germans capture Brest Litovsk
Resigns & goes into exile in Romania
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
Resigns & goes into exile in Romania
Resigns & goes into exile in Romania
The Poznan Army collapses
Defeated during the German invasion of Poland. 19 Polish Divisions are encircled in the 1st pocket of the war, 170,000 captured
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
Exiles himself in Romania when Germany invades Poland
Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term, in exile
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
Escapes after the German invasion of Poland
Heads the Polish Government in exile, 1939-1943
Appointed Marshal
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