Second Polish Republic

Second Polish Republic was name of Polish state from 1918 (end of WWI) through 1939 (start of WWII). When its borders were fixed in 1922 after several wars, it had borders with Czechoslovakia, Weimar Republic (Germany), Free City of Danzig, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Soviet Union. Józef Piłsudski was the leader during most of the state's existence.

Republic of Poland Rzeczpospolita Polska
1918–1939
Anthem:
Map of the Second Polish Republic within Europe (1930)
Capital	Warsaw
Official languages	Polish
Religion	64.8% Roman Catholicism
Demonym(s)	Polish, Pole
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic (1918–1926) Unitary semi-presidential authoritarian republic (1926–1935) Unitary presidential constitutional republic (1935–1939)
• President	Gabriel Narutowicz (first) Władysław Raczkiewicz (last)
Legislature	Bicameral
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Sejm
Area
• Total
Currency	Marka, Polish złoty
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Poland German Empire Russian SFSR Zakopane Ukrainian People's Republic West Ukrainian People's Republic Komancza Republic Lemko-Rusyn Republic Galician SSR Galicia-Lodomeria Tarnobrzeg Central Lithuania Belarusian DR Weimar Republic Litbel SSR First Czechoslovak Republic Nazi Germany Soviet Union Lithuania Slovakia Polish government-in-exile Polish Underground State
Today part of	Poland Belarus Ukraine Lithuania

Predecessors

• Austria-Hungary
• German Empire
• Kingdom of Poland (1916-1918)
• West Ukrainian National Republic
• Lemko-Rusyn Republic
• Komancza Republic
• Ukrainian People's Republic
• Galician Soviet Socialist Republic
• Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
• Republic of Central Lithuania

Successors

• Nazi Germany
• Soviet Union
• Polish Underground State

The Second Polish Republic, in 1939, was invaded by the Greater German Reich and the U.S.S.R. after refusing to make territorial changes towards Germany. Poland was then fully occupied by both countries 39 days later. It continued it's existence as the Polish Underground State until 1945 when Poland was released but made a communist, soviet, satellite state.