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The '''Third Polish Republic''' is a [[Central Europe]] country and the leading [[pro-life]] nation in [[Europe]]. Previously Poland suffered many hardships before and after [[World War I]] and [[World War II]], disappearing from the world map in 1875 and re-appearing in 1918 after 123 years of [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]], [[Prussia]] ([[Germany|German]]), and [[Russian Empire]] rule. After having re-emerged as a sovereign nation after World War I, Poland was again partitioned between [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] at the start of World War II. Attaining nationhood again at the end of that war, Poland was then suppressed behind the [[Iron Curtain]] as a Soviet satellite state controlled by a [[communist]] regime imposed by [[Josef Stalin]].

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The '''Third Polish Republic''' is a [[Central Europe]] country and the leading [[pro-life]] nation in [[Europe]]. Previously, Poland suffered many hardships before and after [[World War I]] and [[World War II]], disappearing from the world map in 1875 and re-appearing in 1918 after 123 years of [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]], [[Prussia]] ([[Germany|German]]), and [[Russian Empire]] rule. After having re-emerged as a sovereign nation after World War I, Poland was again partitioned between [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] at the start of World War II. Attaining nationhood again at the end of that war, Poland was then suppressed behind the [[Iron Curtain]] as a Soviet satellite state controlled by a [[communist]] regime imposed by [[Josef Stalin]].

While Hungary remained [[conservative]] by standing against the [[NATO war in Ukraine]] and not [[bankruptcy|bankrupting]] itself over it, Poland's [[RINO]]-type leadership made both mistakes and was defeated in the national election on October 15, 2023. Predictably, as a result of Poland caving into [[liberal]] [[NATO]], the [[homosexual agenda]] and [[transgender agenda]] began taking over Poland in 2024: "Religious symbols have been banned from [[Warsaw]]'s city hall by its mayor, marking the first Polish city to do so. [[Cross]]es will no longer be allowed to hang on walls according to a new set of documented rules, which was a common sight in state offices in Poland. Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski also included in the new rules that officials must respect [[same-sex marriage|same-sex couples]] and preferred pronouns."<ref>https://humanevents.com/2024/05/16/religious-symbols-crosses-banned-from-warsaw-city-hall</ref>

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Poland is the second-most [[conservative]] nation in the [[European Union]], only behind [[Hungary]]. However, Poland is far behind Hungary in terms of conservatism and only slightly ahead of its remaining EU counterparts, namely due to its highly [[Russophobia|Russophobic]] foreign policy and strong acquiescence to the American [[Deep State]]. That being said, Poland controls its border and limits [[illegal immigration]] more effectively than most other [[European]] countries do. In 2021, Poland announced that it would fine [[Big Tech]] for its [[liberal censorship]].

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Poland accepted millions of refugees from the [[Ukraine]], and this has resulted in some new labor unrest by the fewer [[conservative]] Ukrainian workers. "Ukrainians are starting to protest against the violation of their labor rights in Poland. This month, a strike took place at the factory of Christmas decorations in the Polish town of Gliwice."<ref>https://libcom.org/article/how-inflow-ukrainians-enhances-labor-struggle-poland</ref> In March 2023, Poland cut its subsidies for Ukrainian refugees by half.<ref>https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/poland-cuts-funding-for-ukrainian-refugees-by-half-2/</ref> Poland agreed with [[globalist]]s to deport some men of expanded military age (roughly 18–50 years old) back to Ukraine in September 2023.<ref>[https://www.uawire.org/poland-begins-deportation-of-draft-evaders-to-ukraine Poland begins deporting draft evaders back to Ukraine], September 4, 2023. www.uawire.org</ref> Most were sent directly to the front and died within 3 days.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-real-reason-thousands-are-fleeing-conscription-in-ukraine The Real Reason Thousands Are Fleeing Conscription in Ukraine], Stefan Weichert, ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', Jan. 21, 2024. thedailybeast.com</ref><ref>[https://nypost.com/2023/02/23/life-expectancy-on-frontline-in-ukraine-4-hours-soldier/ Frontline Ukrainian soldiers’ life expectancy just ‘four hours,’ US Marine claims], Isabel Keane, ''[[New York Post]]'', Feb 23, 2023. nypost.com</ref>

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Poland accepted millions of refugees from the [[Ukraine]], and this has resulted in some new labor unrest among the fewer [[conservative]] Ukrainian workers. "Ukrainians are starting to protest against the violation of their labor rights in Poland. This month, a strike took place at the factory of Christmas decorations in the Polish town of Gliwice."<ref>https://libcom.org/article/how-inflow-ukrainians-enhances-labor-struggle-poland</ref> In March 2023, Poland cut its subsidies for Ukrainian refugees by half.<ref>https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/poland-cuts-funding-for-ukrainian-refugees-by-half-2/</ref> Poland agreed with [[globalist]]s to deport some men of expanded military age (roughly 18–50 years old) back to Ukraine in September 2023.<ref>[https://www.uawire.org/poland-begins-deportation-of-draft-evaders-to-ukraine Poland begins deporting draft evaders back to Ukraine], September 4, 2023. www.uawire.org</ref> Most were sent directly to the front and died within 3 days.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-real-reason-thousands-are-fleeing-conscription-in-ukraine The Real Reason Thousands Are Fleeing Conscription in Ukraine], Stefan Weichert, ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', Jan. 21, 2024. thedailybeast.com</ref><ref>[https://nypost.com/2023/02/23/life-expectancy-on-frontline-in-ukraine-4-hours-soldier/ Frontline Ukrainian soldiers’ life expectancy just ‘four hours,’ US Marine claims], Isabel Keane, ''[[New York Post]]'', Feb 23, 2023. nypost.com</ref>

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Historically, Poland finally became liberated from ~~the~~ communist rule in the late 1980s, specifically July 4, 1989 (the date of the elections won by the ''Solidarność'', or ''Solidarity'' movement). [[Pope John Paul II]] was from Poland and played a major part in bringing down [[communist|communism]] in Poland. Among the nations under Soviet domination, Poland was unique in continuing to keep its strong [[Catholic]] roots even in the face of persecution. Despite this, communists remained in power and received no punishment, even decades later.<ref>[https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30340-alex-newman-pawel-chojecki-polish-pastor-exposes-commies Polish Pastor Exposes Commies in High Places]. ''The New American''. October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref> The [[capital]] of Poland is [[Warsaw]].

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Historically, Poland finally became liberated from communist rule in the late 1980s, specifically July 4, 1989 (the date of the elections won by the ''Solidarność'', or ''Solidarity'' movement). [[Pope John Paul II]] was from Poland and played a major part in bringing down [[communist|communism]] in Poland. Among the nations under Soviet domination, Poland was unique in continuing to keep its strong [[Catholic]] roots even in the face of persecution. Despite this, communists remained in power and received no punishment, even decades later.<ref>[https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30340-alex-newman-pawel-chojecki-polish-pastor-exposes-commies Polish Pastor Exposes Commies in High Places]. ''The New American''. October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref> The [[capital]] of Poland is [[Warsaw]].

==Geography==

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Poland has repeatedly ruled out joining the EU common currency. In October 2022, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal declared that Articles 1, 2, and 4 clauses 3 and 19 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) are incompatible with the Polish Constitution and warned the European Union not to interfere with its [[sovereignty]].

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[[Andrew Korybko]] noted in ''NATO’s Proposed ‘Military Schengen’ Is A Thinly Disguised German Power Play Over Poland'' that it was aimed at taking advantage of Donald Tusk's return to the premiership to subordinate Poland as a [[German]] [[proxy]]. Conservative-nationalist opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski accused Tusk of being a “German agent” due to his close ties with Germany and warned that he's plotting to surrender Polish [[sovereignty]] ~~to it~~.<ref>https://themessenger.com/news/poland-prime-minister-donald-tusk-elected-german-agent</ref>

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[[Andrew Korybko]] noted in ''NATO’s Proposed ‘Military Schengen’ Is A Thinly Disguised German Power Play Over Poland'' that it was aimed at taking advantage of Donald Tusk's return to the premiership to subordinate Poland as a [[German]] [[proxy]]. Conservative-nationalist opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski accused Tusk of being a “German agent” due to his close ties with Germany and warned that he's plotting to surrender Polish [[sovereignty]]t.<ref>https://themessenger.com/news/poland-prime-minister-donald-tusk-elected-german-agent</ref>

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The diplomat reminded that Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland was deliberately planned and aimed at destroying the Polish state and its population—not simply reclaiming territory.

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It was also noted Carlson's broader history of skepticism toward the Allied war effort.

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It was also noted that Carlson had a broader history of skepticism toward the Allied war effort.

Rees-Mogg himself pushed back against Carlson during the interview, saying Carlson appeared to be “verging on defending Hitler.”<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/03/rees-mogg-tucker-carlson-verging-on-defending-hitler/ Rees-Mogg: Tucker Carlson ‘verging on defending Hitler’].

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[[File:Poland-Tweet-Airforce-Ukraine.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Polish government responds to [[Biden regime]] foreign secretary [[Antony Blinken]] efforts to induce Poland to provoke [[Russia-Ukraine war#Expansion of war|World War III]].<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/08/poland-calls-secretary-blinkens-bluff-refuses-to-help-the-united-states-start-world-war-iii-against-russia/ Poland Calls Secretary Blinken’s Bluff, Refuses To Help the United States Start World War-III Against Russia],

March 8, 2022. ''[[The Conservative Treehouse]].''</ref>]]

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Poland continues to be a regional leader in support and participation in the NATO Partnership for Peace Program and has actively engaged most of its neighbors and other regional actors to build stable foundations for future European security arrangements. Poland continues its long record of strong support for UN peacekeeping operations by maintaining a unit in Southern Lebanon, a battalion in NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR), and by providing and actually deploying the KFOR strategic reserve to Kosovo. Polish military forces have served in ~~both~~ [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]].

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Poland continues to be a regional leader in support and participation in the NATO Partnership for Peace Program and has actively engaged most of its neighbors and other regional actors to build stable foundations for future European security arrangements. Poland continues its long record of strong support for UN peacekeeping operations by maintaining a unit in Southern Lebanon, a battalion in NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR), and by providing and actually deploying the KFOR strategic reserve to Kosovo. Polish military forces have served in [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]].

Poland assumed command of a multinational division of stabilization forces in Iraq (MDN-CS) on September 3, 2003. Poland and its MND-CS partners have worked effectively since then to stabilize south-central Iraq while working to train Iraqi forces to take over MND-CS responsibilities and operate independently.<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm</ref>

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Evidence suggests Polish intelligence has fed exaggerated and phony anti-Russian information on Russian activities in Ukraine to NATO to inflame tensions since at least 2014.

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On March 8, 2022, the government of Poland announced it would transfer all of its Russian-made MIG-29 jets to the Rammstein Air Base in Germany. The jets will be placed “at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America” which in turn is expected to send them to Ukraine.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/poland-announces-all-its-mig-29-jets-will-be-transferred-us-send-ukraine</ref> The Pentagon responded to the Polish announcement: "The prospect of fighter jets "at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America" departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly into airspace that is contested with Russia over Ukraine raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance. It is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it.'<ref>[https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2960180/statement-by-pentagon-press-secretary-john-f-kirby-on-security-assistance-to-uk/ Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby on Security Assistance to Ukraine], MARCH 8, 2022. www.defense.gov</ref> Simply put, [[Blinken]] and Biden tried to bribe Poland with new upgraded replacement jets to attack Russia and begin World War III so that NATO Article 5 could be invoked. Poland refused on at least two earlier occasions in the previous two weeks. When Poland said it would fly the old MIGs to Germany and let Germany or the U.S. begin World War III, or let the US transport the MIGs to Slovakia or Romania and let Romania or Slovakia get nuked in addition to the United States, the whole duplicitous game the [[Biden regime]] was playing with the lives of people on the planet was exposed. Biden, the "leader of the free world", wanted to start World War III but didn't want to take the blame for it, and was looking for a NATO ally to bribe and become the fall guy.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/08/blinken-and-biden-fold-pentagon-rejects-poland-offer-for-united-states-to-start-world-war-iii/</ref>

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On March 8, 2022, the government of Poland announced it would transfer all of its Russian-made MIG-29 jets to the Rammstein Air Base in Germany. The jets will be placed “at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America” which in turn is expected to send them to Ukraine.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/poland-announces-all-its-mig-29-jets-will-be-transferred-us-send-ukraine</ref> The Pentagon responded to the Polish announcement: "The prospect of fighter jets " at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America" departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly into airspace that is contested with Russia over Ukraine raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance. It is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it.'<ref>[https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2960180/statement-by-pentagon-press-secretary-john-f-kirby-on-security-assistance-to-uk/ Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby on Security Assistance to Ukraine], MARCH 8, 2022. www.defense.gov</ref> Simply put, [[Blinken]] and Biden tried to bribe Poland with new upgraded replacement jets to attack Russia and begin World War III so that NATO Article 5 could be invoked. Poland refused on at least two earlier occasions in the previous two weeks. When Poland said it would fly the old MIGs to Germany and let Germany or the U.S. begin World War III, or let the US transport the MIGs to Slovakia or Romania and let Romania or Slovakia get nuked in addition to the United States, the whole duplicitous game the [[Biden regime]] was playing with the lives of people on the planet was exposed. Biden, the "leader of the free world", wanted to start World War III but didn't want to take the blame for it, and was looking for a NATO ally to bribe and become the fall guy.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/08/blinken-and-biden-fold-pentagon-rejects-poland-offer-for-united-states-to-start-world-war-iii/</ref>

On March 24, 2022, Biden flew to Poland. Reports emerged that Poland was "contemplating" an incursion into Western Ukraine.

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On November 15, 2022, two Ukrainian [[S-300]] missiles, alleged to have been launched to shoot down a Russian [[cruise missile]], were fired westward and hit a Polish grain storage facility, killing two civilians. The Polish government, Ukrainian government, the ''[[Associated Press]]'',<ref>https://apnews.com/article/nato-ap-news-alert-europe-poland-government-and-politics-ba48101fd25c86e68e57dc56fe2adf80</ref> most of all Western propaganda media and so-called national security and intelligence experts called for invoking NATO Article 5.<ref>https://twitter.com/anders_aslund/status/1592616431291535360</ref> Zelensky advisor [[Mykhailo Podolyak]] declared that the strikes came from Russia. Ukrainian foreign minister [[Dmytro Kuleba]] claimed Russian denials were a [[conspiracy theory]] and that “No one should buy Russian propaganda or amplify its messages."<ref>https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1592632386751434752?s=20&t=TtnVQsVODlidTZoknWqWpg</ref> Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted that the “Russian attack on collective security in the Euro-Atlantic is a significant escalation” of the conflict.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/world/kyiv-strikes-russia-zelensky-peace-intl/index.html</ref>

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However, an AWACS radar plane and other ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) aircraft regularly flying in the region, and ground radar, tracked the missiles' trajectory and determined the Kyiv regime had launched the missiles. That did not prevent an anonymous "senior U.S. intelligence official" from reporting to the ''Associated Press'' that Russia had fired the missiles at Poland. The [[fake news]] story was disseminated globally, as all fake news stories emanating from Kyiv, and its CIA counterparts in Kyiv, have been disseminated globally to world media for the entirety of 2022 and late 2021.

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However, an AWACS radar plane and other ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) aircraft regularly flying in the region and ground radar tracked the missiles' trajectory and determined the Kyiv regime had launched the missiles. That did not prevent an anonymous "senior U.S. intelligence official" from reporting to the ''Associated Press'' that Russia had fired the missiles at Poland. The [[fake news]] story was disseminated globally, as all fake news stories emanating from Kyiv, and its CIA counterparts in Kyiv, have been disseminated globally to world media for the entirety of 2022 and late 2021.

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When called out on the [[lie]]s, Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky doubled down. Both socialist premier Joe Biden and NATO chief warlord Jens Stoltenberg blamed Ukraine for the attack. Zelensky refuted the Western leaders' statements that the missile which killed two innocent civilians in Poland was Ukrainian. "I have no doubt that it was not our missile or our missile strike." Zelensky insisted that he received reports from the corrupt Armed Forces of Ukraine command that told him the missile attacks did not come from Ukraine," he told the people in a live nationwide address on Ukrainian state-controlled media.<ref>https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/11/16/7376663/</ref> The [[Russophobic]] ''Financial Times'' of [[London]] quoted a [[diplomat]] from a NATO country in Kyiv saying: “This is getting ridiculous. The Ukrainians are destroying [our] confidence in them. Nobody is blaming Ukraine and they are openly lying. This is more destructive than the [[missile]].”<ref>https://archive.ph/mxQ5K#selection-2029.34-2029.282</ref>

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When called out on the [[lie]]s, Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky doubled down. Both socialist premier Joe Biden and NATO chief warlord Jens Stoltenberg blamed Ukraine for the attack. Zelensky refuted the Western leaders' statements that the missile which killed two innocent civilians in Poland was Ukrainian. "I have no doubt that it was not our missile or our missile strike." Zelensky insisted that he received reports from the corrupt Armed Forces of Ukraine command that told him the missile attacks did not come from Ukraine," he told the people in a live nationwide address on Ukrainian state-controlled media.<ref>https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/11/16/7376663/</ref> The [[Russophobic]] ''Financial Times'' of [[London]] quoted a [[diplomat]] from a NATO country in Kyiv saying: “This is getting ridiculous. The Ukrainians are destroying [our] confidence in them. Nobody is blaming Ukraine and they are openly lying. This is more destructive than the [[missile]].”<ref>https://archive.ph/mxQ5K#selection-2029.34-2029.282</ref>

The Polish politician Jaroslaw Pakula said that Poland should reconsider its position vis-à-vis the conflict in Ukraine after a “provocation” from Kyiv that killed Polish citizens. Pakula said the missile that hit Przewodow was clearly Ukrainian and that the government in Warsaw should send a message to Kyiv instead of telling “fairy tales” to its citizens.<ref>https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/ukraine/the-west-must-abandon-ukraine-force-peace/</ref>

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At the same time, the FIS pointed out, Polish leadership is not interested in “unnecessary spies” in its operation. “The so-called peacekeeping contingent is planned to be deployed in those parts of Ukraine where the threat of direct clash with the Russian Armed Forces is minimal. The priority “combat tasks” of the Polish military will include gradual interception of control over strategic objects located there from the National Guard of Ukraine. Polish special services are already searching for “agreeable” representatives of the Ukrainian elite to form a Warsaw-oriented “democratic” counterweight to the nationalists," the FIS said in its report.

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Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces, Jaroslaw Mika, signed an order to bring the Polish Army into a state of full combat readiness for the invasion of western Ukraine.<ref>https://youtu.be/DzHlHaphi3I</ref> This document was published online by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.<ref>https://t.me/MedvedevVesti/9303</ref> According to the Polish government’s estimates, a deployment into western Ukraine is highly likely to split the country. Warsaw will essentially gain control of the territories where Polish "peacekeepers" will enter. Essentially, it is an attempt to repeat the historical “deal” for Poland after the [[First World War]], when the collective West, represented by the [[Triple Entente|Entente]], recognized Warsaw's right first to occupy part of Ukraine to protect its population from the “[[Bolshevik]] threat”, and then to incorporate those territories into the Polish state. The events that followed were a clear illustration of the [[colonialism|colonial]] order and forced Polonization as the main methods of building a ‘Greater Poland’," the FIS concluded.<ref>https://southfront.org/transnistria29042022/</ref>

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Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces, Jaroslaw Mika, signed an order to bring the Polish Army into a state of full combat readiness for the invasion of western Ukraine.<ref>https://youtu.be/DzHlHaphi3I</ref> This document was published online by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.<ref>https://t.me/MedvedevVesti/9303</ref> According to the Polish government’s estimates, a deployment into western Ukraine is highly likely to split the country. Warsaw will essentially gain control of the territories where Polish "peacekeepers" will enter. Essentially, it is an attempt to repeat the historical “deal” for Poland after the [[First World War]], when the collective West, represented by the [[Triple Entente|Entente]], recognized Warsaw's right first to occupy part of Ukraine to protect its population from the “[[Bolshevik]] threat”, and then to incorporate those territories into the Polish state. The events that followed were a clear illustration of the [[colonialism|colonial]] order and forced Polonization as the main methods of building a ‘Greater Poland’," the FIS concluded.<ref>https://southfront.org/transnistria29042022/</ref>

On May 3, 2022, Polish President [[Andrzej Duda]] said in a nationally televised speech,<ref>https://twitter.com/intermarium24/status/1521652429024120832</ref>

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====Alleged peacekeepers====

Hanna Kramer, writing in the Polish ''Political Journal'' in March 2023, said,

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{{quotebox-float|"Ukrainians are paying thousands of victims for the mistakes and arrogance of the authorities, for unfulfilled promises, for the chaos created by the Americans, who now call it "order". And also for the fact that the government agreed and helped [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] to revive [[Nazism]] and kill its own citizens in [[Donbas]]. The only thing that remains unchanged is that the [[White House]] will stop at nothing to maintain its world dominance. If we do not stop the American Reich now, they will unleash more [[war]]s around the world and drown Europeans in the blood of their own citizens!"<ref>https://dziennik-polityczny.com/2023/03/28/hanna-kramer-misja-pokojowa-nato-szykuje-sie-armagedon/</ref>}}

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{{quotebox-float|"Ukrainians are paying thousands of victims for the mistakes and arrogance of the authorities, for unfulfilled promises, for the chaos created by the Americans, who now call it " order". And also for the fact that the government agreed and helped [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] to revive [[Nazism]] and kill its own citizens in [[Donbas]]. The only thing that remains unchanged is that the [[White House]] will stop at nothing to maintain its world dominance. If we do not stop the American Reich now, they will unleash more [[war]]s around the world and drown Europeans in the blood of their own citizens!"<ref>https://dziennik-polityczny.com/2023/03/28/hanna-kramer-misja-pokojowa-nato-szykuje-sie-armagedon/</ref>}}

====Operation Safe Podlasie====

On August 1, 2024, the start of a number of military operations was announced in Poland. In particular, conducting an air operation in the eastern and south-eastern parts of the country “Eastern Dawn”, as well as a ground operation in the same directions, in the border area – Operation Safe Podlasie.<ref>https://www.defensemirror.com/news/37296/Poland_Launches__Operation_Safe_Podlasie__with_17_000_Troops_to_Secure_Eastern_Border_Amid_Rising_Hybrid_Threats</ref> These are not exercises, but operations. The troops are in full [[combat]] readiness, including full [[ammunition]].

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Since the beginning of July 2024, the appearance of F-16 air groups with various affiliation markings, in particular, the Air Forces of [[Romania]], [[Germany]], [[Denmark]] and other NATO countries, was observed in the airspace of countries adjacent to Ukraine. In addition, flights were practiced with transponders turned off. Frequent takeoffs and landings at airfields in Poland and Romania were also being practiced, including at night. A significant increase in [[F-16]] sorties from Polish airfields was observed. An "operational game" was carried out to covertly transport F-16 aircraft for the air forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This indicated a disguise of the start of the [[NATO]] air operation in Ukraine, and of the Polish Armed Forces' direct intervention in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

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Since the beginning of July 2024, the appearance of F-16 air groups with various affiliation markings, in particular, the Air Forces of [[Romania]], [[Germany]], [[Denmark]] and other NATO countries, was observed in the airspace of countries adjacent to Ukraine. In addition, flights were practiced with transponders turned off. Frequent takeoffs and landings at airfields in Poland and Romania were also being practiced, including at night. A significant increase in [[F-16]] sorties from Polish airfields was observed. A "operational game" was carried out to covertly transport F-16 aircraft for the air forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This indicated a disguise of the start of the [[NATO]] air operation in Ukraine, and of the Polish Armed Forces' direct intervention in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

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=== Agriculture ===

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Agriculture employs 16.1% of the workforce but contributes only 5% to the gross domestic product (GDP), reflecting relatively low productivity. Unlike the industrial sector, Poland's agricultural sector remained largely in private hands during the decades of communist rule. Most of the former state farms are now leased to farmer tenants. Lack of credit is hampering efforts to sell former state farmland. Currently, Poland's 2 million private farms occupy 90% of all farmland and account for roughly the same percentage of total agricultural production. These farms are small—8 hectares (ha) on average—and often fragmented. Farms with an area exceeding 15 ha accounted for only 9% of the total number of farms but cover 45% of total agricultural area. Over half of all farming households in Poland produce only for their own needs with little, if any, commercial sales.

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Agriculture employs 16.1% of the workforce but contributes only 5% to the gross domestic product (GDP), reflecting relatively low productivity. Unlike the industrial sector, Poland's agricultural sector remained largely in private hands during the decades of communist rule. Most of the former state farms are now leased to farmer tenants. Lack of credit is hampering efforts to sell former state farmland. Currently, Poland's 2 million private farms occupy 90% of all farmland and account for roughly the same percentage of total agricultural production. These farms are small—8 hectares (ha) on average—and often fragmented. Farms with an area exceeding 15 ha accounted for only 9% of the total number of farms but cover 45% of total agricultural area. Over half of all farming households in Poland produce only for their own needs, with little, if any, commercial sales.

Poland is a net exporter of confectionery, processed fruit and vegetables, meat, and dairy products. Processors often rely on imports to supplement domestic supplies of wheat, feed grains, vegetable oil, and protein meals, which are generally insufficient to meet domestic demand. However, Poland is the leading producer in Europe of potatoes and rye and is one of the world's largest producers of sugarbeets. Poland also is a significant producer of rapeseed, grains, hogs, and cattle. Attempts to increase domestic feed grain production are hampered by the short growing season, poor soil, and the small size of farms.

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Pressure to restructure the ~~agriculture~~ sector intensified as Poland prepared to accede to the European Union, which is unwilling to subsidize the vast number of subsistence farms that do not produce for the market. The changes in agriculture are likely to strain Poland's social fabric, tearing at the heart of the traditional, family-based small farm as the younger generation drifts toward the cities. Nonetheless, dramatically increasing agricultural exports to the EU-15 (38% growth in 2005) and payments to farmers from Brussels following accession have enriched Polish commercial farmers and dramatically increased support for EU membership in Poland's rural areas.

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Pressure to restructure the agricultural sector intensified as Poland prepared to accede to the European Union, which is unwilling to subsidize the vast number of subsistence farms that do not produce for the market. The changes in agriculture are likely to strain Poland's social fabric, tearing at the heart of the traditional, family-based small farm as the younger generation drifts toward the cities. Nonetheless, dramatically increasing agricultural exports to the EU-15 (38% growth in 2005) and payments to farmers from Brussels following accession have enriched Polish commercial farmers and dramatically increased support for EU membership in Poland's rural areas.

[[File:Panorama-Morskiego-Oka Poland.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Panoramic view of Morskie Oko ("Marine Eye").]]

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Before World War II, Poland's industrial base was concentrated in the coal, textile, chemical, machinery, iron, and steel sectors. Today it extends to fertilizers, petrochemicals, machine tools, electrical machinery, electronics, and shipbuilding.

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Poland's industrial base suffered greatly during World War II, and many resources were directed toward reconstruction. The communist economic system imposed in the late 1940s created large and unwieldy economic structures operated under a tight central command. In part because of this systemic rigidity, the economy performed poorly even in comparison with other economies in central Europe.In 1990, the Mazowiecki government began a comprehensive reform program to replace the centralized command economy with a market-oriented system. While the results overall have been impressive, many large state-owned industrial enterprises, particularly the railroads and the mining, steel, and defense sectors, have remained resistant to the change and downsizing required to survive in an open market economy.

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Poland's industrial base suffered greatly during World War II, and many resources were directed toward reconstruction. The communist economic system imposed in the late 1940s created large and unwieldy economic structures operated under a tight central command. In part because of this systemic rigidity, the economy performed poorly even in comparison with other economies in central Europe. In 1990, the Mazowiecki government began a comprehensive reform program to replace the centralized command economy with a market-oriented system. While the results overall have been impressive, many large state-owned industrial enterprises, particularly the railroads and the mining, steel, and defense sectors, have remained resistant to the change and downsizing required to survive in an open market economy.

=== Economic Reform Program and Direct Foreign Investment ===

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The increase in the production costs of Polish enterprises for the purchase of energy resources led to an increase in prices for everything in Poland by 20%. The head of the Polish Central Bank predicted an increase in [[inflation]] in early 2023 to 24% year on year. Adam Glapinski warned that the Polish economy should not be expected to improve. The country began slipping into recession.

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The head of the State Development Fund of Poland, Boris, noted that Poland's economic difficulties are related to the restructuring of the country's energy system, the refusal to receive Russian energy resources and the rising cost of buying new American weapons.

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The head of the State Development Fund of Poland, Boris, noted that Poland's economic difficulties are related to the restructuring of the country's energy system, the refusal to receive Russian energy resources, and the rising cost of buying new American weapons.

== History ==

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The eastern half of Poland known as the Kresy was annexed into the Soviet republics of Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania. After Germany terminated the Hitler-Stalin pact and invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Poland was completely occupied by German troops.

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The Poles formed an underground resistance movement and a government in exile, first in [[Paris]] and later in [[London]], which was recognized by the Western powers (the USA, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union). During World War II, 400,000 Poles fought in the [[Polish Peoples Army]] under Soviet command, whereas 200,000 served in the [[Polish Home Army]] in underground resistance in Poland, North Africa, Italy, and on the Western Front, and remained loyal to the Free Polish government in exile. Despite this, anti-Poles have falsely claimed that Poles collaborated with Germany.<ref>Cummings McLean, Dorothy (February 14, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/anti-polish-hatred-should-have-no-place-in-american-media Anti-Polish hatred should have no place in American media]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved February 15, 2019.</ref>

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The Poles formed an underground resistance movement and a government in exile, first in [[Paris]] and later in [[London]], which was recognized by the Western powers (the USA, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union). During World War II, 400,000 Poles fought in the [[Polish Peoples Army]] under Soviet command, whereas 200,000 served in the [[Polish Home Army]] in underground resistance in Poland, North Africa, Italy, and on the Western Front, and remained loyal to the Free Polish government in exile. Despite this, anti-Poles have falsely claimed that Poles collaborated with Germany.<ref>Cummings McLean, Dorothy (February 14, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/anti-polish-hatred-should-have-no-place-in-american-media Anti-Polish hatred should have no place in American media]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved February 15, 2019.</ref>

[[File:Volhynia.PNG|left|300px|thumb|More than 100,000 Poles were murdered by [[Ukrainian Nazi]]s in the [[Volhynia massacre]] during [[WWII]].]]

After the German military announced that they had discovered mass graves of murdered Polish army officers at [[Katyn]] in April 1943, the Soviet Union broke relations with the Polish government in exile. The Soviets claimed that the Poles had insulted them by requesting that the [[Red Cross]] investigate these reports. In July 1944, the Soviet Red Army entered Poland and established a communist-controlled "Polish Committee of National Liberation" (PKWN) at Lublin.

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In October 1956, after the 20th ("[[De-Stalinization]]") Soviet Party Congress in Moscow and riots by workers in Poznan, there was a shakeup in the communist regime. While retaining most traditional communist economic and social aims, the regime of First Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka liberalized Polish internal life.

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In 1968, the trend reversed when student demonstrations were suppressed and an "anti-Zionist" campaign initially directed against Gomulka supporters within the party eventually led to the emigration of much of Poland's remaining Jewish population. In December 1970, disturbances and strikes in the port cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Szczecin, triggered by a price increase for essential consumer goods, reflected deep dissatisfaction with living and working conditions in the country. Edward Gierek replaced Gomulka as First Secretary.

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In 1968, the trend reversed when student demonstrations were suppressed and a "anti-Zionist" campaign initially directed against Gomulka supporters within the party eventually led to the emigration of much of Poland's remaining Jewish population. In December 1970, disturbances and strikes in the port cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Szczecin, triggered by a price increase for essential consumer goods, reflected deep dissatisfaction with living and working conditions in the country. Edward Gierek replaced Gomulka as First Secretary.

Fueled by large infusions of Western credit, Poland's economic growth rate was one of the world's highest during the first half of the 1970s. But much of the borrowed capital was misspent, and the centrally planned economy was unable to use the new resources effectively. The growing debt burden became insupportable in the late 1970s, and economic growth had become negative by 1979.

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==== The Solidarity Movement ====

[[File:Lech Walesa.jpg|thumb|Lech Walesa.]]

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On August 31, 1980, workers at the Lenin Shipyard in [[Gdańsk]], led by an electrician named [[Lech Walesa]], signed a 21-point agreement with the government that ended their strike. Similar agreements were signed at Szczecin and in Silesia. The key provision of these agreements was the guarantee of the workers' right to form independent trade unions and the right to strike. After the Gdańsk agreement was signed, a new national union movement--"Solidarity"~~—swept~~ Poland.

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On August 31, 1980, workers at the Lenin Shipyard in [[Gdańsk]], led by an electrician named [[Lech Walesa]], signed a 21-point agreement with the government that ended their strike. Similar agreements were signed at Szczecin and in Silesia. The key provision of these agreements was the guarantee of the workers' right to form independent trade unions and the right to strike. After the Gdańsk agreement was signed, a new national union movement--"Solidarity" swept Poland.

The discontent underlying the strikes was intensified by revelations of widespread corruption and mismanagement within the Polish state and party leadership. In September 1980, Gierek was replaced by Stanislaw Kania as First Secretary.

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* ''Poland'' (Eyewitness Travel Guides by DK Publishing) (2007)

* ''Lonely Planet Poland'' by Tom Parkinson, et al. (2005) [https://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Planet-Poland-Tom-Parkinson/dp/174059522X/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188096687&sr=8-2 online excerpt and search from Amazon.com]

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* Biskupski, M. B. ''The History of Poland.'' Greenwood, 2000. 264 pp. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=28002395 online edition]* Davies, Norman. ''Heart of Europe: A Short History of Poland.'' Oxford University Press, 1984. 511 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Europe-Past-Polands-Present/dp/0192801260/ref=pd_bbs_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192604734&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search]

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* Biskupski, M. B. ''The History of Poland.'' Greenwood, 2000. 264 pp. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=28002395 online edition]

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* Davies, Norman. ''Heart of Europe: A Short History of Poland.'' Oxford University Press, 1984. 511 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Europe-Past-Polands-Present/dp/0192801260/ref=pd_bbs_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192604734&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search]

* Podgórecki, Adam. ''Polish Society.'' Praeger, 1994. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=28518609 online edition]

* Turnock, David. ''The Human Geography of East Central Europe.'' Routledge, 2002. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=108154408 online edition]

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