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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Poland, Poland above all!
Celebration of the rise of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. (September 12, 1937)
On September 11, Lithuanian king Mindaugas II was elected as a King of Poland by the Regency Council. One day later he officialy signed an Union of Warsaw, uniting two countries into one - Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania.
Roman Dmowski (August 9, 1864 - )
Shortly after Mindaugas' decision to make government use both Polish and Lithuanian languages, he stated that bilingualism is an abomination for Poles and encouraged people to destroy all signs with this 'peasant dialect' on them. He established National-Radical Party, a paramilitary organization designed to fight against the 'government under Jewish and Lithaunian peasant influence'. During one of the clashes with police forces, he had been killed. Adam Doboszyński, his direct successor organized march on Warsaw, to eradicate all Lithuanian influence on Poland.
Polish Cavalry attacks Adam Doboszyński's forces during the March on Warsaw. (March 14, 1938)
Norbert Barlicki, first Prime Minister of Poland decided to use military forces to supress National Populist coup attempt in Warsaw. Polish ulans were highly mobile, mounted forces - excellent to fight against lightly armed Nationalist militia.
Etatist government of Poland invested two billion Polish złoty into the Central Industrial Region (COP or Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy) between 1938 and 1942.
Main aim for the COP was elimination of unemployment, increase in economic potential of Poland, expansion of heavy industry and infrastructure. After fall of Mitteleuropean system of agricultural subsidies, crisis pushed Eastern European into more independent system - Ukraine suffered syndicalist revolution by Nikita Khrushchev while in Belarus nationalist element broke off from Reichspakt. Seeking to save eastern buffer state from falling into Soviet sphere, German government authorized several large loans to fuel Polish economy, called Erhard's Plan after German Minister of Economy Ludwig Erhard.
Construction of Nowa Huta near Kraków (1949)
Celebration of the rise of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. (September 12, 1937)
On September 11, Lithuanian king Mindaugas II was elected as a King of Poland by the Regency Council. One day later he officialy signed an Union of Warsaw, uniting two countries into one - Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania.
Roman Dmowski (August 9, 1864 - )
Shortly after Mindaugas' decision to make government use both Polish and Lithuanian languages, he stated that bilingualism is an abomination for Poles and encouraged people to destroy all signs with this 'peasant dialect' on them. He established National-Radical Party, a paramilitary organization designed to fight against the 'government under Jewish and Lithaunian peasant influence'. During one of the clashes with police forces, he had been killed. Adam Doboszyński, his direct successor organized march on Warsaw, to eradicate all Lithuanian influence on Poland.
Polish Cavalry attacks Adam Doboszyński's forces during the March on Warsaw. (March 14, 1938)
Norbert Barlicki, first Prime Minister of Poland decided to use military forces to supress National Populist coup attempt in Warsaw. Polish ulans were highly mobile, mounted forces - excellent to fight against lightly armed Nationalist militia.
Etatist government of Poland invested two billion Polish złoty into the Central Industrial Region (COP or Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy) between 1938 and 1942.
Main aim for the COP was elimination of unemployment, increase in economic potential of Poland, expansion of heavy industry and infrastructure. After fall of Mitteleuropean system of agricultural subsidies, crisis pushed Eastern European into more independent system - Ukraine suffered syndicalist revolution by Nikita Khrushchev while in Belarus nationalist element broke off from Reichspakt. Seeking to save eastern buffer state from falling into Soviet sphere, German government authorized several large loans to fuel Polish economy, called Erhard's Plan after German Minister of Economy Ludwig Erhard.
Construction of Nowa Huta near Kraków (1949)
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