Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na I, Poland ta zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan wasan kwaikwayo na Gabas ta Gabas. Rushewar Rasha a cikin yankin Austria <unk> Hungary ya haifar da Yaƙin Galicia. Daga cikin sauran manyan fadace-fadace da suka faru a Kananan Poland, akwai
Yaƙin Kogin Vistula, da kuma Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive. Bayan sojojin Rasha sun koma gabas, duk lardin ya kasance karkashin ikon Austrians da Jamusawa, kuma arewacin Poland ta kasance wani ɓangare na Masarautar Poland da ke tallafawa Jamus (1916-1918). A ƙarshen rikici, lardin da aka raba ya sake zama cibiyar motsi na 'yancin Poland. An sake ayyana gwamnatin Poland mai zaman kanta a arewacin garin Lesser Poland na Lublin, a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 1918. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, ya zama tushen sabuwar gwamnatin ƙasar. A wasu sassan lardin, an kafa wasu gwamnatoci <unk> Hukumar Rufe Poland a Kraków, kuma Jamhuriyar Tarnobrzeg ta ɗan gajeren lokaci.