The Second Polish Republic yakatangwa muna 1918 uye yakaramba iri nyika yakazvimiririra kusvikira muna 1939, apo Nazi Germany neSoviet Union dzakapinda muPoland, zvichiratidza kutanga kweHondo Yenyika II. Mamiriyoni evagari vePoland vezvitendero zvakasiyana-siyana kana kuti vorudzi rwakasiyana-siyana akafa munguva yokugara kweNazi muPoland pakati pa1939 na1945
kupfurikidza nokuparadza rudzi kwakarongwa nokuparadza. Hurumende yePoland-in-exile yakashanda munguva yose yehondo uye maPoland akabatsira kukunda kweAllied kuburikidza nekutora chikamu mumakambani ehondo kumabvazuva nekumadokero. Kufambira mberi kwokuMadokero kweSoviet Red Army muna 1944 na1945 kwakamanikidza mauto eGermany yeNazi kuti adzokere kuPoland, uko kwakatungamirira kugadziriro yenyika yechiKomonisiti, inozivikanwa kubvira muna 1952 sePoland People's Republic.