Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: 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 avagari vePoland vezvitendero kana kuti zvimiro zvakasiyana-siyana zvorudzi akaparara munguva yeNazi
basa rePoland 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.