Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi wa1 September 1939, Germany yakapinda muPoland, ichitanga Hondo Yenyika II muEurope, uye musi wa17 September, maererano neSungano yaMolotov-Ribbentrop, Poland yakapinda muSoviet Union. Gare gare, Poland yakakamurwazve pakati pemasimba maviri aya uye yakaramba iri pasi pokugara.
kwechikamu chikuru chehondo. Pakazosvika 1 Gumiguru, Germany neSoviet Union dzakanga dzapamba Poland zvachose, kunyange zvazvo hurumende yePoland isina kumbobvira yazvipira, uye hurumende yePoland Underground, iri pasi pehurumende yePoland-in-exile, yakakurumidza kuumbwa. Musi wa8 Gumiguru, Nazi Germany yakabatanidza nzvimbo dzekumadokero dzePoland dzisati dzaitika hondo uye, munzvimbo dzasara dzakanga dzakapambwa, yakatanga General Government. Sangano reSoviet Union rakanga rafanira kusiya kwenguva pfupi nzvimbo dzaro dzakanga dzawana muna 1939 nemhaka yekupinda kweGermany muSoviet Union, asi rakadzokororazve nzvimbo yakawanda iyi mushure mokunge rawanazve pakati pa1944. Munguva yehondo, Poland yakarasikirwa nevanopfuura makumi maviri kubva muzana yevagari vayo vasati varwa hondo pakati pekugara kwakaratidza kupera kweRepublic yechipiri yePoland.