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Official Name: Poland
- Geography:
situated in Central and Eastern Europe.
Borders the Soviet Union in the east,
Lithuania and Latvia in the North,
Germany in the North and West and
Czecho-Slovakia and
Romania in the South.
- History: Poland was created after
the Great War from areas that were part of
Russia, Austria-Hungary and Germany. In
1920 Polish general Pilsudski scored a
major victory over invading Soviet forces
(commanded by Tukhachevsky) and halted
the spread of Bolshevism in Europe. Pilsudski took
control of the government in May 1926 and effectively
formed a dictatorship.
- Political system: dictatorship
- Head of Government: Marshall Edward Rydz-Smigli
- Head of State: President Ignaz Moscicki
- Treaties: Non-aggression pacts with Germany and the USSR.
- Economic system: capitalist
- Economy: small.
- Demography: high birth rate.
Population of about 40 million.
- Morale: above average.
- Armed forces: The regular army has 332,427 men. Quality
of the army is poor, except for the cavalry.
Poland can mobilize about 3 million men. Its airforce is small
with poor quality airplanes. Its navy is tiny.
- Status: Poland is a medium power.
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