Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1939 – 1945

Polish Underground State

A state of 1939 – 1945 — 6 years in Europe. It replaced Second Polish Republic. Its line of rulers holds 1 person.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
6 years
1939 – 1945
Rulers
1
the President of the Polish government-in-exile
Symbols
2
on record, with years

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Second Polish Republic: 1918 – 1939Polish Underground State: 1939 – 1945

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

Władysław Raczkiewicz · 1939 – 1945 · no death date to read the end against1939194019411942194319441945
ending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Władysław Raczkiewicz1939 – 19456 yearsending not on record

1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 1939 – 1945. Only 6 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Flaga PPP
    flag, undatedFlaga PPP · Public domain
  • Godło II Rzeczypospolitej
    coat of arms, undatedGodło II Rzeczypospolitej · Public domain

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood6 years

    stood longer than 14% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • Rulers on record1

    has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Second Polish Republic · Linked · 1918 – 1939Second Polish RepublicIgnacy Mościcki · In the article · 1867 · “Hence, the SZP, in contact with (and subordinate to) the Polish Government in Exile, envisioned itself not only as an armed resistance organization, but also …”Ignacy MościckiPolish Underground State · 1939 – 1945Polish Underground State18601880190019201940
in the articlelinked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q116080 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.