Republic of Poland (Government-in-Exile)

The Polish Government-in-Exile, established in Paris in September 1939 and transferred to London after France's fall in 1940, was the legitimate constitutional successor of the pre-war Polish state. It commanded the Polish Armed Forces in the West and the Armia Krajowa (Home Army) in occupied Poland — at its peak some 400,000 fighters. The AK led the Warsaw Uprising of August–October 1944, hoping to liberate Warsaw before Soviet forces arrived and establish Polish independence, but was crushed by the Germans while the Red Army halted east of the Vistula. The creation of the Soviet-backed Lublin Committee in 1944 and the Yalta Agreement of 1945 effectively ended Western recognition of the government-in-exile, which continued in London until 1990 when it transferred its authority to the newly elected democratic government of Poland.

• Existed: 1939 CE – 1990 CE
• Type: Entity
• Government: Government-in-Exile
• Capital: London (in exile)