Case Study

The troubled state of Poland has been a target for powerful countries in Eastern Europe throughout its history. Dating back to the late 1700’s, Poland was a dual state with Lithuania ruled under a monarchy. At the time, the Commonwealth of Poland represent the largest and most populous country in Europe. However, its outlying neighbors: Prussia, Russia and Austria wanted to invade Poland. To prevent a triangle war, the three countries came to an accord to divide Poland into three separate states. A series of partition was established called the Three Partitions of Poland. The Republic of Poland sieze to exist for one hundred and twenty-three years. Eradications were made throughout Poland to accommodate the separate portion of Poland. Opposing the oppressing foreign officials, millions of Poles immigrated to the far west of the United States of America.

Moving towards the First World War, Poland became a battleground for the three powerful countries since it was governed by foreign countries. In addition, Poland did not have an army of its own. These issues became tragic for the Poles because they became citizens of different states. At the commence of war, Poles were forced to fight one another for the benefit of their country. As Prussia, Russia and Austria fight over Poland, Poles in America join forces with France to fight for their country’s independence.

By the end of the First World War, an estimate of one million Poles had died and the country had to be built again from scratch. Devastated by the outcomes of the war, Poland was able to claim independence from the three states. In addition, the Treaty of Versailles gave Poland territories and access to the Baltic States which consist of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The ...

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...pricing. Again, the protest was harshly oppressed by the government. The single party state rule disapprove of any resistant towards the government.

Due to the political opposition by Polish citizens, General Wojciech Jaruzelski introduce the martial law in 1981. The martial law was a major regulation of the people of Poland. Thousands of soldiers patrol the city streets everyday. This law was an attempt to legally imprison protesters or anti-communist organization. Pro-democracy movement were abandoned and their leaders were taken down as an act of rebellion. Any travel ways and communications were disconnected to supervise the people. Key factories were managed by the military and any possible form of propaganda such as the media, social services and education was banned. This totalitarianism caught international attention and the martial law was lifted in 1983.