Was Poland an Axis power or Allied power in World War 2?

Answer 1

Poland was a German occupied country. There were some Poles who were with the Allies and some who collaberated with the Axis. Poland by itself was a part of the allies. WW2 lasted in Western terms for six years and one day. In Asian and African terms it began earlier than September 1, 1939 because of Japanese and Italian expansion. In the West, the war is considered to have begun when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France had an alliance with Poland, and they honored it as best they were able when Hitler faked an attack on a German radio station using concentration camp bodies (canned goods) in Polish uniforms as evidence. Yet, Germany could not have completed its easy conquest of Poland without cooperation from the USSR, just as these three countries had conspired to divide Czechoslovakia in the previous year. * Thousands of Polish Army officers were executed Russian-style (kneeling, hands tied behind back, bullet in head) by the Soviet NKVD in the Katyn Forest in 1939-40. When the Nazis discovered the mass grave in 1941, they brought in Allied POWs to witness that they had not done this. A few years ago, it was alleged that Churchill arranged the death of the Polish General Sikorsky, so as not to offend the Russians after the Nazis uncovered the massacre, and keep the Soviets in the war. * Thousands of other Polish fighting men escaped this massacre, and they served with bravery in Italy and Holland in 1944. * In Western terms, Poland was the country where the war began, and Poland definitely got the worst of it, but they were Allied all the way, not Axis.

Answer 2

AnswerYES. Poland was the first country to fight Germany on 1 September 1945. After capitulation, similarly to France, it could only continue the partisans war. Interestingly, polish forces fighting alongside UK were much bigger than French ones.

Answer 3

Poland was taken over by Hitler from Germany, that's what started WWII. Poland had a big population of Jews, who were taken to concentration camps ran by Germany that were set up in Poland and killed. I would imagine that they would be pulling for the allies.

Answer 4

Poland did not exist during World War 1.
The geographical locations, however, were the scene of much fighting between the Imperial Russian Army and the Austro-Hungarian and German armies.

After World War 1, Poland came into existence as a 'real' country. (With loss of ground for both Germany and Russia.)

Answer 5

They were part of the allied powers and had a greater role in the alliance then France

Answer 6

No, Poland was invaded and subjected to a brutal occupation and ruthlessly exploited.

Answer 7

They were part of the Axis. The Axis powers were originally Italy and Germany. Japan joined later, as did other smaller countries like Hungary, Bulgaria and (briefly) Yugoslavia.

Answer 8

Yes