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| leader of Poland from 45-48 and then again from 56 to 70 - important because he was tried in the late 40s, but was not executed, got out of jail and worked to be a leader of the polish communist party |
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| headed the polish workers party in 43, and then was First General Secretary of the Polish Workers Party from 1948 to 1956. |
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| Polish Government in Exile |
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| formed in the aftermath of the invasion of Poland. Exerted influence through the polish underground state the home army resistance. Remained in existence with little actual baring until the end of communist rule in 1990. |
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| Polish Committee for National Liberation, a provisional government in Poland in opposition to the government in exile. Exercised control of polish territory and was fully sponsored by the Soviet Union |
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