Polish Underground State Polskie Państwo Podziemne | |||||||||
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1939–1945[1][2] | |||||||||
Motto: "Honor i Ojczyzna" ("Honor and Homeland") | |||||||||
Anthem: "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" (English: "Poland Is Not Yet Lost") | |||||||||
Status | Government in exile | ||||||||
Common languages | Polish | ||||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||||
President of the Polish government-in-exile | |||||||||
• 1939–1945 | Władysław Raczkiewicz | ||||||||
Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile | |||||||||
• 1939–1940 (first) | Władysław Sikorski | ||||||||
• 1944-1945 (last) | Tomasz Arciszewski | ||||||||
Legislature |
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Historical era | World War II | ||||||||
23 April 1935 | |||||||||
1 September 1939 | |||||||||
• Provisional Government of National Unity established | 28 June 1945[1][2] | ||||||||
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The Polish Underground State (Polish: Polskie Państwo Podziemne, also known as the Polish Secret State)[a] was a single political and military entity formed by the union of resistance organizations in occupied Poland. They were loyal to the Polish government-in-exile in London.