Polish Underground State

Polish Underground State
Polskie Państwo Podziemne
1939–1945[1][2]
Emblem of Polskie Państwo Podziemne
Emblem
Motto: "Honor i Ojczyzna"
("Honor and Homeland")
Anthem: "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego"
(English: "Poland Is Not Yet Lost")
StatusGovernment in exile
Common languagesPolish
GovernmentRepublic
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
Historical eraWorld War II
23 April 1935
1 September 1939
28 June 1945[1][2]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Second Polish Republic
Provisional Government of National Unity


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.

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