Today’s Poland, a Western ally fully integrated into the EU and NATO, was born out of a very troubled history. The strategic importance of the vast Polish territory, stretching from the core of Europe all the way to the Northern Sea, has made it the bone of contention for many. The division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by the Kingdom of Prussia, Austria and Russia is one painful reminder of this past. Then of course, came the lethal game between Nazi Germany and Communist Russia, whose rivalry unfolded at great cost to the country. But the long history of foreign threats also had a positive effect. It helped to sow a bottomless love for freedom in the Polish nation.
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A portrait of Jozef Pilsudski, chief of state and creator of independent Second Republic of Poland is seen as participants of march of Committee for the Defence of Democracy movement (KOD) on Polish national Independance day Nov. 11, 2016.
