It was a matter of principle with Churchill, since Britain had declared war in behalf of Poland.

Albert was chosen as his successor early in 1511 in the hope that his relationship to his maternal uncle, Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, would facilitate a settlement of the disputes over eastern Prussia, which had been held by the Order under Polish suzerainty since the Second Peace of Thorn ( 1466 ).

Although Jews had lived in Poland since before the reign of King Casimir, he allowed them to settle in Poland in great numbers and protected them as people of the king.

In her wedding procession, she arrived to Poland with Christian clergymen, among them possibly Jordan, the first Bishop of Poland ( since 968 ).

* Gdańsk, Poland, since 1992

* Kalisz, Poland, since 1982

It has been part of modern Poland since 1945.

In Poland, the number of productions of Hamlet has tended to increase at times of political unrest, since its political themes ( suspected crimes, coups, surveillance ) can be used to comment on a contemporary situation.

It is not easy to state who was Jadwiga's heir in line of Poland, or Poland's rightful heir, since Poland had not used primogeniture, but kings had ascended by some sort of election.

Emperor Sigismund himself was an heir of Casimir III, as eldest son of his mother Elisabeth of Pomerania, who was since 1377 the only surviving child of Elisabeth of Poland, herself daughter of Casimir III from his first marriage with Aldona Gediminaite of Lithuania.

Since Poland was regarded as the East European state with the most powerful army, it became imperative to tie Poland to Britain as the best way of ensuring Polish support for Romania, since it was the obvious quid pro quo that Britain would have to do something for Polish security if the Poles were to be induced to do something for Romanian security.

Moreover, the pact erased the legal distinction between war and peace since the signatories, having renounced the use of war began to wage wars without declaring them as evidenced by the U. S. intervention in Central America, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935, the Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939, and the German and Soviet Union invasions of Poland.

* Rybnik, Poland, since 13 June 2003

During the reign of Casimir I the Restorer, Kraków for the first time became the capital of Poland ( around 1040 ), since Greater Poland and Silesia, with main Polish urban centers, such as Gniezno and Poznań were ravaged by Duke Bretislaus I of Bohemia.

* Radom, Poland, since 2008

That same year in 1984, North Korea again drifted towards the Soviet Union after Kim visited Moscow during a grand tour of the USSR ( his first trip to Moscow since 1966 ) as well as Eastern Europe ( he made public visits to East Germany, Czechlosvakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia ).

However, Ernst & Young's 2010 European attractiveness survey reported that Poland saw a 52 % decrease in FDI job creation and a 42 % decrease in number of FDI projects since 2008.

Poland has instituted freedom of press since the fall of communism.

Although early Pan-Slavism had found interest among some Poles, it soon lost its appeal as the movement became dominated by Russia, and while Russian Pan-Slavists spoke of liberation of other Slavs through Russian actions, parts of Poland had been ruled by the Russian Empire since the Partitions of Poland.

After the election, Mondale joined the Minnesota-based law firm of Dorsey & Whitney and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs ( 1986 – 93 ), and was credited with successes in Poland and Hungary.

Following the severing of relations after the Six-Day War, Poland was the first Eastern bloc country to again recognize Israel in 1986.

Upon returning to Boston in 1985, Law delivered his first sermon as cardinal on anti-semitism and the two men traveled to Poland together in 1986, where they visited the Auschwitz concentration camp and spoke to Catholic groups about anti-semitism.

Quaid's other television appearances include a season as a Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) cast member ( 1985 – 1986 ), the role of real-life gunslinger John Wesley Hardin in the miniseries Streets of Laredo and starring roles in the short-lived series The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire ( 2003 ) and Davis Rules ( 1991 – 1992 ), as well as the two part TV film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, playing the character of Lenny.

In 1986, a joint team from Poland and Mexico led by Kukuczka opened a new route along the east ridge, descending via the north-east face.

** God's Playground Volume II by Norman Davies, Oxford University Press 1986 ISBN 0-19-821944-X Chapter 20 Poland in the Second World War

* 1986: By Touch ( Przez dotyk ) ( Poland )

He was ambassador to Morocco from 1973 to 1977, to Poland ( 1982 – 1984 ), to the Soviet Union ( 1985 – 1986 ) and to the Vatican ( 1988 – 1991 ).

Poland has made seven FIFA World Cup appearances ( 1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006 ) and achieved great success, finishing third at both the 1974 World Cup in Germany and the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

During this time he began to reestablish connections to Poland, though his career and family kept him in France, where he lived until his death, in Paris, in 1986.

Katzir was married to Nina ( née Gottlieb ), born in Poland, who died in 1986.

Adolf Brudes ( born in Kotulin, near Breslau, now Wrocław in Poland, October 15, 1899-died in Bremen, November 5, 1986 ) was a Formula One driver from Germany.

Franco earned his Ph. D Degree at Harvard in 1986, with a dissertation on hyperinflations in the 1920s in Europe ( Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Poland ).

Edward Bernard Raczyński ( December 19, 1891 – July 30, 1993 ) was a Polish aristocrat, diplomat, writer, politician and President of Poland in exile ( between 1979 and 1986 ).

During the Raczyński presidency ( 1979 – 1986 ) the Solidarity movement was established in Poland.

Witold Jakóbczyk (; 1909 – 1986 ) was a Polish historian and professor at Poznań University, specializing in the history of Greater Poland in the 19th century.

* Edward Bernard Raczyński son of E. A. Raczyński, Polish aristocrat, diplomat, politician and the President of Poland in exile ( between 1979 and 1986 ).

* Edward Raczyński ( 1891 – 1993 ) was a Polish aristocrat, diplomat, politician and the President of Poland in exile ( between 1979 and 1986 ).

In Hillgruber's 1986 book Zweierlei Untergang (“ Two kinds of downfall: the smashing of the German Reich and the end of European Jewry ”), he lamented the mass expulsions of ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia and Poland at the end of World War II and compared the sufferings of the Heimatvertriebene (“ those expelled from their native land ”) to that of victims of the Holocaust.

In 1986 the 7 " single was released in Poland by Tonpress in different sleeve under license from Factory and sold over 20000 copies.

It was the first soap opera aired in the Soviet Union in 1988-1989 ( reduced to 15 hour-long episodes ), and in Poland in 1986.

* Kazimierz Sabbat, was President of Poland in Exile from 8 April 1986 until his death, 19 July 1989, after serving ( from 1976 ) as Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile

* Geionslaught 1986 ( Time Before Time, Poland 2006 )

In 1986, they released their first full-length album, Friends, and expanded their touring schedule to U. S., South America, and Poland.