“As a matter of fact, right now Poland has no boundaries and all we can gain in this respect to the west depends on the Triple Entente and the extent to which they will want to squeeze Germany. It’s a different matter to the east; there’s a door there which opens and closes, and it depends on who can forcibly open it, and how wide.”

iJózef Piłsudski

7 February 1919

The Treaty
of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles, signed on 28 June 1919, meant that the return of Poland to the map of Europe had been recognised.
The document guaranteed Poland’s western border, yet the matter of the eastern border remained unresolved.

Stanisław Stroński

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