Poland Reborn: Pilsudski Assumes Power in Warsaw
Eleven days after the armistice ended WWI, a man just released from a German prison cell became the most powerful figure in Eastern Europe. Józef Piłsudski walked into Warsaw on November 11, 1918, and soldiers simply handed him control — no election, no ceremony, just exhausted men recognizing their moment. Poland had been erased from maps for 123 years, partitioned between three empires. And suddenly it wasn't. The country he rebuilt would fight for its survival again within two years. But November 11 still belongs to him.
November 11, 1918
108 years ago
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