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Poland Interwar Poland
Pilsudski's first task was to reunite the Polish
regions that
had assumed various economic and political identities
since the
partition in the late eighteenth century, and especially
since
the advent of political parties. Pilsudski took immediate
steps
to consolidate the Polish regions under a single
government with
its own currency and army, but the borders of the Second
Polish
Republic were not established until 1921
(see
fig. 9).
Between
1921 and 1939, Poland achieved significant economic growth
despite world economic crisis. The Polish political scene
remained chaotic and shifting, however, especially after
Pilsudski's death in 1935.
Data as of October 1992
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