WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In June 1941, Nazi Germany invaded Soviet-occupied eastern Poland as part of its attack on the Soviet Union. Eventually, Nazi Germany occupied all of prewar Poland.

Detailed explanation-2: -Poland received former German territory east of the Oder–Neisse line, consisting of the southern two thirds of East Prussia and most of Pomerania, Neumark (East Brandenburg), and Silesia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet victory led to a tremendous geographic shift in Polish territory and, ultimately, to the establishment of a communist dictatorship in Poland. Virtually all of Poland in its prewar boundaries had been liberated by Soviet forces by the end of January 1945.

Detailed explanation-4: -On September 30, 1938, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact, which sealed the fate of Czechoslovakia, virtually handing it over to Germany in the name of peace.