On 11 November Poland celebrates the National Independence Day. The date commemorates events from 1918 when Poland regained its independence after 123 years of partitions.
Poland was divided between Austria, Prussia and Russia since 1795 . The World War I which ended in 1918, was a defeat to all those major European powers. The process of formation of Polish independent government and seizing power from the hands of Austrians in October. On 11 November 1918 Józef Piłsudski, founder of Polish legions who came back from German prison one day earlier, was appointed the Commander-in-Chief over the Polish Forces. Three days later Pilsudski was given complete civil control over Polish territories.
Polish Independence Day 11 was celebrated since 1920. In was forbidden to celebrate this day during communist period but it was restored immediately after the collapse of communism in 1989.
