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What were the main problems facing the new states of central Europe in the interwar period- Poland? During the interwar period, Poland, a newly created state in post-war central Europe, faced a multitude of problems which ultimately led to its demise in the prelude to the Second World War. The creation of 'the Promised Land' as highlighted in retrospect by historian A. Zamoyski, 'is always something of a disappointment to those who viewed it from afar'1. The rise and fall of the Poles in the interwar period, as an independent self determined nation, can be defined through the analysis of the factors which contributed both to its official independent recognition in the 1920's through to its demise in the 1940's. Problems such as, the difficulty in defining territorial and political frontiers, prevailed throughout the Republic's short lived existence. In reaction to cultural and ethnic diversity, social differences caused greater division...

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