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Poland - Obliterated from the map

How to Invent a Country

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The Blood Lands

Vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine is just the latest in a long line. For centuries, it was polish controlled. 50 years earlier, russia and germany divided it up. But what makes it keep bouncing back? The answer might lie in its history - far grander than these wars.

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