The 11th of November is a special day for Poles, celebrated as
the Independence Day meaning the return to the map of sovereign
European states after 123 years of foreign rule. Naturally,
regaining independence is not an event that could be discussed
in terms of one specific date in calendar but rather a long and
complex process. This special date, however, marks a series of
important events that gave the day a symbolic meaning: the
Compiegne armistice is signed, ending long and bloody World War
I. Most of German troops deployed in Warsaw since August 5,
1915, have been disarmed; Jozef Pi³sudski, the architect and
leader of Legions, the most esteemed politician at that time,
holds talks on taking over power and re-creating the Polish
state 'from the scrap'. The Polish State was wiped out of
Europe's map after the Third Partition in 1795. The Partitions
of Poland (1772, 1793, and 1795) divided the Polish Kingdom
among its three powerful neighbours, Russia, Austria, and
Prussia. The opportunities for regaining i