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History of Poland, The Liberum veto was a parliamentary device that…

- - - - The country was also extremely diverse, with a massive population of different ethnicities and religions.
  - - - Eventually, the Second (1793) and Third (1795) partitions wiped Poland from the map.
- - - - Plenty of its leaders managed to escape and form a government in exile.
      - The parts of the country that were not annexed by Germany became the General Government.
    - - In 1940, the Warsaw ghetto was built. Unable to house the massive Jewish population, many would die due to its terrible living conditions. Other 300 ghettos would be built across Poland.
      - After the Warsaw ghetto uprising, the Warsaw Concentration Camp was created.
    - - Many efforts were taken to completely erase Polish culture, from closing school to burning books and museums.
      - Forced labor, organized by the Baudienst, was also common, with a collective death penalty to those that avoided service.
    - - Later, resistance would become Poland's Underground State, which sought to both fight occupation and assist the population.
      - By 1943, the resistance already had 300.000 members and even managed to organize the failed Warsaw ghetto uprising (1943).
      - Operation Tempest was a nationwide uprising against the Germans in 1944, but its major offensive, the Warsaw Uprising, failed due to lack of Soviet support.