The United States Embassy in Poland (Polish: ''Ambasada Stanów Zjednoczonych w Polsce'') is situated on
Ujazdów Avenue Ujazdów may refer to the following places in Poland:
*Ujazdów, Warsaw, a neighbourhood in Śródmieście, Warsaw
**Ujazdów Avenue in Warsaw
**Ujazdów Castle in Warsaw
**Ujazdów Park in Warsaw
*Ujazdów, Włodawa County in Lublin Voivodeship (e ...
in
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
, Poland. The United States also maintains a consulate in
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
.
History
Diplomatic relations between the
United States
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and
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
were established on May 2, 1919, when the first U.S. Minister to Poland,
Hugh S. Gibson, presented his credentials.
On January 31, 1930,
Alexander P. Moore was appointed the first U.S. Ambassador to Poland, but he died before taking office.
John N. Willys succeeded him, presenting his credentials on May 24, 1930, and serving until May 30, 1932.
With the outbreak of
World War II
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on September 1, 1939, following the
invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Second Polish Republic, Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak R ...
by
Nazi Germany
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, the U.S. Ambassador to Poland,
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., left Warsaw and followed the Government of Poland to
France
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, and later to
London
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as the war progressed.
After the end of World War II, the U.S. Embassy was re-established in Warsaw on July 31, 1945. Ambassador
Arthur Bliss Lane
Arthur Bliss Lane (16 June 1894 – 12 August 1956) was a United States diplomat who served in Latin America and Europe. During his diplomatic career he dealt with the rise of a dictatorship in Nicaragua in the 1930s, World War II and its afterma ...
, appointed on September 21, 1944, presented his credentials on August 4, 1945, and his tenure continued until February 24, 1947.
See also
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Embassy of Poland, Washington, D.C.
*
List of ambassadors of the United States to Poland
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Poland–United States relations
Official relations between Poland and the United States on a diplomatic level were initiated in 1919 after Poland had established itself as a republic after 123 years of being under foreign rule from the Partitions of Poland. However, ties with th ...
References
External links
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Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
United States
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Buildings and structures in Warsaw
Poland–United States relations
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