# Władysław Raczkiewicz - President of Poland (in exile)

URL: https://poland-history.com/rulers/wladyslaw-raczkiewicz
Reign: 1939–1947
Born-Died: 1885 - 1947
Dynasty: Government-in-Exile
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Raczkiewicz

President of the internationally recognised Polish government-in-exile in France and London during World War II.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Ignacy Mościcki](https://poland-history.com/rulers/ignacy-moscicki)
- Succeeded by: [August Zaleski](https://poland-history.com/rulers/august-zaleski)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1939 - [British guarantee to Poland](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-british-guarantee-to-poland)
- 1939 - [Battle of the Bzura](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-battle-of-the-bzura)
- 1939 - [General Government](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-general-government)
- 1939 - [Intelligenzaktion](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-intelligenzaktion)
- 1939 - [Enigma secrets shared](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-enigma-secrets-shared)
- 1939 - [Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-molotov-ribbentrop-pact)
- 1939 - [Anglo-Polish alliance](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-anglo-polish-alliance)
- 1939 - [German invasion of Poland](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-german-invasion-of-poland)
- 1939 - [Battle of Westerplatte](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-battle-of-westerplatte)
- 1939 - [Bombing of Wieluń](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-bombing-of-wielun)
- 1939 - [Soviet invasion of Poland](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-soviet-invasion-of-poland)
- 1939 - [Polish Underground State](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-polish-underground-state)
- 1939 - [Siege of Warsaw](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-siege-of-warsaw)
- 1939 - [Government-in-exile](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-government-in-exile)
- 1939 - [Władysław Raczkiewicz takes office](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-wladyslaw-raczkiewicz-takes-office)
- 1939 - [Battle of Kock](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-battle-of-kock)
- 1939 - [Sonderaktion Krakau](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1939-sonderaktion-krakau)
- 1940 - [Soviet deportations](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1940-soviet-deportations)
- 1940 - [First transport to Auschwitz](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1940-first-transport-to-auschwitz)
- 1940 - [Katyn massacre](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1940-katyn-massacre)
- 1940 - [No. 303 Squadron](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1940-no-303-squadron)
- 1940 - [Pilecki enters Auschwitz](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1940-pilecki-enters-auschwitz)
- 1940 - [Warsaw Ghetto sealed](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1940-warsaw-ghetto-sealed)
- 1941 - [Jedwabne pogrom](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1941-jedwabne-pogrom)
- 1941 - [Sikorski–Mayski agreement](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1941-sikorski-mayski-agreement)
- 1941 - [Chełmno extermination camp](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1941-chelmno-extermination-camp)
- 1942 - [Home Army](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1942-home-army)
- 1942 - [Operation Reinhard](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1942-operation-reinhard)
- 1942 - [Jan Karski's report](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1942-jan-karski-s-report)
- 1942 - [Great Deportation from Warsaw](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1942-great-deportation-from-warsaw)
- 1942 - [Żegota](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1942-zegota)
- 1943 - [Katyn graves revealed](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1943-katyn-graves-revealed)
- 1943 - [Warsaw Ghetto Uprising](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1943-warsaw-ghetto-uprising)
- 1943 - [Volhynia massacres](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1943-volhynia-massacres)
- 1943 - [Tehran Conference](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1943-tehran-conference)
- 1943 - [Death of Władysław Sikorski](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1943-death-of-wladyslaw-sikorski)
- 1943 - [Sobibór revolt](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1943-sobibor-revolt)
- 1944 - [Battle of Monte Cassino](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1944-battle-of-monte-cassino)
- 1944 - [Operation Tempest](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1944-operation-tempest)
- 1944 - [1st Armoured Division](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1944-1st-armoured-division)
- 1944 - [Polish paratroopers at Arnhem](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1944-polish-paratroopers-at-arnhem)
- 1944 - [PKWN Manifesto](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1944-pkwn-manifesto)
- 1944 - [Majdanek liberated](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1944-majdanek-liberated)
- 1944 - [Warsaw Uprising](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1944-warsaw-uprising)
- 1945 - [Liberation of Auschwitz](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1945-liberation-of-auschwitz)
- 1945 - [Provisional Government of National Unity](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1945-provisional-government-of-national-unity)
- 1945 - [Bolesław Bierut takes office](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1945-boleslaw-bierut-takes-office)
- 1945 - [Yalta Conference](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1945-yalta-conference)
- 1945 - [Trial of the Sixteen](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1945-trial-of-the-sixteen)
- 1945 - [Potsdam and the Oder–Neisse line](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1945-potsdam-and-the-oder-neisse-line)
- 1945 - [Population transfers](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1945-population-transfers)