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Poland's weakness has always been the vulnerability of its borders. Situated on the wide North European Plain, its frontiers are open to invaders on almost every side. The Mongols came from the east, and the Teutonic Knights from the west, followed by Russians and Germans down the centuries to our own time. The gentle, sandy dunes of the Baltic coast, too, were difficult to defend against Swedish invaders, and only in the south, where the CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS climb up to almost 2500 m (8200 ft), is there any degree of natural protection.
The land that before the war had contained a mixture of Poles, Jews, Germans, Lithuanians, Byelorussians and Ukrainians was now almost exclusively Polish.
Whatever their persuasion, the new rulers had some fearful problems to overcome - to restore a land laid waste, and to feed and house a population that was virtually destitute. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Association (UNRRA) and war reparation funds levied from the Germans provided some relief. But under Soviet pressure, and in common with all other Eastern Bloc countries, Poland refused Marshall Aid from the USA and looked to its own resources, plus some help from the USSR, for recovery.
Ancient cities, such as the capital WARSAW and GDANSK (formerly Danzig), rose again, lovingly remodelled; so far as was possible, upon their former images. Some things, of course, could never be replaced; where the Warsaw Ghetto once stood, for example, there is now only a dark monument of bronze and marble. Fortunately, the Germans were unable to destroy CRACOW before they were driven out by the Russians, and the city's medieval, Renaissance and Baroque buildings are unscathed.
Agricultural production is limited, even though nationalisation of former German estates provided ready-made large farms suitable for mechanisation and scientific management. By contrast, west-central and southwest Poland has fertile soils and a better climate; these are the nation's 'breadbasket' and 'sugar bowl', producing wheat and sugar beet. These regions also have a dense conglomeration of towns linked by railways, and considerable natural resources such as coal, Europe's largest copper deposits, and salt and water power.
Central and eastern Poland, the 'old' 191839 areas remaining within the present bound-aries, are more rural, with landscapes rather like those of the eastern shires of England. Urban development is concentrated mainly in Warsaw and LODZ, though provincial cities such as B1ALYSTOK, KIELCE, LUBLIN, RADOM and RZESZOW have grown rapidly.
The farms of central and eastern Poland are the chief producers of the national 'staples' -rye, potatoes, cabbage - and of specialities like tobacco in the south-east, and fruits and flowers around Warsaw. Much of the land is still divided into family farms worked in the traditional way, but they are more productive than the state-owned agricultural combines. Raising productivity is a slow and painful process and food shortages, especially of meat, are a common complaint. There are many problems - a 50 per cent rise in the Polish population since 1946 for example, and pressures to export food to the USSR in exchange for oil, and to the West to pay for machinery and technology.
During the 1960s and 1970s, the government made particular efforts to build up industry in these predominantly agricultural regions. There are food, textile and shoe factories and plants to process local resources such as sulphur, gas and coal, and convert imported Soviet oil into petrochemicals. Skill intensive industries such as pharmaceuticals, electronics and engineering have been established around Warsaw and Lodz.
Poland's most valuable acquisition in 1945 was the Silesian coalfield, united within Polish borders at last, after having been variously shared over two centuries or so with Austria and Prussia. Silesia contains the richest coal reserves in Europe, and the Poles made good use of them, and of the other mineral resources in the area. From 1945 to 1979, coal output rose from 47 million to 200 million tonnes per year, and steel from 1 to 20 million tonnes. Besides exporting coal, steel, lead and zinc to Hungary, Romania, East Germany, Yugoslavia and other Eastern Bloc countries, the newly awakened Silesia has fuelled the large- scale growth of Polish shipbuilding, heavy engineering and lively automobile and chemical industries.
Altogether, Poland's industrial progress has been dazzling, though purchased at a price -some of the worst environmental despoliation and air pollution in Europe.
The nation's path since 1945 has been rough and uphill. The cities, with their ballooning populations, were hardly able to cope, even after reconstruction. Improvements were slow in coming and consumer goods even slower. As the queues outside almost every shop grew longer with the years rather than shorter, and expenditure on the military and other government departments increased, it occurred to many of the workers that they had been striving for Soviet, not Polish, aspirations.
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Before you leave home please make sure you take your driving licence, i.e. the plastic card and the counterpart if you hold the new style UK driving licence as to be able to release your car hire it will need to be produced at the
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Depending on the country in which you are driving the side of the road to drive could be different to that which you normally drive on so check this out in advance. Most of the European countries and the USA drive on the righthand side of the road, but the UK, Cyprus, Malta and Australia drive on the left.
Many roads have tolls so make sure you have some small change ready in the country currency.
Remember you may wish to book a vehicle with air conditioning if you are journeying in a country with a hot climate, or likewise you may need to ensure you have winter tyres for winter venues/ski resorts. Winter Tyres and Snow Chains are generally arranged direct with the local Car Hire supplier.
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Remember to have a credit card with available funds to hand as optional car hire extras, i.e. child safety seats will have to be purchased with a credit card.
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