Who and when?

Question

Who was the leader of Japan and who was the leader of Poland during world war 2 (when the nazi first came to power) what type of government did they have and what did they do during the war?

Answer 1

EMPEROR SHOWA HIROHITO ruled Japan during World War 2 (actually 1926 to his death in 1989), and the type of government they had was militaristic in nature from the 1930's (when a military clique took over the government) to the end of the war. The word "SHOWA" refers to the era corresponding to his reign and means "enlightened peace." At his death, it was made his actual name. Some have referred to him as the "Japanese Hitler."
In 1939, WLADYSLAW RACZKIEWICZ became the 1st President of the POLISH GOVERNMENT IN EXILE (as it was called) and was in power until 1947. He was internationally recognized as the Polish head of state, and his "government in exile" was recognized as the successor to the Polish government of 1939. He died a bachelor in 1947, and claimed no political party. When Germany and Russia decided they wanted to divide Poland between them, he and his loyal followers fled the country to form their "government in exile."

Answer 2

Japan's ruler was Emperor Hirohito - monarchy
Poland - President - Władysław Raczkiewicz, President of Poland (1939-1947)
Władysław Raczkiewicz (January 28, 1885–June 6, 1947) was a Polish political figure and the first president of the Polish government in exile from 1939 until his death in 1947. Until 1945 he was the internationally recognised Polish head of state, and the Polish Government in Exile recognised as the successsor to the Polish government of 1939.

The son of a judge, he was born in Russia. He studied in St. Petersburg were he joined the Polish Youth Organization. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Dorpat he worked as a lawyer in Minsk. On the outbreak of World War I he joined the underground movement for Polish freedom. He served under Józef Piłsudski, who built a private army that would gain Poland independence from Russia.

During the Russian Civil War, Pilsudski appointed Raczkiewicz as his Minister of Internal Affairs. Later he became Senate Marshal. When Poland was invaded by the German Army in 1939, he escaped to London, where he joined Władysław Sikorski and Stanisław Mikołajczyk to establish a Polish government in exile.

In February, 1945, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt held the Yalta Conference. Poland was the main debating point. Stalin claimed that only a strong, pro-Soviet Government in Poland would be able to guarantee the security of the Soviet Union. As a result of the conference the Allies agreed to withdrew their recognition for the Polish Government in Exile, after the formation of a new government on Polish territory.

Raczkiewicz died in 1947.