Ko da yake babu wata ƙasa ta Poland da ta kasance tsakanin 1795 zuwa 1918, ra'ayin 'yancin kai na Poland ya kasance mai rai a cikin karni na 19.An yi tashe-tashen hankula da sauran ayyukan makami da aka yi wa masu ra'ayin raba kasa.Ƙoƙarin soji bayan ɓangarorin ya fara samo asali ne bisa ƙawance na ƴan gudun hijirar Poland da Faransa bayan juyin-juya hali.Jan Henryk Dąbrowski na Polish Legions sun yi yaƙi a yakin Faransa a wajen Poland tsakanin 1797 zuwa 1802 da fatan cewa shigar da gudummawar da suka bayar za a sami lada tare da 'yantar da ƙasarsu ta Poland.Jozef Wybicki ya rubuta waƙar ƙasar Poland, "Ba a Rasa Poland tukuna", ko "Dąbrowski's Mazurka", don yabon ayyukansa a cikin 1797.Duchy na Warsaw, ƙaramar ƙasar Poland ce mai cin gashin kanta, Napoleon ne ya ƙirƙira a cikin 1807 bayan shan kayen da ya yi a Prussia da rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyoyin Tilsit tare da Sarkin sarakuna Alexander I na Rasha.Sojojin Duchy na Warsaw, karkashin jagorancin Józef Poniatowski, sun shiga yakin neman zabe da yawa a cikin kawance da Faransa, ciki har da yakin Austro-Polish mai nasara na 1809, wanda, hade da sakamakon sauran gidajen wasan kwaikwayo na Yaƙin Haɗin Kan Biyar , ya haifar da hakan. a cikin wani fadada na duchy ta yankin.Mamayewar Faransawa na Rasha a cikin 1812 da Yaƙin Jamusanci na 1813 sun ga ayyukan soja na ƙarshe na duchy.Kundin tsarin mulki na Duchy na Warsaw ya soke saɓo a matsayin abin da ke nuni da manufofin juyin juya halin Faransa , amma bai inganta sake fasalin ƙasa ba.