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Poland and Lithuania [161]
Poland didn't called its own territory.
In 1922 Parliament of Central Lithuania unanimously voted to be incorporated to Poland.
At the time Government of Poland would had liked better some kind of federation with Central Lithuania but its native residents wanted nothing short of become Polish province.
It was will of the people which complicated international situation of reborn Poland, not some mindless political decision.
New Lithuania put itself badly in GDL legacy case not only by ignoring Belorussian factor.
They choose to ignore facts, and forced themselves into Central Lithuania - bad.
They called Poland enemy - lunacy - bad.
What really puts me off to be honest is the way they engineered by the state schools artificial then and very real now -
hate towards Poland and Poles.
Were they afraid of Polish culture?....if so, its does tell about confidence of "founding fathers" in the strength of Lithuanian culture.
And last but not least they put Vytautas as central figure of they new nationalistic mythology. I have nothing against him but for crying out loud that guy lost every battle he was in as independent commander and I mean EVERY.
To put him above Jagiello who saved Lithuanian from being wiped out like Prussia.....please:)
What more current policy of Lithuanian Government is no better - its citizen are being discriminate only because they call themselves Poles.
Don't take it personally but its the way I see it.
Piłsudski attempted to rebuild the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in a canton structure, as part of the Międzymorze federation:[26]
It was a very good idea and Piłsudski was an Lithuanian (from GDL) native of those lands - if he wasn't who was or is?
And he choose option of Commonwealth legacy - I still have a problem with correct spelling of his name:)