PolishBlood
16 Sep 2009
News / The most spectacular errors in Polish politics. [264]
I think Poland made one giant error that could have ultimately helped their post war situation especially in the eyes of a future relationship with the U.S. I did some research on Polish weapons of WWII and found that Poland had their own way of what they wanted to do (regarding building up of their own military). One example is they had plans to build and produce their own polish made submachine gun. Why there wasn't a more urgent need to get these items into service quicker is a question I don't have an answer to. Maybe cost and politics. And have this gun in service by 1942, I think. Too late as we now know.
I know there is one example of this gun in the Warsaw Military Museum. They had just approved production of the weapon. And every weapon they did currently have in service had been modified to their own needs. 5 more years of peace for Poland might have made all the difference in her ability to truly defend herself!
At the time, Poland produced the most advanced medium range bomber but did so for export. Not for home use. And what for? Germany will never invade, we have treaties in place! LOL!!! And prior to WWII they tested and purchased the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) from the U.S. for the Polish Army. And again, modified it to their needs. But only imported maybe 10,000 or so. Not enough to equip the entire polish army. My point to all this is, Poland should have purchased as much weaponry from the U.S. as they could have afforded or asked for aid. And begged for more. It seems at the time that Polish Pride may have gotten in the way and Poland thought that she could handle Germany and Russia on her own. Which we know that is what she did.
If the U.S. was the number one supplier of military items to Poland, the U.S would have felt more connected and willing to not let Poland flap in the wind and initial talks with Stalin would have reflected this. Not just to appease Stalin and ultimately give him eastern Europe for a secure back door/buffer zone for helping defeat Hitler. Wilson's 14 points did call for a free and independant Poland after WWI. Poland could have benefitted tremendously from importing tanks and every plane we could build and send them. And absolutely would have given Hitler a fight he possibly might not have wanted to fight. I doubt the U.S. would have let Poland, an economic partner so to speak, slip into the hands of Stalin without a fight. And looking back, I see no reason why this couldn't have happend. And lets not forget Stalin did promise "free" elections for Poland but broke his word. And of course, after the war was over.
From what I have researched, Poland had a very capable fighting army at the time and only came up short in terms of military hardware. They always say Poland had inept leadership too. If we went back to 1939 Poland and gave her equal fire power of what Germany had, it probably would be a different story today. They showed no lack of ability to fight or give a good fight. And did win some of the battles in anticipation of help from Britain and France!!!! And Poland should have assumed, worst case, what if the British and the French fail to help us. Probably a larger mistake!!!!!!!
PolishBlood
I think Poland made one giant error that could have ultimately helped their post war situation especially in the eyes of a future relationship with the U.S. I did some research on Polish weapons of WWII and found that Poland had their own way of what they wanted to do (regarding building up of their own military). One example is they had plans to build and produce their own polish made submachine gun. Why there wasn't a more urgent need to get these items into service quicker is a question I don't have an answer to. Maybe cost and politics. And have this gun in service by 1942, I think. Too late as we now know.
I know there is one example of this gun in the Warsaw Military Museum. They had just approved production of the weapon. And every weapon they did currently have in service had been modified to their own needs. 5 more years of peace for Poland might have made all the difference in her ability to truly defend herself!
At the time, Poland produced the most advanced medium range bomber but did so for export. Not for home use. And what for? Germany will never invade, we have treaties in place! LOL!!! And prior to WWII they tested and purchased the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) from the U.S. for the Polish Army. And again, modified it to their needs. But only imported maybe 10,000 or so. Not enough to equip the entire polish army. My point to all this is, Poland should have purchased as much weaponry from the U.S. as they could have afforded or asked for aid. And begged for more. It seems at the time that Polish Pride may have gotten in the way and Poland thought that she could handle Germany and Russia on her own. Which we know that is what she did.
If the U.S. was the number one supplier of military items to Poland, the U.S would have felt more connected and willing to not let Poland flap in the wind and initial talks with Stalin would have reflected this. Not just to appease Stalin and ultimately give him eastern Europe for a secure back door/buffer zone for helping defeat Hitler. Wilson's 14 points did call for a free and independant Poland after WWI. Poland could have benefitted tremendously from importing tanks and every plane we could build and send them. And absolutely would have given Hitler a fight he possibly might not have wanted to fight. I doubt the U.S. would have let Poland, an economic partner so to speak, slip into the hands of Stalin without a fight. And looking back, I see no reason why this couldn't have happend. And lets not forget Stalin did promise "free" elections for Poland but broke his word. And of course, after the war was over.
From what I have researched, Poland had a very capable fighting army at the time and only came up short in terms of military hardware. They always say Poland had inept leadership too. If we went back to 1939 Poland and gave her equal fire power of what Germany had, it probably would be a different story today. They showed no lack of ability to fight or give a good fight. And did win some of the battles in anticipation of help from Britain and France!!!! And Poland should have assumed, worst case, what if the British and the French fail to help us. Probably a larger mistake!!!!!!!
PolishBlood