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What if scenario´s for WW2 and Poland [112]
So what is the conclusion here?...Pilsudski mad a treaty with Hitler, and Hitler greatly respected him...
As far as Hitler's views on the Polish or plans for them, I have seen no compelling documentation...In 'Mein Kampf', from the excepts I have read, Hitler makes certain statements about Slavs being incapable of self-governance...But, there is testimony that 'Mein Kampf' was ghost written.
Other German National Socialists, such as Otto Strasser, there from the founding of the party, opposed any 'racial purity' ideas, and sought a type of socialism in Germany that would make it independent and productive, and free from domination from the Prussian 'junker' types, huge industrialists and militarists.
There were problems with the Germans over the Danzig corridor, and certain German anger over German lands that became part of Poland after WWI...Yet, it was Pilsudski who prevented the Red Army from rolling into Germany in 1920.
So what was the German plan for Poland?...Communist plan we know: Make Poland a satellite, impose usual tyranny...We know that Hitler considered the Jews in Poland a big problem, but what was the plan for the Poles?...We clearly see that Hitler and Stalin agreed to carve up Poland...Both saw Poland a a type of 'buffer', but this strategy was completely flawed, as it actually put both systems 'eyeball-to-eyeball'.
Question not answered as far as I can see...We know the carnage that occurred, yes, but WAS THERE ANY ACTUAL STRATEGY OR LONG RANGE PLAN?...Was Poland to be an inferior 'Eastern principality' of the Reich?