Darius, lewis be talking kah kah,dont get involved in a historical debate with him please
their land forces were in size comparable to that of Czekoslovakia.
but,erm,at what point was this,before or after Germany and Poland divided the spoils and wiped czechoslovakia off the map, besides,only numpties think "we won the war" on our own,
Brits simply didn't have enough military power to defend themselves
nonsense,we had plenty for home defence,just look at our main line of defense,the Royal Navy,and tell us again we were lacking, we didnt however have anywhere near enough for offence as is clearly demonstrated by the amazing combination of nationalities in the 8th army etc.
WE HAVE NO NEED TO SPEAK POLISH SO WHY LEARN IT
Oddly enough,exactly how I felt after a couple of years trying to teach myself with the eventual aim of maybe a little translation work,exept, D'OH, 10 thousand native speakers have now arrived in my town,kinda limiting my chances in that line of work :)