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WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]
It's a very well-established fact that all eligible countries took part
Hmm... the key world here must be "eligible".
By the way. What a difference does it make were their invited or not to the parade. It doesn't change the fact that Poland had been sold down the river by the world powers and winners of the WWII. Namely USA and GB. I don't mation Sovityes for the very good reaon - it was not firetd of Poland, it didn't claim to be a champion of the free world. it hadn't used or practiced in any credible such a second rate slogans and self-determitacion, justces, democracy, freedom and so on.
It was a dirty back stage political deal that does' bring credit to any of those nations involved.
It has been sold in history as a moral crusade, a clean war and a clean victory but it was neither of those things.
In my understanding the all those hustle about an invitation is just a question of perspective.
Formally it has been issued. Realistically it hasn't been issued.
The discrepancy between those two sentences above comes from very simple fact that lies in the world of politicks.
British gov recognized Soviet puppets in the Soviet occupied Poland as the facto "Polish legal government" and send their invitation there.
Discarding Polish Gov in Exile in London that had been recognized widely in Poland as a Polish gov or a Representation of Poland and by all allied powers (by soviets too to the point) with not much as F Y.
All those soldiers and officers in the Polish Armed Forces in the west remained by the large out in the cold with no country and no place to go.
Soviet Puppets in Warsaw couldn't care less about them, or some London parades so the invitation went into the bin. After all there was a Moscow parade to attend.