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Warsaw Uprising - The Forgotten Soldiers [117]
Maybe Poles aren't good at "cold blooded real politik"? ;)
Yeah...their quite pathetic history seems to hint at that...
What I meant was: after Austria and Czechoslovakia Hitler seemed to be always "hungry" for land. I really doubt that even if Poland gave Danzig, etc. Hiler wouldn't come for more.
How often do I have to repeat that!
Hitler gave a **** about Danzig and the corridor, that was to gain and keep the support of the Germans at home. He wanted Poland to scratch from the enemy-list in the build up to the war with Russia, maybe even as peaceful concentration area for his armies.
Well, I think Poland was making some preparations in case of war with Third Reich but I don't think anybody suspected that the Soviet Union would also invade Poland.
Why not? Because their relationships had been so peacy and friendly before???
I don't know! ;)
Well...that's history research for you...these questions are still hotly discussed...read some books.
In my opinion it's just a way of justifying what Hitler and Stalin did.
Don't mess up "justifying" with stating facts. Because I try to explain the reasoning behind Hitler and Stalin doesn't mean I justify that.
Nobody told Hitler to invade Poland and start a war because of one city.
Well, in short Poland did go to war about one city, a fully german city at that.
I think that many governments failed at that time. Even those who were in a more comfortable situation than Poland.
Agreed. But no other country was in the same situation, in the middle between Stalin and Hitler, the main battle field, so their failings hadn't the same disastreous consequences!
Why? Both Poland and those countries were occupied. So why the difference?
Erm...history is surely not your strong suit.
I'm not your teacher, please read up such stuff before you take part in history discussions!
