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Britain... What the Poles did for us. [444]
Poland signed and promptly began to prepare for Polish parliamentary elections in the region.
Good excuse for an invasion of a country.
If you stop this simplistic accusation-counteraccusation convention you can start to think how it all happened and maybe it will be better understood why both nations simplified facts and drove both countries to ruins so early.
Poles were in 2/3 of area of the Principality of Cieszyn in majority, however they were almost all from lower class, while upper classes were German and middle class and educated workforce Czech. Most of engineers in coal mines for example were of Czech origin. Some of Poles were emigrants from Galicia, and some Czech were emigrants from Bohemia and Moravia.
Poles perceived Czechs as immigrants supported by Germans in taking better job posts and blocking chance to advance for Polish workers. On the other side Czechs considered Poles as even worse immigrants and not educated at all louts. So ethnic division was redoubled by class divisions and alien-own xenophobia.
There were more turmoils in 1918-1920 with clubbers from both sides assaulting prominent activists from another party.
And looking from the Prague it was quite another story. They were granted with a country which had so big German minority that they simply didn't use an ethnic argument in territorial claims. They used a historic one. They were saying Bohemia, Moravia and whole Slezsko were Czech historic territories of the Crown of St. Wenzel.
While Poles wanted to make in Silesia an application of the self-determination (ethnic) rule according to Wilson's declaration. There was no common ground for discussion with so defined prerequisites. And there was a great distrust between both parties to break through the impasse. In the meantime there was blind trust in negotiating abilities in Entente.
Do you know how grateful the Poles were for our help in WWII? My grandad is still alive, he can tell you all about it. Care to listen?
Yeah. I do care. I want to see the other's point of view. If only spoken or written about facts and perceptions without insults and epithets.
Meanwhile your mother and father, brothers and sisters live in absolute poverty (which is the reason you left) not being able to even take £200 - 1200 PLN bank loan.
From where do you know Marek's family so well?
I was told Englishmen never talk about other's money.
You should shame.
Yet another Pole who lies about history!
I do kindly request for not calling me a liar, please.
It just looks like some battle between
en.wiki and
pl.wiki.
