- 25 Jun 2007 06:40
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It can be called their fault that they were so unprepared for a war, but not that the war occured. The Nazi leadership never had any intention of a permenant alliance with Poland, and the Polish government knew this, so why would they allow themselves to be used like pawns against the Soviets? Any Polish intellectual who actually read Mein Kampf would have realized this.
Poland would have not dared openly provoke Germany with unilateral military actions at any time.
However it is still partly Polish fault that they got invaded - in 1937 or 1938 Germany was proposing alliance to Poland against USSR, the Poles refused. A year later they were invaded. Their fault.
It can be called their fault that they were so unprepared for a war, but not that the war occured. The Nazi leadership never had any intention of a permenant alliance with Poland, and the Polish government knew this, so why would they allow themselves to be used like pawns against the Soviets? Any Polish intellectual who actually read Mein Kampf would have realized this.
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