SpetzNatz
Horrible starting position is bless and curse of Bohemian nation.
(...)When you look at our position in 1938 and realize that we were 10 millions (15 with Slovaks) while German were about 80 millions, you'll understand why we were occupied so easily (even when Polish and Hungarians joined German gladly).
I feel I have to defend Poland in 1938. Although I'm ashamed of the idea of taking back 'Zaolzie' ( a territory in northern Czechoslovakia, nearby Olza river) in 1938, at the same moment when Hitler took so called Sudetenland, it still is quite complicated.
For first the territory was mostly Polish ( majority of the population)
and secondly in 1920 when Poland fought Russia the Czech army invaded the region. It was the reason of tension between Polish and Czech government between 1920 and 1938 ( or even later). Both governments considered the other country 'a temporary state' that's why both Slavic nations didn't cooperated against Hitler.
There is a long-lasting feud between Poles and Czechs, even today we aren't exactly friends ( I mean foreign affairs and so on).
I often have to give Bohemians Silesia, to increase their chance to survive.
Good idea, but when it comes to Late era. At that time Silesia was a vassal of Bohemia, and even in the earliest years of the XIVth century Bohemian ruler was the king of Poland as well. This could make playing
Poland a little more difficult though.
BKB-Questionairre
That's also because the European nations betrayed the Czechs and carved up the country without even giving them a say in the dividing of their own country.
Yes, it was their fatal mistake, but they were even able to repeat this in 1939 - France wasn't ready to help Poland and the war lasted 6 years because of that.
BTW SpetzNatz can You drop in to the XVI-XVII mod, maybe You can add something when it comes to Bohemia at that time ( 30-years war for example).
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