Im not talking against Franconius, im talking against the absurd statement that has been made in the article that Franconius present.Kalle, perhaps Franconicus wasn't clear in his post, but he knows very well that Hitler broke the treaty.
And how can this in any way put blame on either Poland or England? It is Germany, or rather Hitler, pointing his guns in all directions demanding their "rights". Who cares about if it mean two front war or one front war. The warmongerer was Germany. I have for instance not heard that Poland was demanding areas in Germany, threating with violence and aggresive diplomay to get its will. That was in this case germanys doing.The point was that after Germany broke the treaty Britain took a harder stance and guaranteed Poland. Thus Poland felt it didn't need to negotiate with Germany over Danzig/Gdansk, for now it was being protected and Germany wouldn't dare a twofront war... would it?
Doesnt help Germanys rights one bit. Again their diplomacy was aggresive, and threatening. They showed in Austria and Tjeckia and elsewhere how trusted they could be. Give them the littlefinger and they eat ur entire arm and body. There are also numerous accounts on particulary the Polish question that Hitler know wanted war and his only fear was that some fool would offer a compromise that would stop it.True, why should Poland compromise? Well, Germany lost areas that really were German after WWI. Poland got those areas (other areas were lost too which were Polish to be certain). Now Hitler wanted those areas back.
So both Germany and Poland had a claim on them (the areas had been Polish a number of times earlier, and German a number of times, thus it was not a new situation).
It would have been a diffrent matter had Germany not broken Munichtreaty, not Anschlussed Austria, not put armies on every side on Poland and so on but instead in civil diplomatic measures adressed any issues regarding Poland and Danzig through fair, honest and nonthreating diplomacy with an understanding that you dont get all you want.
As this was not the case no blame can be put on Poland for taking a firmer stand.
Yes, bad Germany, or rather bad Hitler and his friends.
Kalle
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