To: BroJoeK
I think the Poles' fate was sealed, especially the Jews, regardless of how much they might have tried to cooperate with Hitler.I agree. Hitler had them hemmed in on three sides. Poland represented a contiguous part of Germany's Lebensraum. Diplomatic developments between Ribbentrop and Molotov notwithstanding, Hitler wanted a jumping-off point nearer to Moscow than the current German border. Polish goose cooked.
16 posted on
03/27/2009 10:42:33 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
"von der Maas bis an die Memel, vor der Etsch bis and den Belt, Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles... (NSDAP lyrics)
17 posted on
03/31/2009 8:25:31 AM PDT by
QBFimi
(When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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