[kearnyirish2]

Sure - but the same “allies” that declared war against Germany for invading Poland in 1939 should have declared war against the Soviet Union (for the exact same reason) - and didn’t.

What a hoax...

[Spktyr]

Part of that is because the 1939 Anglo-Polish treaty specifically excluded Britain from defending Poland against Russian invasion. Another part is that the Polish-Russian border was still sort of fluid and the Poles were squabbling with the Russians about it.

https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/why-did-britain-and-france-not-declare-war-on-the-soviet-union-when-the-red-army-marched-on-poland-in-september-1939/