1939: Germany invades Poland

BBC News ^ | September 1, 2004

[lizol]

This is a good warning for the future. If France and Great Britain really supported Poland in 1939 and attacke Germany - WW2 would be finished within months. But the French didn't want "mourir pour Danzig" - to die for Gdansk (which was one of the official reasons, why Germany started the war). So - in half a year they had Hitler at the gate of Paris.

Seems like history is realy a teacher of life. Now the French again are not willing to fight terrorists. And we'll see what te result will be for France.

[Onelifetogive]

65 years late reporting this.....

That's still sooner than the MSM will get around to the SwiftVets.....

[sheik yerbouty]

Sadly, France will again live down to our expectations. It is worth noting that the Poles put up a real fight, unlike the French.

[Michael81Dus]

The same applies to Germany and the experience it made during and after the Nazi regime and WW2. Too many peaceniks here who haven´t understood that freedom and peace must be armed and defended.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

He was to tell Berlin that unless the Nazis withdraw, Britain and France would fulfil its promise of support to Poland.

Yes, and like our friend John Kerry he dilly-dallied around, engaging in fruitless "negotiations," springing from a position of weakness, until someone was attacked. By then, of course, it was too late.

[NutCrackerBoy]

This doesn't belong in breaking news ...

[babyface00]

They lost many of their bravest and most generous men. There can be no doubt that the French are now more cowardly and selfish due to that loss

I heard somewhere that the plethora of "Polish Jokes" can bet traced to the Nazi decimation of Polish society - killing the intelligensia, police, clergy, military, and government officials and essentially leaving only peasants.

Don't know if that's true but it sounds plausible.

[atomicpossum]

NOTHING ABOUT THIS ON CNN!

:-)

[COEXERJ145]

I have been wondering lately how France might be different if they hadn't had more than six million killed and wounded in World War I.

This was a topic I discussed with one of my professors last year. Statistics show that the average height, strength, and IQ of Europeans dropped following the First World War because most of the dead were the strongest and brightest of their generation.

[JIM O]

I remember this day in 1939, it is seared in my memory. President Nixon ordered me to Poland to view the invasion.

[federal]

Here's to our Polish allies, This day in 1939 started a series of terrible and gut wrenching events. Americans have never been tested like these people (thank god).


One thing is certain the Polish know the cost of freedom.


I salute the brave Polish citizens.

[TeleStraightShooter]

If France and Great Britain really supported Poland in 1939 and attacked Germany - WW2 would be finished within months

Considering what they were up against, yes.

Seriously though France had superior tanks to the early panzers, not to mention the numerical superiority on the western front in September 1939. All the Frenchies could muster is to sit smuggly behind the Maginot line during their "sitzkrieg" offensive.

In a way it reminds me of the left's response to Saddam: "Ok, technically we are @ war with him (GWI ended in a truce only) , but who's he gonna harm?"

[babyface00]

One thing is certain the Polish know the cost of freedom

Could this be the reason that, shortly after they returned to the world stage as an independent entity, they emerge as one of the U.S.'s strongest allies?

Let's hope they are less fickle than France and Germany.

[dfwgator]

1939: Germany and the Soviet Union invades Poland

There I corrected the title.

[lizol]

Well, we'll talk about Soviet invasion on September 17.

[dfwgator]

Good, I figured you would. But most do forget that the carving up of Poland was a joint Nazi-Soviet operation.

[federal]

Well, one can only hope. However; the Polish will no doubt put their national interest in priority (as they should).

I do think unlike the French and Germans who consider us a rivals. The Polish see the USA as a role model and trading partner.

[dfwgator]

A salute to the heroes of Westerplatte.