Poland didn't exist from the late 1700's to 1918 or 1919. Sorry if I wasn't clear. I was referring to Europe as it was prior to WWI.
If he did, he could have recognized his physical limitations, stifled his ego, and stepped aside in 1940 or 1944 instead of being convinced that he was the only hope.
He WAS the great symbol, the irreplaceable leader. He was right to think so. I still remember the day of his death even though I was only 6 or 7 at the time. The radio announcer broke down when trying to convey the news.
"He WAS the great symbol, the irreplaceable leader."
There is no such thing as an "irreplaceable leader". In the United States, Presidents die and the system continues to function. The graves of the world are filled with 'irreplaceable leaders' and the world continues to function...
The Democrats had no bench in 1944, so they continued with a candidate who was diagnosed at Bethesda Naval Hospital with an advanced heart disease in 1943. When they broke the un-written rule of two presidential terms set by George Washington they forced the nation to set those rules in Constituional concrete...
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