[rmlew]

That's silly.
1) Poland had no way to know that it could be treated differently than Czeckoslovakia.
2) Poland had no reason to think that the French would fail to live up to promises.

[AndyJackson]

1) Poland had no way to know that it could be treated differently than Czeckoslovakia. 2) Poland had no reason to think that the French would fail to live up to promises.

Czeckoslovakia was a picnic compared to how Poland was treated. Had Poland merely been treated like Czeckoslovakia it would have been a lot better off. Hitler had a point to make in Poland about what happens when you resist, and he made it in spades.

Point 2 is the silliest statement I have read. Without insulting the French, diplomats lie and they have always lied. US diplomats lie. Given Poland's history they would have known that. France simply did not have the military capability to help.