Wouldn’t really call it a sale considering that the Western powers never actually had control of Poland at any point.
The alternative would have been a brutal war with the USSR, given that the USSR had unilaterally asserted military and political control over Poland by the time negotiations began. Poland was also granted vast swathes of territory that had previously been part of Germany for centuries (approximately 1/4 of the pre-war territory of Germany, from which 12 million Germans were permanently expelled). So I’d have to argue they got a better deal than many other nationalities in the long run.
well they were “sold” at the Yalta Conference imo. but don’t worry this Stalin guy seems like he’s a strong trustworthy guy “because the Russians had greatly sinned against Poland”, “the Soviet government was trying to atone for those sins” you know by completely controlling it as a buffer defense zone for WWIII
The “price”, again, would have been war with the Soviets. While it may well have been beneficial to do so, you can look to Churchill to see how much public opinion there was behind the idea.
Wouldn’t really call it a sale considering that the Western powers never actually had control of Poland at any point.
The alternative would have been a brutal war with the USSR, given that the USSR had unilaterally asserted military and political control over Poland by the time negotiations began. Poland was also granted vast swathes of territory that had previously been part of Germany for centuries (approximately 1/4 of the pre-war territory of Germany, from which 12 million Germans were permanently expelled). So I’d have to argue they got a better deal than many other nationalities in the long run.
well they were “sold” at the Yalta Conference imo. but don’t worry this Stalin guy seems like he’s a strong trustworthy guy “because the Russians had greatly sinned against Poland”, “the Soviet government was trying to atone for those sins” you know by completely controlling it as a buffer defense zone for WWIII
The “price”, again, would have been war with the Soviets. While it may well have been beneficial to do so, you can look to Churchill to see how much public opinion there was behind the idea.
Might makes right, eh
Always has been.
Not at all?
Might makes it too costly in human lives and money. It has nothing to do with right or wrong.
Pretty much, yeah