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		<title>By: The Black Brigade – Part 4 &#124; For the Record</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Black Brigade – Part 4 &#124; For the Record]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] Part 1: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/05/the-black-brigade-part-1/ Part 2: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/09/the-black-brigade-part-2/ Part 3: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/10/the-black-brigade-part-3/ [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Part 1: <a href="http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/05/the-black-brigade-part-1/" rel="nofollow">http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/05/the-black-brigade-part-1/</a> Part 2: <a href="http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/09/the-black-brigade-part-2/" rel="nofollow">http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/09/the-black-brigade-part-2/</a> Part 3: <a href="http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/10/the-black-brigade-part-3/" rel="nofollow">http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/10/the-black-brigade-part-3/</a> [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: GTD</title>
		<link>http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/10/the-black-brigade-part-3/#comment-193383</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About the potential ally thing:

In my opinion polish foreign politics was a horrible mess in the 
after Piłsudski died in 1935. The diplomatic relations with Germany were actually much worse pre-Hitler than in 1934-1938.

Beck played a potential ally of Germany so good, that he confused both the French and Hitler, teasing Hitler as a potential anti-Soviet ally and making France not trust Poland as much as before. It seems that it was in good faith - to force a closer cooperation with France, but in my opinion it backfired - France didn&#039;t want to sent military aid to an unstable and far ally. Remember that Göring visited Poland and Hitler ordered national mourning in Reich after Piłsudski&#039;s death.

Re-taking Zaolzie in 1938 was also played hand-in-hand with Germany, just as forcing Lithuania to re-establish displomatic relations with Poland, which looked like working together with Germans who seized Memel later that year.  

H. The British as well as French were terrified by a possible cooperation between Poland and Germany
R. Terrified of united III Reich, not their cooperation with a ruined by 1 WW country with the economy running on loans…

Maybe not terrified - but having Poland as an anti-German ally was important to scare Hitler of opening two fronts. Sadly Poland diplomatic politics didn&#039;t get us the 2nd front, but Poland being a meatshield was surely viewed a great thing in France and Britain in 1939.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>About the potential ally thing:</p>
<p>In my opinion polish foreign politics was a horrible mess in the<br />
after Piłsudski died in 1935. The diplomatic relations with Germany were actually much worse pre-Hitler than in 1934-1938.</p>
<p>Beck played a potential ally of Germany so good, that he confused both the French and Hitler, teasing Hitler as a potential anti-Soviet ally and making France not trust Poland as much as before. It seems that it was in good faith &#8211; to force a closer cooperation with France, but in my opinion it backfired &#8211; France didn&#8217;t want to sent military aid to an unstable and far ally. Remember that Göring visited Poland and Hitler ordered national mourning in Reich after Piłsudski&#8217;s death.</p>
<p>Re-taking Zaolzie in 1938 was also played hand-in-hand with Germany, just as forcing Lithuania to re-establish displomatic relations with Poland, which looked like working together with Germans who seized Memel later that year.  </p>
<p>H. The British as well as French were terrified by a possible cooperation between Poland and Germany<br />
R. Terrified of united III Reich, not their cooperation with a ruined by 1 WW country with the economy running on loans…</p>
<p>Maybe not terrified &#8211; but having Poland as an anti-German ally was important to scare Hitler of opening two fronts. Sadly Poland diplomatic politics didn&#8217;t get us the 2nd front, but Poland being a meatshield was surely viewed a great thing in France and Britain in 1939.</p>
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		<title>By: rabiesdog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Say what?!?!... 

H. Poland was almost an ally to Germany
R. Orly? Numreous tariff wars, annexetion of lands and border disputes makes almost allies..

H. Polish society opposed this alliance, and government was unsure about it.
R. So, what kind of almost alliance was this anyway since no one wanted it?

H. The British as well as French were terrified by a possible cooperation between Poland and Germany
R. Terrified of united III Reich, not their cooperation with a ruined by 1 WW country with the economy running on loans...

H. polish FA minister Beck fell for this trick
R. Oh please elaborate, how did he fall for the &quot;trick&quot;?

H. actually, polish high command was the first to plan war with Germany
R. Sensible thing to do when u have a megalomaniac at your border that has already annexed 2 countries...

Dude, stop reading second grade history publications with facts drawn out of the arses of Professors that want some publicity or repeat bullshit facts from our eastern big brother . If you persist then at least do it only for entertainment purposes and not actual history lessons. The same way i entertain myself by watching &quot;Ancient Aliens&quot; and &quot;Russia Today&quot;. No real facts but a lot of laughs at moments when it is not tragic.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Say what?!?!&#8230; </p>
<p>H. Poland was almost an ally to Germany<br />
R. Orly? Numreous tariff wars, annexetion of lands and border disputes makes almost allies..</p>
<p>H. Polish society opposed this alliance, and government was unsure about it.<br />
R. So, what kind of almost alliance was this anyway since no one wanted it?</p>
<p>H. The British as well as French were terrified by a possible cooperation between Poland and Germany<br />
R. Terrified of united III Reich, not their cooperation with a ruined by 1 WW country with the economy running on loans&#8230;</p>
<p>H. polish FA minister Beck fell for this trick<br />
R. Oh please elaborate, how did he fall for the &#8220;trick&#8221;?</p>
<p>H. actually, polish high command was the first to plan war with Germany<br />
R. Sensible thing to do when u have a megalomaniac at your border that has already annexed 2 countries&#8230;</p>
<p>Dude, stop reading second grade history publications with facts drawn out of the arses of Professors that want some publicity or repeat bullshit facts from our eastern big brother . If you persist then at least do it only for entertainment purposes and not actual history lessons. The same way i entertain myself by watching &#8220;Ancient Aliens&#8221; and &#8220;Russia Today&#8221;. No real facts but a lot of laughs at moments when it is not tragic.</p>
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		<title>By: Haren</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Haren]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting stuff in the article, however not everything there is thue. In 1939 it was obvious that Hitler wanted more blood, and Poland was almost and ally to Germany (yep, that&#039;s how the things were going back in the day). Polish society opposed this alliance, and government was unsure about it. The British as well as French were terrified by a possible cooperation between Poland and Germany (it would have easily defeated France and maybe even Britain) and decided to use polish hesitation to their advantage. They guaranteed polish independence, and polish FA minister Beck fell for this trick. Germans were amazed by this (actually, polish high command was the first to plan war with Germany before the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht thought about it) and turned their sight towards Poland. The rest we know as the II World War. What Britain did was purely to put the first German attack away from them and their french allies, to have more time to prepare for invasion.

And no, I&#039;m not German, I&#039;m Polish :P]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting stuff in the article, however not everything there is thue. In 1939 it was obvious that Hitler wanted more blood, and Poland was almost and ally to Germany (yep, that&#8217;s how the things were going back in the day). Polish society opposed this alliance, and government was unsure about it. The British as well as French were terrified by a possible cooperation between Poland and Germany (it would have easily defeated France and maybe even Britain) and decided to use polish hesitation to their advantage. They guaranteed polish independence, and polish FA minister Beck fell for this trick. Germans were amazed by this (actually, polish high command was the first to plan war with Germany before the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht thought about it) and turned their sight towards Poland. The rest we know as the II World War. What Britain did was purely to put the first German attack away from them and their french allies, to have more time to prepare for invasion.</p>
<p>And no, I&#8217;m not German, I&#8217;m Polish :P</p>
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		<title>By: BloodiDodi</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BloodiDodi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From that link:
&quot;When Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 it did so for only one reason - Germany had invaded Poland, and Britain had guaranteed to support her ally, like it had supported Belgium in WW1&quot;

That&#039;s as naive as saying that World War 1 started just because Austrian Emperor got shot. WW2 just like WW1 started because Germany was aspiring for greater power and Great Britain with France wanted to keep the status quo where they were sharing the biggest world powers status. Rest of countries were just pawns on a chessboard for them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From that link:<br />
&#8220;When Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 it did so for only one reason &#8211; Germany had invaded Poland, and Britain had guaranteed to support her ally, like it had supported Belgium in WW1&#8243;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s as naive as saying that World War 1 started just because Austrian Emperor got shot. WW2 just like WW1 started because Germany was aspiring for greater power and Great Britain with France wanted to keep the status quo where they were sharing the biggest world powers status. Rest of countries were just pawns on a chessboard for them.</p>
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		<title>By: Minion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continues to be a great read. Ta muchly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Continues to be a great read. Ta muchly.</p>
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		<title>By: jakub_czyli_ja</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jakub_czyli_ja]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the photo description probably should be Franciszek, not Francizsek.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the photo description probably should be Franciszek, not Francizsek.</p>
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		<title>By: T0byJug</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T0byJug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for getting of the forum!!!! :-)  Good read]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for getting of the forum!!!! :-)  Good read</p>
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		<title>By: Achaemenid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A minor quibble.  Melrose is not in Southern England, but Southern Scotland.  Don&#039;t know if this error is present in the original text.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A minor quibble.  Melrose is not in Southern England, but Southern Scotland.  Don&#8217;t know if this error is present in the original text.</p>
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		<title>By: KV2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[free bacon code plz]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>free bacon code plz</p>
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