r/geography • u/CzarEDII • 1d ago
Map Invasion of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union
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u/Pacosturgess 1d ago
Just like the Danish and Norwegians, they weren’t prepared
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u/BaDaBumm213 19h ago
They were prepared. But not for getting fucked in the back by the SU and left to die by the western allies.
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u/sp0sterig 18h ago
Poles were able to retreat to the South-East, where there are many mountains, forests and marshes, and continue the resistance long enough for the Allies to make up their minds and attack Germany from the Rhein. But Soviet invasion cut this opportunity.
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u/Present_Student4891 1d ago
They fought back & continued the fight back as RAF pilots & fighting in North Africa. They didn’t stand a chance as they were under-armed. Just like Europe is now if Putin decides to invade.
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u/lousy-site-3456 18h ago
The dude that has no microchips and needs to buy his ammunition from North Korea? That can't establish air superiority over even one country?
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u/PaulBlartMallBlob 1d ago edited 22h ago
Not handing over east prussia to Poland straight away is pretty much asking this to happen sooner or later. Same with Kaliningrad now.
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u/Ein0p 19h ago
It's been offered to Germany and Lithuania and neither actually wanted it, why it was never offered to Poland I don't know
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u/PaulBlartMallBlob 19h ago
Most likely to facilicate a potential future pincer movement
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u/Ein0p 19h ago
Against their ally and entirely surrounded puppet state? Seems unnecessary
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u/PaulBlartMallBlob 19h ago
Puppet state ≠ ally Remember what happened with Hungary and Czekoslovakia
Besides what if they foresaw today's situation?
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u/Ein0p 19h ago
They can be and were both for the most part. I think considering the fact that Poland had a huge border with the soviet union makes the Kaliningrad enclave completely obsolete in a Czechoslovakia type scenario. I doubt Kruschev foresaw the complete collapse of the soviet union and the emergence of their former allies as western states, or was thinking about the importance of Kaliningrad in such a scenario. And if anyone did think of that, they'd not have offered it to Lithuania or Germany.
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u/geilercuck 22h ago
Why did they allies not declare war on the Soviet Union for their invasion, too?
Poor Poles got really screwed by the Western powers. I mean, the war in Europe was all about Poland’s independence and at 1945 the just decided to let Poland and the rest of east Europe become slaves of the communist oppressors.
Epic fail
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u/Silent_Ad3752 1d ago
Why didn’t Poland do anything to fight back against the Nazis? If they had resisted the Soviets wouldn’t have had to come to the rescue.
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u/Redylittle 1d ago
They did. They fought like hell. They were out numbered, out gunned and have no natural defenses. They inflicted heavy casualty on the nazis and tens of thousands died defending their country.
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u/TaishiCii 21h ago
What a fucking daft thing to say. Do you have access to a search engine? Or are you insinuating something on purpose?
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u/Different_Quiet1838 1d ago
Nazis already had like half an Europe under them, industrial might and people resources were incomparable. Also, you will probably get nice shitstorm in the comments about the rescue. While it was a very much physical case for jews in Poland, USSR, still fresh from their own revolution, had a bone to pick against capitalist class.
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u/Silent_Ad3752 1d ago
What do you mean “half of Europe under them”? Poland was their first real military invasion, they hadn’t invaded France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Romania, etc yet at this stage. I’ll give it you a chance to explain, but it seems like you don’t know what you’re talking about.
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u/Different_Quiet1838 1d ago
Okay, let me correct myself: an industry to conquer said half of Europe.
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u/0math01 21h ago
That's a very good animation, I'm not kidding that kids have taken a while, good on you!