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Historical note: it needs to be remembered that the allies did a great disservice to Poland after the war. The war was ostensibly started over Poland, the allie

Historical note: it needs to be remembered that the allies did a great disservice to Poland after the war. The war was ostensibly started over Poland, the allies promised to liberate it, and in the end it was given out as spoils of the conflict.

powera 11y ago
Technically the Soviet Union was one of the allies, and if you asked the Soviet Union they would say they "liberated" Poland. If you remember, there was a large conflict between the US and the Soviets for much of the 20th century over exactly these types of claims.
- gambiting 11y ago
  I always have a problem with this argument, because the war started by both Germany and Russia invading Poland. Just because things went sour between them and in the end Russia helped defeat the nazis doesn't mean that the act of giving Poland away to the Soviet Union wasn't any less disappointing.
douche 11y ago
The Polish Question was a very ugly, messy bit of the war and the peace that followed. Somewhat similar to Yugoslavia, there were divisions within the Polish Resistance organizations between those supporting the government-in-exile in London, and the pro-Soviet faction. One reason that the Red Army sat on its hands during the Warsaw Uprising was that the Polish forces involved were primarily drawn from the London-leaning Home Army. In other cases, members of the Home Army were offered the "choice" of joining the Red Army or being sent to labor camps. One interesting what-if? to consider is what might have happened had Roosevelt lived to see the end of the war, and the various treaties and conference (notably the Potsdam Conference), instead of the inexperienced Truman. One of the better treatments of the final days of WW2, and the tensions between the western Allies and the Soviets over Poland is http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-100-Days-Controversial/dp/081296859X http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-100-Days-Controversial/dp/081...

powera 11y ago

Technically the Soviet Union was one of the allies, and if you asked the Soviet Union they would say they "liberated" Poland. If you remember, there was a large conflict between the US and the Soviets for much of the 20th century over exactly these types of claims.

gambiting 11y ago
I always have a problem with this argument, because the war started by both Germany and Russia invading Poland. Just because things went sour between them and in the end Russia helped defeat the nazis doesn't mean that the act of giving Poland away to the Soviet Union wasn't any less disappointing.

douche 11y ago

The Polish Question was a very ugly, messy bit of the war and the peace that followed. Somewhat similar to Yugoslavia, there were divisions within the Polish Resistance organizations between those supporting the government-in-exile in London, and the pro-Soviet faction. One reason that the Red Army sat on its hands during the Warsaw Uprising was that the Polish forces involved were primarily drawn from the London-leaning Home Army. In other cases, members of the Home Army were offered the "choice" of joining the Red Army or being sent to labor camps. One interesting what-if? to consider is what might have happened had Roosevelt lived to see the end of the war, and the various treaties and conference (notably the Potsdam Conference), instead of the inexperienced Truman. One of the better treatments of the final days of WW2, and the tensions between the western Allies and the Soviets over Poland is http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-100-Days-Controversial/dp/081296859X http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-100-Days-Controversial/dp/081...