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> TBH, they did not receive a whole lot of support from their prior allies, to say the least, ahead of the capitulation. The "support" Czechoslovakia received

> TBH, they did not receive a whole lot of support from their prior allies, to say the least, ahead of the capitulation. The "support" Czechoslovakia received from the western allies was an order to capitulate to German demands. As a reminder, this was the situation in 1938: https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/u314/erding/Cz_map_150339.jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/u314/erding/Cz_map_15... The situation was much more hopeless than e.g. Ukraine was/is in. The Czech part was almost completely surrounded by Germany (controlling Austria and Silesia). Slovak part had a long border with Nazi-allied Hungary. Poland was not friendly at the time (taking part in the partition). The only kinda friendly neighbor was the tiny sliver of border in the east with Romania. If the Czechoslovakia decided to fight, it would be accused of aggression by the western powers (who basically declared Germany is in the right in Munich).

ufocia 3y ago
The claim of "participation" in the so called partition is inflammatory. You make it sound like Poland was a party to some kind of an agreement to dissolve Czechoslovakia, when there is no evidence of that, especially in retrospect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_border_conflicts?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_bo... I agree that the Czechoslovakian situation was less hopeful than that of Ukraine, at least for the moment.
- AmalgatedAmoeba 3y ago
  I think it’s pretty clear the comment was referring to the partition of the sudetenland, which Poland was absolutely a (albeit minor) participant in. But thank you for linking the article. I’ve always kinda assumed that Poland was given the territories by the Nazis as a way to spread the blame. Turns out they demanded it themselves outside of the Munich conference.

ufocia 3y ago

The claim of "participation" in the so called partition is inflammatory. You make it sound like Poland was a party to some kind of an agreement to dissolve Czechoslovakia, when there is no evidence of that, especially in retrospect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_border_conflicts?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_bo... I agree that the Czechoslovakian situation was less hopeful than that of Ukraine, at least for the moment.

AmalgatedAmoeba 3y ago
I think it’s pretty clear the comment was referring to the partition of the sudetenland, which Poland was absolutely a (albeit minor) participant in. But thank you for linking the article. I’ve always kinda assumed that Poland was given the territories by the Nazis as a way to spread the blame. Turns out they demanded it themselves outside of the Munich conference.