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> they kept their word After not upholding the 1924 pact (France) with Czechoslovakia
by yread 1y ago
> they kept their word
After not upholding the 1924 pact (France) with Czechoslovakia
- lostlogin 1y agoThat ‘defence’ of Poland mainly consisted of doing nothing, in the Phoney War. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoney_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoney_War
- rdtsc 1y agoThat’s fair. It sort of like on “paper” they fulfilled their obligation, shot a few rounds and quickly ran away. And like we mentioned even in the end they gave Poland over to Stalin. So they won the war, but officially the reason they got into it was not redressed. Not until the Soviet Union fell, years later.
- rdtsc 1y agoThat’s true. Abandoning the Czechs was embarrassing. That was probably a factor in then choosing to at least do the right thing for Poland. Otherwise it started to look really embarrassing for them: here are these great powers and they do not keep their word. That looked very weak.
- hermitcrab 1y agoThe lesson from history is that appeasing tyrants only encourages them. And we would be well to remember it.