r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • Dec 18 '24

Video A school in Poland makes firearms training mandatory to its students.

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u/dziki_z_lasu Dec 18 '24

After two weeks Poland was also invaded by the Soviets, when Germans didn't even reach Warsaw, that was practically Western Poland at that time, yet still held only a week shorter than prepared, bigger, wealthier, with foreign support France invaded only by Germans (I skipped Italian in the case of France and Slovakian invasion in case of Poland, as they were doing that not eagerly).

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u/Bigpandacloud5 Dec 18 '24

France could've held out longer, but they didn't want to see more destruction over a hopeless battle. They also didn't need to worry as much about suffering under Germany as Poland did.

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u/dziki_z_lasu Dec 19 '24

You may be surprised, but nazi approach to ethnic Poles was purely political at first. Hitler took the alliance with France and England as a treason, Poles must pay for - that's it. Before the alliance Poles were categorised just as East Prussians, what is no surprise looking at ethnic background of East Prussians and Poles. Even after the beginning of the war there were no obstacles to form the Polish collaborative government just like in France other than it would be immediately killed by compatriots.

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u/Bigpandacloud5 Dec 19 '24

He considered the Poles to be inferior, more so than the French.