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spidge · 17-09-2007, 04:11 AM

German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact

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On January 26, 1934, Germany and Poland signed a non-aggression pact in which the two countries committed to forgo armed conflict for a period of ten years.
The pact ended the border disputes that arose in the aftermath of the Treaty of Versailles and economically damaging customs war.
Hitler’s motives for signing the pact were to

gain time for his re-armament programme and his “Lebensraum” expansion plans into the East
convince the public that his intentions were peaceful
to shatter into pieces the French Eastern European security system that France had managed to build up in the 1920’s against Germany1

The pact was a success for Hitler as he fulfilled all his aims. He won time for his re-armament and expansion plans; the public was wooed into believing Hitler a man of peace; and, most importantly, the French security system, which had up until then provided a two-front protection against Germany, was ultimately destroyed.
1 The Franco-Polish Military Alliance, signed February 1921 in Paris

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,319 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	These are the steps that led to the outbreak of World War 2 German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact http://wheremydogs.at/articles/2007/...ggression-pact On January 26, 1934, Germany and Poland signed a non-aggression pact in which the two countries committed to forgo armed conflict for a period of ten years. The pact ended the border disputes that arose in the aftermath of the Treaty of Versailles and economically damaging customs war. Hitler’s motives for signing the pact were to gain time for his re-armament programme and his “Lebensraum” expansion plans into the East convince the public that his intentions were peaceful to shatter into pieces the French Eastern European security system that France had managed to build up in the 1920’s against Germany1 The pact was a success for Hitler as he fulfilled all his aims. He won time for his re-armament and expansion plans; the public was wooed into believing Hitler a man of peace; and, most importantly, the French security system, which had up until then provided a two-front protection against Germany, was ultimately destroyed. 1 The Franco-Polish Military Alliance, signed February 1921 in Paris __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 17-09-2007 at 04:13 AM..