Some historical background back when Poland was the border nation instead of Ukraine. 1939 anglo-french-soviet negotiations fail to the joy of Hitler. In may Poland was a huge security concern for all of Europe. Hitler wanted to secure it’s eastern flank and Stalin vice-versa, while UK and France struggled to find a way to deliver the promised protection to their ally Poland.
It is easy to blame the URSS for allying Germany, but the fact is Poland would’ve fallen anyways. Famines, political persecution and the Manchuria war had the Soviet Union in a very unstable situation at best. UK and France had little offer to secure Stalin’s left flank. We all now know he needed help there, and a lot of it. Allying the enemy is not a rare course of action at all, only this time backfired spectacularly. Still to this day there is no agreement on why Hitler betrayed it’s ally in that precise time. He did came close to winning the war (and subsequently the world war), but instead it accelerated his demise.
1939 was obviously a very uncertain time politically and there is no point in blaming one single country for causing a world war. My point is to compare it to 2025 and realize today is actually as dangerous as it was back then, if not more since now the nuke spice is available in the world wars kitchen.
Some historical background back when Poland was the border nation instead of Ukraine. 1939 anglo-french-soviet negotiations fail to the joy of Hitler. In may Poland was a huge security concern for all of Europe. Hitler wanted to secure it’s eastern flank and Stalin vice-versa, while UK and France struggled to find a way to deliver the promised protection to their ally Poland.
It is easy to blame the URSS for allying Germany, but the fact is Poland would’ve fallen anyways. Famines, political persecution and the Manchuria war had the Soviet Union in a very unstable situation at best. UK and France had little offer to secure Stalin’s left flank. We all now know he needed help there, and a lot of it. Allying the enemy is not a rare course of action at all, only this time backfired spectacularly. Still to this day there is no agreement on why Hitler betrayed it’s ally in that precise time. He did came close to winning the war (and subsequently the world war), but instead it accelerated his demise.
1939 was obviously a very uncertain time politically and there is no point in blaming one single country for causing a world war. My point is to compare it to 2025 and realize today is actually as dangerous as it was back then, if not more since now the nuke spice is available in the world wars kitchen.