Behemoth in the history of until that point and poland have kind of an army, a small dv but it was basically a poor country that didnt have the defenses or the financial wherewithal but it did think it could hold off germany for a while but the germans just kind of rolled right over them. Germ you save the date was a surprise because the rest preparing for the war up to this point . T . But was th guest they suspected it was coming again. Most hoped it wouldnt happen ao least half were natural and declared their neutrality. They were hoping something would happen to prevent germany from embarking on what hitler had been preparing for why werent they prepared if they were aware of you have to remember 1939 was 20 years after the end of world war i which was the greatest bloodbath in history up to that point. Many have lost hundreds of thousands if not millions of people including the two biggest western allies and plans in the uk england and they were not prepared in any way they didnt
History up to that point and poland was, had a, sizable army. Small air force, small navy. It was basically a poor country. It didnt have the sense and financial wherewithal germany did. They thought they could hold off germany at least for a while but germans rolled over them. Cspan you say it wasnt a surprise. The date was maybe a surprise but was the rest of europe preparing for war at this point . Guest they expected war was coming. Most European Countries hoped it wouldnt happen. Half the European Countries were neutral. They declared neutrality. Some prepared for war to a certain extent but none of them were really ready for what was about to happen to them. They hoped somehow something would happen to prevent germany from embarking on what, you know, hitler had been really preparing for a number of years. So they were basically keeping their fingered crossed. Obviously that didnt work. Cspan why werent they prepared . If they were aware of what hitler wanted . Part of the reason
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