If the Polish listened to him there wouldn't have been a WW2
If the Polish listened to him there wouldn't have been a WW2
> Not only did Władysław Studnicki predict the coming World War and its aftermath, he astutely provided the simple blueprint for Poland to follow that would have averted the war altogether.
> He rightly observed that Poland’s alliance with Britain would be the casus belli — and that Poland must sever its defense agreements with Britain and make peace with Germany by granting them the disputed City of Danzig in exchange for the port of Liepaja in Latvia.
> He advocated that Poland should declare a stance of armed neutrality in WWII and aid Germany in mutual defense of its eastern border against the encroachment of the Soviet communists.
> What is remarkable about Studnicki’s pro-German stance is that he overcame Germany’s historical anti-Polish rhetoric espoused by likes of Bismarck who had openly advocated the genocide of the Poles in order to ensure Germany’s survival, “Hit the Poles until they despair of their very lives….if we are to survive our only recourse is to exterminate them.” (as quoted in Bizmarck by Werner Richter, Putnam Press, 1964, p. 101)
>> Not only did Władysław Studnicki predict the coming World War and its aftermath, he astutely provided the simple blueprint for Poland to follow that would have averted the war altogether.
>> He rightly observed that Poland’s alliance with Britain would be the casus belli — and that Poland must sever its defense agreements with Britain and make peace with Germany by granting them the disputed City of Danzig in exchange for the port of Liepaja in Latvia.
>> He advocated that Poland should declare a stance of armed neutrality in WWII and aid Germany in mutual defense of its eastern border against the encroachment of the Soviet communists.
>> What is remarkable about Studnicki’s pro-German stance is that he overcame Germany’s historical anti-Polish rhetoric espoused by likes of Bismarck who had openly advocated the genocide of the Poles in order to ensure Germany’s survival, “Hit the Poles until they despair of their very lives….if we are to survive our only recourse is to exterminate them.” (as quoted in Bizmarck by Werner Richter, Putnam Press, 1964, p. 101)
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