Nobody talks about the 30 year long "cold war" period leading up to the American Civil War either. Because then they'd have to face the long litany of increasingly aggressive northern abuses of the South that led up to it. As far as the kids are taught, those dirty wicked Confederates just woke up one day and, for no reason at all, decided to start firing cannons at Ft. Sumter.
Same with Poland, Hitler woke up one day and said fuck it, lets invade Poland. Absolutely no treaties or agression caused by Poland at all ...
Funny how Britain's treaty with Poland only covered what they would do if Germany invaded from the West. No provisions at all for support if the Soviet Union invaded from the East. Guess in that case they were on their own.
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