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oapen-20.500.12657-897662024-04-11T02:25:09Z Poland and the Origins of the Second World War Kornat, Marek 1938 1938–1939 1939 Adolf Hitler Alex Archutowska Chris diplomacy Diplomatic Fazan Foreign History James Jarosław Józef Beck Kornat Magdalena Marek Origins Poland Policy Polish Second Shannon Soviet Union Study thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history This monograph deals with Polish foreign policy shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. In tracing the diplomatic activity of foreign minister Józef Beck, it discusses six general problems: (1) the Polish political situation under the pressure of appeasement; (2) the project of Intermarium and efforts to implement it; (3) the action against Czechoslovakia and the conflict with the Soviet Union; (4) the Polish attitude towards the German concept of Gesamtlosung in Germany’s relations with Poland; (5) the genesis of the Polish alliance with Great Britain; (6) the Allies’ military inaction after Nazi Germany’s aggression. In these conditions, Poland made four key decisions: it stood against Czechoslovakia, it rejected German demands, it allied itself with the United Kingdom, and it rejected the Soviet Union’s claim for the Red Army to march across Polish lands. 2024-04-10T08:27:30Z 2024-04-10T08:27:30Z 2021 book ONIX_20240410_9783631840511_8 9783631840511 9783631841075 9783631841082 9783631836477 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89766 eng Polish Studies – Transdisciplinary Perspectives application/pdf n/a 9783631840511.pdf https://www.peterlang.com/downloadpdf/title/63278 Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/b17810 10.3726/b17810 e927e604-2954-4bf6-826b-d5ecb47c6555 9783631840511 9783631841075 9783631841082 9783631836477 35 558 Bern open access
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This monograph deals with Polish foreign policy shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. In tracing the diplomatic activity of foreign minister Józef Beck, it discusses six general problems: (1) the Polish political situation under the pressure of appeasement; (2) the project of Intermarium and efforts to implement it; (3) the action against Czechoslovakia and the conflict with the Soviet Union; (4) the Polish attitude towards the German concept of Gesamtlosung in Germany’s relations with Poland; (5) the genesis of the Polish alliance with Great Britain; (6) the Allies’ military inaction after Nazi Germany’s aggression. In these conditions, Poland made four key decisions: it stood against Czechoslovakia, it rejected German demands, it allied itself with the United Kingdom, and it rejected the Soviet Union’s claim for the Red Army to march across Polish lands.
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