As early as six years ago, Sitara and his Democratic Labour Party gained power in Germany, reversing the previous friendly relations between Germany and Red Russia, and proposed a "living space" for the expansion of Workers' Party doctrine to the East

ideas, and declared that a pan-German state with hegemony on the European continent would be created, and Germany would eventually go to war against Red Russia.

To this end, Sitara was to establish around Germany a satellite or puppet state of its Allied war against the Peasants' and Workers' Party.

In February 1933, in an interview with a reporter from the British newspaper "The Sunday Express", Sitara threatened: "Poland is required to return the corridor to Germany 'within a short time.'" ”

It also instigated anti-Polish demonstrations on the German-Polish border, such as declaring that it would be "liberated"

The German minority in Danzig and the Corridor area, and claimed that Danzig's separation of German territory was "the ugliest part of the Treaty of Versailles"

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Polish leader Joseph?

Pilsudski stationed his armed forces on the border and exerted military pressure to make Sitara stop, and now it is indeed the best measure that Poland can choose, but when Germany is fully armed, Poland, which is obviously weak, has repeatedly challenged the tolerance limit of Germany and Sitara, which is really a manifestation of the late stage of the second disease.

Germany's bad relations with Red Russia instead prompted Red Russia and Poland to improve, and Sitara changed his course, expressing his willingness to mend relations between the two countries, and stopped the tariff war and aggressive propaganda that had been in place since the 20s.

In November 1933, Germany and Poland issued a joint communiqué declaring: "The dispute between the two countries will be settled by diplomatic means." ”

In 1934, the two countries signed the 10-year German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact, on which both Britain and France were deluded into believing that the diversion of the East had been successful.

After 1935, Eduard Edward, who succeeded Pilsudski, was in the position of Pilsudski?

General Rez-Shimigvi, aware of the threat from Germany, was actively rearmament in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

But the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, who was also a member of Pilsudski's cabinet, Joseph?

Bechrel, for his part, continued to pursue a pro-German policy, moving from the "German-Austrian merger"

to the "Sudetenland" in Czechoslovakia

Poland expressed its support for Germany.

At the same time, Poland also followed the example of Germany in threatening other countries with force - sending troops to Lithuania to force the latter to recognize the territory of Vilno Poland, and pressuring the Czech Republic to successfully annex the territory of Tessin.

After the completion of the annexation of the Czech Republic, Sitara began to formally win Poland into the "International Pact against Peasants and Workers", forming a united front similar to the later Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Romania, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, Finland and Turkey.

Feng?

Ribbentrop met with the Polish ambassador and offered that his alliance must be premised on the transfer of Danzig to Germany and the establishment of a highway in the corridor to connect German territory, and if Poland agreed, Sitara would give Poland future territories to the north of Ukraine, and that the German-Polish Treaty would be extended for 25 years as compensation.

However, Poland believed that if it joined the German-led military alliance, it would be reduced to a satellite state, and even eventually its statehood would be threatened, just as Czech Republic was annexed by Germany, so Bechoral refused to mention it, and the Polish Foreign Ministry was in line with the military leadership, and the Polish government leaders did not trust Sitara.

On 21 March, Becquerel traveled to Berlin to meet with Sitara, who insisted that he accept German terms, but they refused, and the two sides parted happily.

Sitara worked with the military's stalwarts to draw up a plan for an invasion of Poland, the White Plan, which was approved at the Eagle's Nest on April 3.

Britain was also aware of the change in relations between Germany and Poland, and on March 31, the 16th year of the Alpha Era, Poland received assurances from Great Britain that it would preserve the territorial integrity of the former; On 6 April, Bechoral traveled to London to sign the Anglo-Polish Treaty of Security Assurances; On 19 May, Poland signed a similar protocol with France, stating that when Poland was attacked, the French would attack Germany, and similarly, when France and Belgium were attacked by Germany, Poland would attack the latter.

On the 28th of the same month, Sitara announced the abrogation of the German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact on the grounds that Poland was under the protection of Britain and France, and ordered the Germans to prepare for an attack on the country by August.

At this time, Sitara still respected the constraints of the international agreement, and notified the Polish side after unilaterally abolishing the German-Polish agreement, which was equivalent to an early warning of a declaration of war, but it was a pity that Poland, which was protected by Britain and France and considered itself a great power, did not take the German threat to heart at all.

On the other hand, British Prime Minister Neville?

Chamberlain still believed that war could have been avoided if he had reached an agreement with Sitara on Danzig (and perhaps the Polish Corridor), but Sitara had the same idea at the time, preferring an armed march like that of the Rhine and Austria rather than a surprise attack that would inevitably lead to a world war.

After the breakdown of the talks at Danzig and the Corridor, there was no diplomatic interaction between Germany and Poland for several months.

Sitara also knew that since April of the sixteenth year of the first century, Britain and France had negotiated with Red Russia in order to contain Germany, but the former two only wanted Red Russia to help, but were unwilling to help Red Russia when it was also attacked, so the negotiations fell into a stalemate, and the Red Russia and Germany did not have a border, and if they wanted to fight the German army, they had to go through the territory of Poland or Romania, and neither of these countries agreed to the communication of their armies, especially Poland, Bechoral believed that an alliance with Red Russia would only provoke Sitara and let the war break out early.

Seeing this, Sitara sent Foreign Minister Ribbentrop to Red Russia on 23 August, and signed the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (also known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) that night

It was valid for 10 years, and the international community was shocked by the change in relations between Germany and the Soviet Union, and the two countries were originally ideologically completely opposed.

However, the "German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact" not only had the effect of guaranteeing the security of the two countries, but also attached a secret agreement: the two countries jointly divided Eastern Europe, including Poland, the Baltic states, Romania and other countries, in the case of Poland, he would be divided between Germany and the Soviet Union, the former would get 49 territories, and the rest would be assigned to Red Russia, and the two countries would not only jointly send troops to fight the Polish army, but also when Germany was declared war by Britain and France for attacking Poland, Red Russia would maintain neutrality, and Poland would therefore face the fourth partition between Germany and Russia in history.

At the urging of the British, on the morning of August 29, the 16th year of the First Lunar New Year, Germany issued its last diplomatic statement, and at the same time, the timetable of the "White Plan" had to be revised.

That night, the German government responded, in addition to protecting the German minority in Poland, Germany also wanted to recover Danzig and the Polish Corridor (previously Sitara only asked for a highway in the corridor, but now it wants to obtain the entire territory of the corridor), Sitara has understood that what he needs is a real war, so he intends to avoid the previous Czechoslovak Western intervention problem, and wants to divide the relationship between Poland and the West, Therefore, a proviso was proposed: the Polish plenipotentiaries who came had to arrive in Berlin within one day to sign an agreement.

Britain's Chamberlain cabinet was still pleased that negotiations could continue, but given the fact that Germany had stipulated that the Polish plenipotentiaries had to arrive within a one-day time limit, this difficult time-limited action meant that it was an ultimatum for Germany.

In the early hours of August 30 and August 31, Ribbentrop read out the sixteen German demands to the British ambassador, and when the British ambassador Neville?

When Henderson asked for a copy of the text to be forwarded to the Polish Government, Ribbentrop refused on the grounds that "the Polish delegates had not arrived before midnight." ”

When the Polish ambassador Joseph?

When Lipski arrived in Berlin at noon that day to meet Ribbentrop, he said that Poland was willing to consider negotiations with Germany, but he also admitted that he did not have full authority to sign any agreement, and Ribbentrop unceremoniously ordered the guards to drive him away.

Soon after, German broadcasts announced that Poland had vetoed the German proposal, and thus the negotiations were terminated.

At 4:45 a.m. on September 1, 1 September, the 16th year of the 1st year, at 4:45 a.m., German bombers roared toward Polish territory, targeting Polish troop arsenals, airfields, railways, roads, and bridges.

A few minutes later, for the first time, the Poles tasted the greatest sudden death and destruction in the air, in the history of mankind.

Thousands of artillery pieces rang out on the border, and shells rained down on the Polish positions.

About an hour later, the German ground forces launched an offensive on all fronts from the north, west, and southwest.

At the same time, the German battleship "Schleswig-Holstein", which was moored outside the port of Danzig and disguised as a friendly visitor, was

The horn also suddenly opened fire on the Polish base.

The Polish army was caught off guard, 500 first-line planes were blown up at the airfield before they could take off, countless artillery vehicles and other baggage were destroyed before they could retreat, transportation hubs and command centers were destroyed, and the troops fell into chaos.

Taking advantage of the situation, the Germans took advantage of the situation and quickly broke through the Polish lines from several major positions, led by armored and motorized units.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the same day, Sitara excitedly announced to the Congress that the Imperial ** army had invaded Poland and Germany had entered a state of war.

He declared, "From now on I am only a soldier of the German Empire, and I am wearing this military uniform, which is the most sacred and precious to me." Until the final victory, I will not take off this military uniform, or I will die for my country. ”

Sitara's speech provoked enthusiastic cheers from the lawmakers.

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