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Originally Posted by von Rundstedt
Whether they had good relations or not they had one goal and that was the destruction of the Polish State, Poland was doomed and that Germany and the USSR would eventually come together for that cause.
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Originally Posted by tikilal
But would Germany have risked the war with Poland if Russia had not been in on it?
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This is an interesting point and till this day a hot topic of debate. Lets not forget that both countries ( Germany and Russia ) at on point owned either parts of Poland or all of it.
Afterall Marienburg ( capital of the Teutonic knights ) was in what is now Poland. Poland was part of the Russian empire until Lenin ceded it to Germany in return for a truce so he can launch his revolution. Both countries wanted their former lands back.
Poland never had a chance.