New Reality Seeds

David Johnston2 · 12-10-2018, 01:08 PM

There's a big problem with that if the Poles look at a map and realize that since Germany has no border with Russia, if it wants Russian land it's going to need to take over Poland. In order to sell that alliance the Germans have to present the Poles with a plausible objective for the war that will tell them that Germany has something to gain from it that won't be at the expense of Poland.

What they would need is for the Russians to attack Poland so that the Germans can pretend that their goal is to preserve Poland as a buffer state, possibly offering to capture part of Russia and trade it for the part of Germany that Poland got after World War I.

Even then it's a big loss to Germany if they don't get the Skoda works which were a big boost to their tank production.

12-10-2018, 01:08 PM	#11
David Johnston2 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: New Reality Seeds There's a big problem with that if the Poles look at a map and realize that since Germany has no border with Russia, if it wants Russian land it's going to need to take over Poland. In order to sell that alliance the Germans have to present the Poles with a plausible objective for the war that will tell them that Germany has something to gain from it that won't be at the expense of Poland. What they would need is for the Russians to attack Poland so that the Germans can pretend that their goal is to preserve Poland as a buffer state, possibly offering to capture part of Russia and trade it for the part of Germany that Poland got after World War I. Even then it's a big loss to Germany if they don't get the Skoda works which were a big boost to their tank production.