Why did Poland dare to threaten to destroy Germany in three days, and where did it come from?

Anyone who knows the history of World War II knows that fascist Germany attacked Poland under Hitler's command. At this point, World War II officially kicked off, and Poland perished in June 5438+the same year 10. Most people may have heard of this history, even in some film and television dramas. Therefore, in people's minds, Poland's military strength is not so strong at all. After all, fascist Germany defeated Poland in only one month.

For Hitler, the blitzkrieg against Poland undoubtedly made a so-called good start for Germany to launch World War II, but what many people didn't know was that it was such a Poland that threatened to destroy Germany three days before the outbreak of World War II, so the problem came. Where did Poland come from? In fact, before the outbreak of World War II, Poland could boldly declare that Germany would be destroyed in three days, because even the United States at that time did not dare to declare war on Poland with its military strength at that time.

From a historical point of view, Poland's fate is still very bumpy, because since 1772, when Russia, Prussia and Austria jointly carved up Poland, it has already fallen once. Less than 20 years later, Russia and Prussia carved up Poland for the second time. After the second partition, 1795, Russia, Prussia and Austria occupied Poland again. Russia and Prussia are very unfriendly to Poland in history. They destroyed Poland for three times in a row, which also deepened the hatred between Poland and them. The rough waves of fate did not return to China until 19 18 was mediated by other European countries.

Only then did the Poles wake up. After 100 years of subjugation, their hearts are full of vitality. Therefore, Poland, once a Zionist again, vowed to earn back all the face it had left behind. On the one hand, Poland began to invade Soviet Russia, on the other hand, it began to attack large areas of Ukraine and Belarus. You know, the Soviet Union's military strength in Eastern Europe was one of the best at that time. In the face of such a powerful enemy, the Polish army actually.

By the end of the war, Soviet Russia began to fight back against Poland, but what the Soviets didn't expect was that although they went to Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and wanted to destroy Poland for the fourth time, the Poles didn't fight as hard as the first three times. They broke out in amazing fighting capacity, defeated the Russians in Warsaw, and finally forced Russia to sign the so-called non-aggression treaty, which was also Poland's revenge with this war. It is precisely because of Poland's painful experience of national subjugation and extinction three times in a row that Poles have a profound sense of crisis, so they have maintained a large number of standing troops after the third restoration to cope with possible wars.

Until World War II, there were as many as 770,000 Polish standing troops, nine times as many as the American standing army and six times as many as the German standing army. With the constant tension before World War II, Poland increased its standing army to 654.38+0.02 million. Thus, on the eve of World War II, Poland had 7 army groups, 4 battle clusters, 30 infantry divisions and 654.38+. At the same time, the Polish Army is equipped with nearly 1 0,000 tanks and armored vehicles, more than 4,500 guns and as many as 1 0/6 aircraft.

It can be seen that Poland's military strength was very strong before World War II. No matter from the total number of troops or weapons and equipment, the Polish army at that time can be called the army of a world power, because it was far less than the Polish army in the United States, Germany, Britain and other countries at that time, and because of this, Poland at that time had strong confidence to say that it would destroy Germany within three days. Of course, although Poland's military strength was very strong at that time, anyone who knows the history of World War II knows that Poland finally failed to resist the German attack and was occupied by the Germans in just 30 days.