Why did Germany attack Poland first during World War II?

In 1939, at about 4 a.m. on September 1, Germany mobilized 53 divisions, 2,800 tanks, 6,000 artillery pieces, more than 2,000 aircraft, and 40 ships to launch an undeclared three-pronged war. The blitzkrieg against Poland set off the fuse of world war. There is a saying that rabbits don’t eat grass from their nests. Why didn’t Germany attack its old enemy Britain and France, but instead attacked the useless Poland?

In other words, Germany and Poland are big countries bordering Western Europe. Germany belongs to the Germans, while Poland belongs to the Slavs. There have been constant disputes in history. They are old enemies and have deep hatred. During the Middle Ages, the unified Poland was also in trouble, often bullying the divided Germany, so the two nations. The most serious outbreak occurred in the 15th century. At that time, the King of Poland was invaded by the aboriginal people in the East Prussian area, but he could not conquer it, so he invited the Teutonic Knights, the predecessor of the Kingdom of Prussia, to attack, promising that if they conquered it, it would be theirs. . After the Teutons were defeated, the Polish king betrayed his faith and sent troops to deal with the Teutons, eventually forcing the Teutons to spit out the fruits of their victory. The Teutons were forced to surrender to Poland, retaining the remaining Prussian territories and becoming a Polish client.

The Prussians began to rise in the 18th century and teamed up with Russia and Austria to carve up Poland. Poland, which had existed for more than 800 years, was divided and subjugated, and disappeared from the map of Europe for more than 120 years. After World War I, the Poles recovered with the help of Britain and France and took away large areas of territory from the Germans such as the Free Port of Danzig, Ceszcin, and Potsdam, which separated Germany from its homeland of East Prussia. The Germans hated the Poles extremely. Any German government before World War II refused to recognize the German-Polish border established under the Treaty of Versailles. Poland, which dreamed of becoming a great power, not only did not know how to restrain itself, but also followed France's instigation and attacked Germany, causing the Ruhr crisis and making German-Polish relations even more tense.

In the 1930s, Hitler came to power and Germany rose again. It successively annexed Austria, the Czech Republic and other places, and demanded that Poland spit out the occupied Danzig. Poland, with the support of Britain and France, directly rejected Germany's unreasonable demands. Germany took this as an excuse to attack Poland, and it took only 17 days to destroy Poland, which was known as the third most powerful army in Europe.

Of course, the reason why Germany invaded Poland was not only historical hatred and taking back Danzig and other lands, but also a very clever strategy. The Germans made full use of the British and French conspiracy to divert trouble to the east, played a trick of concealing the east and deceiving the west, and created a half-truth and half-false drama that they were about to attack the Soviet Union and fight against communism. So after the stupid Poland died, although Britain and France declared war, they did not fight, waiting to see the joke of the Soviet Union and Germany fighting. However, Germany secretly colluded with the Soviet Union, signed a non-aggression agreement, and worked together to carve up Poland. Let the Soviets think that Germany is a good gay friend. After appeasing the Soviet Union, the Germans fought back and killed France. As a result, Britain could only stare. At this time, even the Russians who were counting the money were blinded. It was not until the Germans suddenly came back that Stalin understood what the Germans wanted to do, and he was almost killed. I have to say that the Germans blitzed Poland really well.