The other western powers cared about Poland as much as they cared about the previous annexation of Czechia, which is to say they didn’t give a rat’s ass about them. What made the UK abandon appeasement was the attack on France.
I think the left should reconsider buying into the “appeasement” narrative. I think it’s myth-making to ensure they look like the good guys of the war when the reality was they simply wanted to use the nazis against the ussr.
Look at Ukraine Russia today. EU supporting fascists against the Russians provided they aren’t a threat to EU is the same now as it was then, just that Ukraine started out much weaker.
The entire narrative about Ukraine would be different if they had stormed into one of their neighbours. I believe “appeasement” is story telling.
The other western powers cared about Poland as much as they cared about the previous annexation of Czechia, which is to say they didn’t give a rat’s ass about them. What made the UK abandon appeasement was the attack on France.
I think the left should reconsider buying into the “appeasement” narrative. I think it’s myth-making to ensure they look like the good guys of the war when the reality was they simply wanted to use the nazis against the ussr.
Look at Ukraine Russia today. EU supporting fascists against the Russians provided they aren’t a threat to EU is the same now as it was then, just that Ukraine started out much weaker.
The entire narrative about Ukraine would be different if they had stormed into one of their neighbours. I believe “appeasement” is story telling.