Churchill said: "The heroic traits of the Polish people should not compel us to close our minds to their recklessness and ingratitude, which have caused them immeasurable suffering for centuries ... It must be considered a mystery and a tragedy of European history that a people capable of any heroism, some of whose representatives are talented, brave, charming and constantly show such great shortcomings in all aspects of his public life. Glory in times of rebellion and sorrow, shame and disgrace in times of triumph ... The bravest of the bravest have too often been led by the basest of the basest."
He also is said to have labeled Poland as Hyena State. Look at Poland´s aggressive record after WW1. They felt be able to fight Stalin and Hitler at the same time. Why? Because the Brits told them "Don´t worry, we´re with you!" And now it´s the same story again except for the US playing the leading role.
Poland between the wars was an aggressive attacker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Soviet_War –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Lithuanian_War –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Czechoslovak_border_conflicts –
They then, as they do today, dreamt of the Intermarium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermarium –
And in 1938 following the Munich destruction of Czechoslovakia they ripped Teschen out of the dying corpse of Czechoslovakia. "At noon on 30 September, Poland gave an ultimatum to the Czechoslovak government that demanded the immediate akia evacuation of Czechoslovak troops and police and gave Prague time until noon the following day. At 11:45 a.m. on 1 October the Czechoslovak foreign ministry called the Polish ambassador in Prague and told him that Poland could have what it wanted. The Polish Army, commanded by General Władysław Bortnowski, annexed an area of 801.5 km2 with a population of 227,399 people.
The Germans were delighted with the outcome.[citation needed] They were happy to give up a provincial rail centre to Poland. It was indeed a small sacrifice, spread the blame of the partition of Czechoslovakia, made Poland an accomplice in the process and confused the issue as well as political expectations. Poland was accused of being an accomplice of Nazi Germany." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Czechoslovak_border_conflicts
Churchill said: "The heroic traits of the Polish people should not compel us to close our minds to their recklessness and ingratitude, which have caused them immeasurable suffering for centuries ... It must be considered a mystery and a tragedy of European history that a people capable of any heroism, some of whose representatives are talented, brave, charming and constantly show such great shortcomings in all aspects of his public life. Glory in times of rebellion and sorrow, shame and disgrace in times of triumph ... The bravest of the bravest have too often been led by the basest of the basest."
He also is said to have labeled Poland as Hyena State. Look at Poland´s aggressive record after WW1. They felt be able to fight Stalin and Hitler at the same time. Why? Because the Brits told them "Don´t worry, we´re with you!" And now it´s the same story again except for the US playing the leading role.
Poland between the wars was an aggressive attacker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Soviet_War – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Lithuanian_War – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Czechoslovak_border_conflicts – They then, as they do today, dreamt of the Intermarium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermarium – And in 1938 following the Munich destruction of Czechoslovakia they ripped Teschen out of the dying corpse of Czechoslovakia. "At noon on 30 September, Poland gave an ultimatum to the Czechoslovak government that demanded the immediate akia evacuation of Czechoslovak troops and police and gave Prague time until noon the following day. At 11:45 a.m. on 1 October the Czechoslovak foreign ministry called the Polish ambassador in Prague and told him that Poland could have what it wanted. The Polish Army, commanded by General Władysław Bortnowski, annexed an area of 801.5 km2 with a population of 227,399 people. The Germans were delighted with the outcome.[citation needed] They were happy to give up a provincial rail centre to Poland. It was indeed a small sacrifice, spread the blame of the partition of Czechoslovakia, made Poland an accomplice in the process and confused the issue as well as political expectations. Poland was accused of being an accomplice of Nazi Germany." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Czechoslovak_border_conflicts