The Poles prefer the territories they had before or after WW2?
I think that the German territories were richer and in my opinion perhaps Germany should have lost more territory (both in East and West)
This lacks all the post-WWI gains.
The curzon Line B should have been the correct answer, idk why the allies let stalin have his wet dream of getting Lviv become reality, he was obsessed about taking that city for some reason. On the other hand no one would have willingly let two of the biggest 10 cities, 2/5 most important cultural hubs of Poland go in exchange to Wroclaw and Stettin (which no one even thought of gaining). Losing Lwow and Wilno was tragic on a cultural level, two of the least destroyed cities after a war that devastated the country nonetheless.
Since the fall of the Berlin wall, we have got a better understanding of how Polish politicians think, feel and operate. With what we know now, the historical instability and constantly changing borders of the country are hardly surprising and may well have had less to do with just bad neighbours.
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The Poles prefer the territories they had before or after WW2?
I think that the German territories were richer and in my opinion perhaps Germany should have lost more territory (both in East and West)
This lacks all the post-WWI gains.
The curzon Line B should have been the correct answer, idk why the allies let stalin have his wet dream of getting Lviv become reality, he was obsessed about taking that city for some reason. On the other hand no one would have willingly let two of the biggest 10 cities, 2/5 most important cultural hubs of Poland go in exchange to Wroclaw and Stettin (which no one even thought of gaining). Losing Lwow and Wilno was tragic on a cultural level, two of the least destroyed cities after a war that devastated the country nonetheless.
Since the fall of the Berlin wall, we have got a better understanding of how Polish politicians think, feel and operate. With what we know now, the historical instability and constantly changing borders of the country are hardly surprising and may well have had less to do with just bad neighbours.