So why didn't Hitler include those demands in the 1934 treaty.
When did Poland begin to get visions of grandure. The right of Britian and France to support Poland in times of war was upheld in the 1934 Treaty that Hitler signed
So why should he, or more importantly 'you' react so shocked when those two countries reacted exactly how they said the would if Hitler violated the treaty he signed
I take it you are refering to this treaty:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German–Polish_Non-Aggression_Pact
My guess would be that in 1934 Germany was too weak yet militarily to demand anything.
Are you saying that the British war garantee of 1939 was basically an error, because a garantee already existed?
BTW: the reason why Hitler say himself forced to invade was not Danzig but the persecution of the Germans in Poland by the Poles. People often (like to) forget that Poland was mobilized as well and dreamed of going to Berlin (not for tourism) because they thought that Britain, France and even the US would come to their aid, an idiotic thought. Poland, ostensibly the reason for the war to break out, after the war was merily given away to the USSR by the alllies after the war. Nobody gave a **** about these Poles. Poland was the excuse for the rising power USA to enter a war with Germany via their proxy Britain/Churchill/Focus Group. It all worked out according to plan and in 1945 the US could divide the European loot between them and the USSR. Mission accomplished. Then they invented the holostory in Nuremberg so the alllies could pimp themselves and got accepted as 'liberators'.
BTW2: the story by this Russian general was not written on personal title but posted on the site of the Russian ministery of defense. For me this is a clear sign that Russia probably is willing to accept historic revisionism (causes of war, holo tale) in return for an alliance.
Putin has already offered as much. Would be a nice scene... CNN bringing breaking news... camera's switch to the Kremlin, impressive
grandeur... big table, Putin seated in the middle, next to him David Irving from Britain, Patrick Buchanan from the USA, Gerhard Schroeder from Germany, Jean-Marie le Pen from France, Ahmadinejad from Iran, the prime minister of China and someone from the Russian Academy of Science... Putin reads a long text from a paper he holds... it is not immediately clear what he is getting at... about history and the necessity of sometimes having to review old insights... Then finally the earth shattering devastating surprise... Putin: during WW2 there never were gas chambers in German concentration camps. It was a story invented by the allies. Putin refers to a website the Russian authorities have created and put online during Putins speech. It contains a transscript of a conversation between
Stephen Wise and
Ilya Ehrenburg coordinating American and Russian approach considering the impending Nuremberg trials and a 6 million figure. Putin confirms that the statements made by Hoess and all the other Germans held in captivity were indeed extorted by torture, precisely as the American judge van Roden had stated before. Putin, with trembling voice, confirms that Russian, American and British troops raped more German women than there were women raped
in the entire history of mankind.
Next the camera's show the Versailles palace where chancellor Merkel and president Villepin are standing behind lecterns. They both look nervous... it is Villepin who announces that France and Germany immediately leave the NATO alliance and enter an economic and military alliance with Russia. Anglo troops are summoned to leave Europe as soon as possible. SS-22 rockets are already deployed in Europe and all French, Russian and Chinese nuclear submarines are on highest alert. Chinese paratroopers are said to be dropped over Taiwan... Reports from Vienna where several British tourists are said to be thrown out of hotel windows...