Didn't France and Poland provoke Germany during WWII?

Question

France attacked a German industrial city in 1925.
Were Allies always the "good guys"?

Answer 1

The infamous Saer Offensive by the French during the 'phony war' period of WWII. Poland invaded a German radio station prior to hostilities...or so Goebbels would have us believe........

Answer 2

Other than by existing, no. The grievances go back to the end of WWI: the loss of the German border provinces to France (which the Germans and French had been fighting over for ages) and the loss of the German Baltic areas including Danzig and East Prussia. Still, in the end, it was the German leadership that decided to attack, and the reasons were essentially based on national pride and resentment.
As for the Allies being the 'good guys' - depends entirely how you define the term.

Answer 3

The Nazis (SS I believe) did stage an incident at the German/Polish border to make it seem as if Poland had attacked. This was a sham and only used as a flimsy pretext for war, so NO Poland did not provoke Germany.

France declared war on Germany after they invaded Poland, so, in a way, you could say they did provike Germany. That said, Germany attacked France at time of her choosing rather than respondiong to a French attack.

Answer 4

Hello,

In a way. Germany lost some of her territory to France and Poland as part of the reparations and punishment for WW1.
Her former territories had quite a few ethnic Germans living there... especially Alsace Lorraine initially taken from France in the Franco-Prussian War which was rich in iron ore.

The heavy penalties put on Germany in the Versailles settlement from her lost territories to a 33 billion dollar reparation payment that would not have been payed off until 2012, helped sow the seeds for the rise of nazism and hence her aggression. Any historian will tell you that the most significant result of this settlement was WWII.

Michael

Answer 5

France and Poland provoked Germany during WW II? How? By resisting invasion?

Answer 6

The French occupation of thje Ruhr district occurred in 1923 (and ended in 1925), and was connected to Germany's failure to pay reparations for their aggression in the first world war. Britain supported Germany in this dispute, and France withdrew without ever getting paid. WWII was years later. The French occupation no doubt contributed to prewar anti-French sentiment in Germany. If you see it as justification for German aggression against Frtance, that is not a widely-held point of view, though you are certainly entitled to it.

Poland was the target of Operation Himmler, a Nazi project to create the appearance of Polish aggression against Germany, to justify the invasion of Poland. Attacks staged by Nazis were attributed to the Poles; this disinformation project is frequently cited by 9/11 conspiracy theorists as a 'model' for Bush/Rove's alleged attack on the WTC.

Answer 7

Germany and France had a long history of warfare over the border regions as Germany and the Polish regions.
In WWII it was Germany that was the antagonist.

Answer 8

the American idea of Isolationism is not the rest of the worlds they Like Sweden Spain and Switzerland claimed Neutrality the USA funded Hitler from 1924 to 1945 FDR helped put Hitler in power using the Hitler Fund run by JP Morgan and associates GM built hitlers tanks Ford Built his trucks Switzerland was Banking Hitlers Loot and Hold as was spain the USA was shipping Fuel and Oil Via Standard oil to spain who sent it on to Germany Sweden using the american owned SKF ball bearing company sent special steels to Germany then in 1943 along with SKF of Philadelphia sent 600,000 units a year to Nazi Germany up to 1945 when Germany in 1940 was aware that they only had enough fuel for 2 years Standard Oil /IG Farben owned By Prescott Bush and Rockefeller Built a petrochemical Plant at Buna in Poland and used 83,000 slaves nad the company owners paid the slaves 29 Phennings ah Hour collected By the SS all the slaves at Auschwitz and Berkinau were tattooed to remove the need of ID cards and their places of work was Controlled By the IBM of the USA Punch card System to ensure Efficient use of the slaves the IBM system was also used to run the NAZIS Run their Railway Churchill went to the USA with cap in hand and asked for the tools and was poked in the Eye with a Blunt stick the USA forced the British into a Fire sale whilst the NAZIS were Buying on Credit then AFTER the battle of Britain when the British and her empire were Winning Low and behold the USA found another way to make money by approving Lend lease the first year we received 2.5 % of our ammunition and and the Next 3 years only 25 % of Britain's ammunition was made in the USA But we had a Ball bearing shortage Filled By Canada as did the Mitchell Bomber factory because SKF of Philadelphia was sending 90% of their Product to NAZI germany and as New Technology was developed in the Aircraft industry ITT flew Repressive to Madrid to pass this on the the NAZIS ITT owned Fokker Wolf the US Coast has Film of Standard Oil tanker Refueling NAZI U Boats in the Atlantic in 1943 I hope there is Never another War where the USA claims being isolationists Because some Poor country has been sent to the wolves whilst the Isolationists make money and to add Insult to Injury GM and Ford sued the US government for the damaged Factories in germany and GM alone Got paid 32 Million Blood Money and Ford 23 Million for Killing Americans and her allies here is another Interesting Fact Dupont helped to manufacture Zyclon B at Auschwitz and Dupont was also working in the USA on the Manhattan project

Answer 9

If you believe the Nazi history of the war, then yes, the Poles and the French caused WWII. But who believes such drivel?

Answer 10

i think a frenchman flicked an elastic band at a polish dude.he reacted and threw a wet sponge at a german,thinking he had fired the elastic band.they all went home crying and told there parents.one of the parents was winston churchill.he called a few mates and they went over to sort it out.as the french were asleep,and wouldnt wake up.he made a few calls and the rest is history. hope this has helped ;o)