Chapter 65:
November 19, 1939
Central Poland, the Polish capital of Warsaw In his office, the President of Poland, Ignacy Mościcki, was dealing with Lieutenant General Władysław Sikorski, who had come to see him.
“Your Excellency, Mr.
President. You must stop the military’s plan to invade Germany.
They are not the crumbling sandcastle they were after their defeat in the last great war. Their civil war is ending quickly with fewer casualties than we predicted, and international public opinion is also favorable to them.”
At Lieutenant General Sikorski’s words, President Mościcki just narrowed his glabella slightly and stroked his mustache.
“Your Excellency! We have the Soviet Union at our rear.
And you want to attack Germany in this situation?! Field Marshal Rydz-Śmigły is overestimating our military strength. The last war with the Soviets, while a victory, was a war that brought our fatherland to the brink of destruction.
They are driving our fatherland to the brink of crisis again, so why are you standing by and watching those nationalists!”