I Don’t Need Nazis In My Germany

January 22, 1940

Warsaw, the capital of Poland

"Romania says they won't sell us any more oil and weapons? What is the meaning of this!"

Hearing the angry roar of Inspector General of the Armed Forces Rydz-Śmigły, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Józef Beck wore a look of seething ire.

"They've taken issue with us supporting Hungary's annulment of the Treaty of Trianon."

Minister of Foreign Affairs Józef Beck, who had once led the signing of the German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact with Nazi Germany, had been skeptical of Poland's invasion of Germany from the start.

Since Germany had broken away from the fascists, he could have accepted the non-aggression pact they offered. With a little more time, his desired Międzymorze (an alliance of nations between the Baltic and Black Seas led by Poland) might have been realized, but the military running wild had ruined everything.

While buying weapons and oil from Romania, Poland had also promised Hungary approval for the annulment of the Treaty of Trianon and Transylvania to bring them to their side.

But when Poland started the war with Germany and approved the Treaty of Trianon, Romania, Hungary's hostile neighbor, became enraged at Poland playing both sides and announced they would halt all sales.