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Adding a bit more details (contrary to what was taught, Poland wasn't even the USSR's primary objective, it was Germany. Poland simply stood in the way).
==Prelude==
==Prelude==
An independent Poland was one of [[Woodrow Wilson]]’s Fourteen Points and was confirmed in the [[Versailles Treaty]]. The new republic’s first head of state was Marshall [[Jozef Pilsudski]], a [[World War I]] veteran and ardent Polish nationalist. The government, especially Pilsudski, considered Soviet Russia to be the greatest threat to Poland’s security. The Soviet government was not a participant in the Versailles negotiations, so the Polish-Soviet border was never fixed, making a confrontation almost inevitable. Both sides hoped to expand their territory. The Soviets had a larger army, but most of it was involved in the [[Russian Civil War]] against the Western-supported [[White Army]].
An independent Poland was one of [[Woodrow Wilson]]’s Fourteen Points and was confirmed in the [[Versailles Treaty]]. The new republic’s first head of state was Marshall [[Jozef Pilsudski]], a [[World War I]] veteran and ardent Polish nationalist. The government, especially Pilsudski, considered Soviet Russia to be the greatest threat to Poland’s security. The Soviet government was not a participant in the Versailles negotiations, so the Polish-Soviet border was never fixed, making a confrontation almost inevitable. Both sides hoped to expand their territory. The Soviets had a larger army, but most of it was involved in the [[Russian Civil War]] against the Western-supported [[White Army]].
In addition, [[Vladimir Lenin]], seeking to expand Communism abroad and ultimately aid the German Communists in their own revolution in Germany, sought to invade Germany in order to fully ensure Western Germany fell to Communism, with Poland ultimately being in the way.<ref>https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/08/communisms-first-defeat-john-radzilowski/</ref><ref>https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3874273/posts?page=14#14</ref>
==Outbreak==
==Outbreak==