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Subject: The Western Allies - The Anti-Nazi resistance - The Betrayal of Poland??
taylorjohn21    8/14/2005 5:04:07 PM
One of the interesting aspects of WW2 that is rarely discussed is why the western Allies made no effort to establish contact with the Anti-Nazi resistance within Germany as a means of removing the Nazi-regime and thus ending the war. I've raised this question as historical evidence shows that Churchill, in particular, was very unhappy at the prospect of Stalin controlling most of Central/Eastern Europe. In this regard many Poles feel that their country was betrayed by Britain and America as they failed to prevent the Red Army from occupying their country. I just wondered what people's thoughts are on the above.
 
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timon_phocas    RE:The Western Allies - The Anti-Nazi resistance - The Betrayal of Poland??   8/14/2005 7:45:47 PM
My reading indicates that Nazi counterintelligence was very competent, and that the Brits in particular had been suckered into some devastating operations. The German resistance was never taken seriously again.
 
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Caesar Maximus    RE:The Western Allies - The Anti-Nazi resistance - The Betrayal of Poland??   8/14/2005 11:02:38 PM
I have many Polish friends who believe the Alliles abandones POland. But in my view they had little choice. Nothing short of atomic weapons would've stopped the Soviet juggernaut inm y view. And in any event, after the last 6yrs, the popular sentiment in both Britain and USA was not behind starting a new WW against the USSR. The devastation it would've brought upon Europe would have been immense.
 
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CJH    RE:The Western Allies - The Anti-Nazi resistance - The Betrayal of Poland??   9/2/2005 8:10:28 PM
I know people refer to a German anti-Nazi resistance but was there really a resistance which existed much more than in name only? I ask this notwithstanding that there was a brave attempt on Hitler's life on July 20th, 1944 by a German army officer. I wonder about Nazi counter intelligence given the uninterrupted activities of the Rote Kappel or Red Choir which fed vital German high command info to the Soviets right through the war. I understand the western allies did try, unsuccessfully, to get Stalin's permission to land aircraft in territory under his control for the purpose of supporting the Warsaw uprising in 1944. Our bombers might have been more effective if they could haved refueled on Soviet airfields before returning to England. Remember that the Soviets themselves could have easily but did not aid the Poles in the uprising. I wonder if those Polish friends are aware that the western allies were refused permission to help. Do they give an example of how the western allies should have proceeded to war against the German occupation of Poland? That might be interesting.
 
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Thomas    The Resitance   11/11/2005 8:40:43 AM
The general model of resistance during WW2 was. A. The communists, which only recieved Soviet real support, if the soviet union was able to maintain contact. B. Army officers. c. Other political organisations. The general problem was that these fractions of resistance had a tendency to fight each other and they had different waraims.
 
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