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the new European Empire
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| The Polish delegation |
Jozef Pilsudski was a special case at the Treaty of
Versailles, as he was sent to represent a nonexistent state, Poland. He entered
the Palace with simple and reasonable goals, all of which he managed to achieve.
Poland was off with a smooth start, managing to gain the
majority needed to pass her first motion: the establishment of an independent
Polish state. Poland was now a country, but one lacking land and people. These
were Pilsudski’s next objectives, to gain land from Ukraine and Silesia, as
well as an all important port on the Baltic sea, on which the chance of her
survival rested.
Pilsudski’s first attempt at acquiring such a port was a
failure, lacking only one vote. Her second attempt came two rounds later, when
after fighting her way through tough negotiations she managed to gain the four
votes needed. Poland was now in possession of the Gulf of Danzig, as well
Western Ukraine and Silesia.
In a matter of just three hours Pilsudski had managed
to reincarnate the country of Poland, which had ceased to exist for the last
century and a half.
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| Jozef Pilsudski preparing to Heil Hitler, to the grief of
an American civil servant |
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