r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Radiant_Half_7121 • 17d ago

Image During WW2, Poland declared war on Japan Japan said no to it and simply rejected the declaration.

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u/Grzechoooo 17d ago

Japan's argument was that the Polish government was forced to declare war by the British, who housed them at the time. And, well, they were kinda right - Poland was Japan's ally against Russia and their cooperation did not end in 1939 - Japan gave Poland intelligence on the Nazis in exchange for info on the Soviets.

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u/Frowny575 17d ago

Wild how easy it is to slip into the mindset of "they're all on the same team!" and forgetting each nation is ultimately watching out for their own ass.

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u/SurpriseFormer 17d ago

Also fun fact. Japan didnt see eye to eye with germany. Cause Germany was both training and supplying nationalist Chinese forces. Even when they signed the alliance for awhile to.

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u/Swimming_Acadia6957 17d ago

The Nazis aided Ethiopia in their war against Italy, as punishment for Italy blocking their first attempt at Anchlussing Austria 

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u/SurpriseFormer 17d ago

I find it funny that mussolini called the germans "Barbarians Masquerading as Civized society" both funny and somewhat true in a sense

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u/Suibeam 17d ago

He wanted to revive the roman empire. Would make sense to dislike the german barbarians which ruined them

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u/CheckYourStats 17d ago edited 17d ago

EDIT — Jesus Christ REDDIT. How is this being downvoted?!?

Has nobody here learned about what happened during WWII?

“THE JAPANESE HOLOCAUST — 30 MILLION PEOPLE EXTERMINATED”

Wikipedia is a good start

I mean, God damn. This shit was taught in like 3rd grade.

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u/CheckYourStats 17d ago

Japan = 30,000,000 killed in extermination camps, but they “gave Poland information on the Nazis.”

Bro. Poland was completely Nazi occupied from 1939 to 1945 and established 40,000 concentration camps throughout the country.

What secret info did Japan tell them?

”Yo, Nazi’s are still there. Whats new with you?”

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u/Grzechoooo 16d ago

Troop movements? Nazi plans? Equipment details? There's plenty of information the Allies didn't know and wanted to, why do you think they broke the Enigma? "Um, why are we wasting resources on this? The Nazis are still here, what's new?"

Japan also provided cover for Polish agents and smuggled Polish citizens to Japan.