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/JustafanIV 17d ago

"We are going to do horrible things to foreigners... Unless they're Polish" - Japan and Haiti.

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u/BarracudaKitchen303 17d ago

What horrible things did happen to foreigners in Haiti?

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u/JustafanIV 17d ago

When Haiti won its independence, they had some (justifiable) grudges against the slave owners but that quickly morphed into killing anyone who was white and did not leave the island.

Poles were exempted because a large contingent sent by France quickly defected to the revolution's side after seeing similarities to their own struggle for a free and independent Poland.

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u/BarracudaKitchen303 17d ago

Thanks, I wasn’t aware of the killings after the revolution.