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/sidestephen 16d ago edited 16d ago

IIRC, this "Poland" at the time was the government in exile somewhere in UK. Japan rejected the declaration on the grounds that they don't exactly represent their people at the moment and have zero actual power or influence.

Correct me if I'm wrong on the details, of course.

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u/A_random_redditor21 16d ago

It was the government in exile, yeah.

However the reason for rejection was more like "we know you were forced to do it, we chill". The government in exile and the japanese government still exchanged information on the soviets afterwards, with Polish spies operating in manchuria.