At the time of the agreement with the German Third Reich on Soviet aggression on Poland on September 17, 1939, the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Moscow was given a diplomatic note declaring that in the face of the "break-up of the Polish state" the USSR "is defending the Belarusian and Ukrainian population" in eastern Poland. This deceptive version was "bought" by the Allies of Poland in the West who pretended that Moscow was not a co-hostile against allied Poland. They explained that they didn’t want to deepen but to overthrow the German-Soviet alliance. The highest authorities of the Republic of Poland were charged that they were not consistent and did not declare a state of war between Poland and the USSR from September 17, 1939. This was a game of slander and the author documented the will of the parties to bring such charges. In the period of the Polish People's Republic, the myth of the so-justified Soviet intervention in 1939 was promulgated. Also, today, this issue for many politicians, historians and journalists remains not entirely clear. This text is an analysis of the formation of the basis of this myth, showing its political ground for various propaganda and proclamation of Western states, and ambiguous attitudes of Polish politicians, especially focused on the very naive and politically dependent General Sikorski, the chief of war and prime minister, with greater responsibility - than the ruling party of the Second Polish Republic - for establishing false opinions about Polish-Soviet relations in September 1939.
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The history of the Second Polish Republic’s Navy, most often associated with heroic efforts o f the Polish Coast defendants in 1939 and the participation of Polish vessels in almost all maritime operations essential for the course of the Second World War, requires further discerning historical research. A possibility to take use of reopened archives in Poland and abroad that appeared 10 years ago is not only a chance to verity present opinions but also to explain some issues hidden for many years for the public. The lot of Polish seamen in the Soviet Union after 17 September 1939 is undoubtedly one of them. The article attempts to show tragic officers’ lots of Navy Command and Pińsk Flotilla who due to Russian aggression stayed in “inhuman land”.
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