TY - JOUR
TI - The attitude of the Triple Entente and Germany towards Polish eastern policy in the years 1918–1919
AU - Łukomski, Grzegorz
TI - The attitude of the Triple Entente and Germany towards Polish eastern policy in the years 1918–1919
AB - 
	The article discusses the problem of the attitude of the Tripe Entente states towards the restoration of Poland in the years 1918–1919. Relations between the creators of the Republic of Poland (in particular Roman Dmowski, Józef Piłsudski, and Ignacy Jan Paderewski) and Great Britain, France and the USA — the key partners and political players in the period of the Paris Peace Conference (1919) — were analyzed. Those were greatly affected by the relations between those states and the defeated Germany, as well as “White” and Bolshevik Russia. The Triple Entente cared mainly about maintaining and expanding their influence in Central and Eastern Europe. Also, of major significance were the German interests and Ostpolitik in this region of Europe, consistently implemented from the late 19th century. Therefore, the policy of the world powers towards Poland was indirectly affected by their attitudes towards Russia and Germany. In the early days of Poland’s political existence, it put Poland in an extremely difficult situation, especially when fighting for its borders, in particular in the east. Poland, as a fully independent political entity, did not fit in the European model of the time — even in the minds of politicians, especially British, who were still thinking in co82 Grzegorz Łukomski lonial categories. From their point of view, Poland was a new state, created upon the will of its protectors. Only France and, to some extent, the United States treated Poland as an independent and sovereign political entity. For Germany, Poland could exist only as a buffer, rump, non-sovereign state, which would be easy to invade and exploit.
VL - 2018
IS - Vol. V
PY - 2018
SN - 2391-890X
C1 - 2720-4774
SP - 63
EP - 82
DO - 10.4467/2391-890XPAH.18.004.14921
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-archiwalno-historyczny/article/ententa-i-niemcy-wobec-polskiej-polityki-wschodniej-1918-1919
KW - Triple Entente
KW - Germany
KW - Ostpolitik
KW - state restoration
KW - Curzon Line
KW - Polish policy
KW - international policy
KW - Eastern Borderlands
KW - Piłsudski Józef
KW - Paderewski Ignacy J.
KW - Dmowski Roman