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Russia blames Poland for World War II

04 June 2009 12:11 (UTC +04:00)

Moscow â€“ APA. Russiaâ€™s Defense Ministry placed an article on its website blaming Poland for World War II, APA reports. â€œEveryone learned the warâ€™s history knows that the war began because Poland rejected the Germanyâ€™s demandsâ€, said the article â€œFalse estimation of the USSR role before the World War II and in its beginningâ€, APA reports. The author said he had poor knowledge what Hitler demanded from Poland. â€œGermany had enough loyal demands â€“ uniting of Danzig with Third Reich and construction of road and railways united East Prussia with main lands of Germany. It is difficult to name these demands groundless, because according to the Versailles peace agreement, Danzig was separated from Germany and most of the cityâ€™s population was Germans, who intended to unite with their historic homeland. Poland had an ambition of great state and didnâ€™t agree with the status of Germanyâ€™s small partnerâ€. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued an order last month to establish the commission â€œfor prevention of attempts to falsify the history for damaging the Russiaâ€™s interestsâ€.