British Polish Treaty 1939. Anglo polish agreement agreement of mutual assistance between the united kingdom and poland. In may 1939 poland signed a secret protocol to the 1921 franco polish military alliance but it was not ratified by france until 4 september.
On august 25 1939 in a move meant to dissuade germany from attacking poland the united kingdom britain signed a military alliance treaty with poland which promised that if either were attacked the other would come to their assistance. The government of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and the polish government. Thus william strang a foreign office official and later permanent under secretary described the guarantee of poland s independence that the british and french government gave that country on march 30th 1939.
After years of trying to preserve peace and buy time for rearmament he recognised that international.
The leaders of poland understood very clearly that they had no chance against germany alone. The british however refused to bring pressure to bear on the poles and on september 1 the german army. Other articles where anglo polish pact of mutual assistance is discussed. Anglo polish agreement agreement of mutual assistance between the united kingdom and poland.
