EN The Polish Government’s Plan to establish lasting peace and security system in Central Europe prepared during World War II

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PL W czasie II wojny światowej Polska zaproponowała plan federacji Europy Środkowej we współpracy z Czechosłowacją. Miał być geopolityczną alternatywą dla niemieckiej i radzieckiej jedności Europy Środkowej na drodze przemocy. Polski plan miał zapewnić państwom Europy Środkowej bezpieczeństwo i rozwój oraz niezależność od mocarstw. Stałe spotkania polskiego rządu w Londynie z ośmioma emigracyjnymi rządami zmierzały do utworzenia regionalnych związków państw. Miały być jednym z filarów pokoju i bezpieczeństwa w Europie. Sprzeciw ZSRR uniemożliwił realizację polskiego planu.

EN General Władysław Sikorski’s government announced in December 1939 a plan to unify Central Europe in the face of the expansion of Germany and the USSR. The Central European Federation based on the Polish-Czechoslovak state union in alliance with Western powers was to create a balance of power in Europe, as a geopolitical counterweight to the German and Soviet European unity based on the violence. The permanent meetings of the Polish government-in-exile in London with eight other governments-in-exile were intended to form the regional state unions. The Central European federation was intended to form the basis of peace and security system in a united Europe. Prime Minister Gen. Sikorski wanted to empower Central Europe in international politics. Its federal structure was to guarantee the security and development of its countries between Germany and the USSR, create regional solidarity and facilitate peaceful resolution of mutual disputes. Regional federations, the foundation of European unity, were to prevent the post-war hegemony of the great powers and establishment of the zones of their influence. Sikorski associated his political plans with Great Britain and the United States. He wanted to base his relations with the USSR on mutual respect for independence and sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-interference in internal affairs. He demanded independence for all Central European countries. Poland’s plans in Central Europe were put to the end by the Czechoslovak-Soviet pact of December 1943 on mutual aid and friendship. Until 1943, the organization of regional federations in Europe was supported by Great Britain. Its support was abandoned after the conference in Tehran, when the United States supported the post-war world order based on the allied powers.

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Władysław Sikorski (1881-1943). Żołnierz i polityk

Działalność polityczna i wojskowa Władysława Sikorskiego (1904-1943), 9.12.2021, Warszawa, Polska

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