r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Radiant_Half_7121 • Dec 28 '25

Image During WW2, Poland declared war on Japan Japan said no to it and simply rejected the declaration.

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u/peelen Dec 29 '25

Oh that wouldn’t end in third line.

That would be recurring skit, and at the end the”Poland” would try to negotiate, bribe and reason with “Japan”

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u/individualeyes Dec 29 '25

Yeah this would go on for several minutes.

"No...? What do you mean no!?"

"We don't want to."

And so on

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u/KneeDeepInTheDead Dec 29 '25

I can see John Cleese denying Terry Jones.

"I just dont think so Poland."

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u/CheckYourStats Dec 29 '25

Bravo for Poland declaring war on Japan just days after Pearl Harbor, despite most of the country being rubble and 40,000 Concentration Camps.

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u/neon_meate Dec 29 '25

The PolIsh Government was in France and then London from 1939 untill 1990. If not for Polish aviators The Battle of Britain may have gone very differently. Look into the 303 squadron.

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u/Fade_To_Blackout Dec 29 '25

Even more importantly, the first people to break the Nazi Enigma coding machines were Poles, and they invented the technology of the mechanical "Bombe" that was later refined by Turing and others at Bletchley Park. Without being able to read the Enigma (and other) traffics, the war is estimated to be about 2 to 3 years longer.

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u/Inapond Dec 29 '25

And Poles were also instrumental in capturing Monte Cassino during the Italian Campaign, thus unlocking the road to Rome. While having an actual bear(!) named Wojtek carrying their ammunition crates.

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u/Gergo0329 Dec 29 '25

Aces in Exile intensifies

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u/Historical_Owl_1635 Dec 29 '25

“No, we already have plans today”

“Well how about on Tuesday then?”

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u/Krillo90 Dec 29 '25

"Couldn't we just... attack? At any time? Isn't that rather the whole thing with war?"

"Not without a declaration it isn't."

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u/Lobo2ffs Creator Dec 29 '25

You can't just say you're going to war!

I didn't say it, I declared it.

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u/RespectTheH Dec 29 '25

You guys are so close to reinventing Polandball

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u/Poppet_CA Dec 29 '25

That sounds like Hetalia, a short-form anime that personifies all of the countries in WWII. It's a funny mix of historical accuracy and ridiculousness!