If a group akin to the Confederate ruled during the period II of the Republic of Poland, I think we would have a chance to defend ourselves against Germany in 1939. Below are a fewer things that we would change as ruling, justice for yourselves if it would be better than what happened:
The economy would be more free market, so in a much better state, there would not be many state monopolies. Of course, these monopolies came from a large part of taxation revenues, but if they were privatised, private companies would besides pay taxes.
We would produce much more modern aircraft, tanks and another vehicles for motorized troops. And we wouldn't have sold our best fighter aircraft abroad - over 100 PZL P.24 aircraft were sold, and it was 1 of the most modern fighters of the time. During this time, our pilots had to fly PZL P.11 (whose 50 pieces were besides sold to Romania), which were slower not only than German fighters, but even from bombers and PZL P.7, which were even slower, and in addition, in part, their only weapons, or device guns, frequently jammed. respective twelve pieces of Light Bomb-Operating Aircraft PZL.43 „Cchajka” was besides sold to Bulgaria, i.e. the export version of Polish PZL.23 Karaś, equipped with a stronger Gnome-Rhône engine, i.e. better aircraft were sold here, and worse ones were left to defend the Homeland.
We would have more Bofors cannons, both 40 mm anti-aircraft guns 36 and 37 mm anti-tank guns 36.
Less money would have been spent on the Navy, which could not be compared to German (so 3 destroyers were sent to Britain just before the war), so its participation in the 1939 defensive war was small. More money would be spent on heavy reinforced coastal artillery positions of a large caliber on Hel and in respective another places.
We would not hide from many of our own soldiers that we have an effective anti-tank 35 rifle, so that it would be utilized in this war more frequently and more effectively.
Probably the defence plan would be different - at the borders would only be fast troops in this bomb squad with air protection and their aim would be to hold enemy march, blow up bridges, make obstacles on the roads, make ambushes, and the main infantry and artillery forces would be standing on the Vistula and Narva lines, and it would yet be there, along with the evidence, to halt the German attack. In areas where there were no natural water obstacles we would have built fortification lines with bunkers.
We would not hold mobilization at the request of the United Kingdom and France, due to the fact that the last fewer days before the war were crucial and could let to mobilise even a fewer 100 1000 soldiers more than it did in 1939.
We would effort to have a better relation especially with Czechoslovakia, and in the event that it was not possible to enter into a defence alliance with Czechoslovakia, and events would have happened as they have happened in history, possibly it would be better to inform the Germans by occupying a large part of Slovakia under the slogan of defence of the Slavs, and not only Zaolzie, so that in 1939 we would have a shorter border to defend against Germany.
If we had defended ourselves against Germany for at least a fewer months, most likely the russian Union would not have attacked us in 1939, due to the fact that Stalin would have been afraid of the 1920 reruns (and that is why the attack took place only on September 17, 1939), and France and large Britain might have yet attacked Germany from the West.
Filip Stankiewicz
