Western betrayal

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Western betrayal is the view and perception that the Western Allies (specifically the United Kingdom, France, and the United States) failed to meet their legal, diplomatic, military, and moral obligations to the Czechoslovaks and Poles before, during, and after World War II. It also sometimes refers to the treatment of other Central and Eastern European states by those three nations. The concept primarily derives from several events, including British and French appeasement towards Nazi Germany during its 1938 occupation of Czechoslovakia and the perceived failure of Britain and France to adequately assist the Poles during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. It also derives from concessions made by American and British political leaders to the Soviet Union during the Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam conferences and their limited response during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising along with post-war events, which allocated Poland to the Soviet sphere of influence as part of the Eastern Bloc. Historically...

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