I didn't forget it NOR did I justify the whole concept of the Corridor, which was clearly a poke in the eye at the Germans for starting WWI (they did you know). I was just addressing what constitutes starting a war. Polish aggression? lol. You must have quite a library of Leni Riefenstahl films..
Do you dispute that more than 300 Germans living in Poland were randomly executed by the Polish Army just days before the German invasion of that nation in an effort to put a stop to the slaughter? This was the pinnacle of Polish aggression against ethnic Germans in Poland. It wasn't a one off affair.
PS Austria (not Germany) declared war on Serbia after a Serbian assassinated the Arch Duke. This was the start of WWI. Was it the assassination that started it? The Austrian declaration of war? The allies of Serbia joining in against Austria, and her allies? All the above? But it wasn't Germany.
You need to read more. Half truths are worse than misinformation (fake news). All of the above were a sequence of events that got the ball rolling, but the key to ALL of these were two" 1. Mobilization (General Staffs were paranoid and didn't want to get caught flat footed), so ostensibly it was almost a de facto declaration of "intent" to go to war (so see who mobilized first) 2. The 500 lb gorilla in the room was England and they did not pull the trigger until Germany violated Belgian neutrality because they were so married to the Schieffen Plan they refused to deviate. So much so, there was a last ditch attempt by the Kaiser himself to stop, but von Moltke (the junior) told him "too late your majesty, the troop trains are already rolling." Bottom line, no invasion of Belgium, no war with the western allies.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
