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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Further research shows that the "free Polish Government" aka Polish Government in exile was essentially a joke after 1946.
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Leg,
You are confusing the old Free Polish Government with the one set up in T2K. Different organisations, the first is irrelevant.
Doing some reading, the Soviets didn't particularly trust the Poles. They especially didn't trust the airborne division in a political sense, although they were quite willing to use them to attack NATO. Attacking the Baltic coast was basically a suicide mission, the Poles knew it and admitted it among themselves.
Really, no Soviet ally was allowed free reign in any meaningful sense. That seems like a complete misunderstanding of how the Soviets ran their show (or had the PacWar run its show) unless I'm not following your point. Simply put, there was no real trust there.
The Poles in T2K are directly descended from their real-world versions, therefore should will share many of their characteristics. The biggest mark against NATO would be the destruction of Poland in 1997, but until then the Poles would at least be able to thank them for kicking out the Soviets before then. While we can debate what happened to Solidarność in the mean time, its still around by 2000 and likely still supported by the CIA (I see the DIA backing a reconstituted Home Army).
That gratitude shouldn't be taken for granted, but it's probably not going to be blind hatred in most cases (some, yes).
Tony