I think Ewan nailed it. In the v1 timeline, living memory of the last German invasion will inform the actions of Polish senior government officials and flag officers. From the perspective of several Warsaw Pact members, especially through lenses shaped by Soviet propaganda and strategy, German reunification will appear a prelude to renewed German territorial claims. By April 1997, to mangle a phrase, there will be a rifle behind every blade of Polish (and Czechoslovakian) grass.
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