Why Poland is Preparing for War to Prevent it

Poland is now preparing for war in the hopes of deterring it from ever happening in the first place. They intend to double their land forces to a staggering 300,000 personnel over the next 5 years. Seeking to stop people from claiming they accidentally invaded Poland. To put this into context once it is completed Poland's military will be larger than the French and German forces combined. Which makes sense because a lot is at stake for them. Polish Prime minister Tusk said quote “We are living in the most critical moment since the end of World War II.

The next two years will decide everything,” He’s referring to how the war in Ukraine waging on their borders turns out and how successful their military modernization ends up being. Poland aims to achieve this gigantic goal by raising their defense spending to 4% of GDP or $133 billion dollars over 5 years; it's the highest percentage in the entire NATO alliance. It’s like their throwing out their old military and replacing it with a brand new one.

Already taken in 1.3 million refugees from ukraine. All of this is why I want to answer, what challenges Poland’s defense modernization effort will face? Which types of unique weapons systems will they need to invest in? which strategies will they deploy on the tactical level?

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[XD-crdu]

Why Poland is preparing for war: History

[equos]

Poland does not want a war. We want to stay safe. That's all.

[kubzone]

"Nie strasz, nie strasz, bo się zesrasz." - another Polish proverb.

[shotime]

Respect to Poland🇵🇱 from Korea🇰🇷 I recently learned that Poland has a lot in common with Korea in terms of history. Can't change what's already happened, but we sure can prepare for what's to come. Honored that our arsenal will help defend a fellow independent, sovereign nation.

[markcooke]

Ex 🇬🇧 military...I love the Polish.... Very brave hard working people.... They piloted the RAF planes in WWII and we have many Polish people in 🇬🇧🇬🇧 and there welcome ....

[isengarde]

Note, their F-35s are going to be called 'Hussars'.
They're literally Winged Hussars.

[NoDiscoveryTV]

As a Swede I think Poland is the country I look up to the most currently, Poland keep being badass

[sicktorko]

Full respect to Poland from Slovakia 🇸🇰❤️🇵🇱

[piobmhor]

I have lived and worked in Poland many times; definitely one of my favourite countries. I made friends with many there, and it was interesting talking about their history. They were saying that the Poles are a proud people, but that comes at a price. A joke one of them told me was that a Pole was praying and asked God “Why did you make such a beautiful place, with rivers, lakes and fertile farmland just for us?” And God answered “Wait until you meet your neighbours.” Their history is a rather sad one, at one point their nation was split up three ways between the Prussians, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires for centuries. Reborn out of the ashes of the First World War only to be invaded by the Soviet Union within weeks of the guns going silent on the Western Front. They repelled the Soviet aggression in 1920 and enjoyed a 19 year period of uneasy peace. 1939 brought the two front war between the Nazis and the Soviet Union, occupation, Operation Barbarossa, Soviet occupation and Communist rule until 1989. I think they have a right to be a little uneasy. It’s a beautiful country in a bad neighbourhood. I can fully understand their defence spending.

[oskar]

Respect Poland from Lithuania ❤ If all Europe would be like Poland, we all feel more safe. Remember freedom is not free.

[Peroriperora]

Full respect to Poland! Cheers from France 🇫🇷

[Strieuok]

As a Pole Im astonished with all the heartwarming comments from all around the world- thank you. We love our country, we as a nation are ready to defend it when such time come ( I hope not). All foreginers are welcome, we do not seek fight. But there is another proverb about us: We do not ask how many of enemies are there. We ask where they are. Cheers.

[stupeters]

Standing with My Polish Brothers and Sisters, from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 🇵🇱

[ulqetqo]

Poland learned its lessons, dont relly on allies.

[iso-ski]

Fun fact, the first definitive book on bushido (way of the samurai) published in the west was dedicated to the Polish people.

"In 1904, well-known Japanese writer Nitobe Inazō dedicated his book Bushido: The Soul of Japan to the Polish nation, indicating that it was a "samurai" nation."

[mariahanczewska]

In our neighbourhood assuming worst case scenario isn't pessimism, it is common sense.

[Mosern]

As a Norwegian, I'm happy to see Poland take a serious lead here. Moving a lot of production to Poland can be very good for the Polish economy.

[Thatsaltygrunt]

God I loved being stationed in Poland. By far best time of my career.

[machikr]

From Korea with ❤. Regarding WW2, we know three things about Poland: (i) you were the first country that actually broke the invincible German Enigma code, as early as 1932; (ii) however, that still did not prevent you from being the first victim and the biggest victim of WW2 by the casualty count; and (iii) that did, however, sow the seed of eventual Allied victory by way of world's greatest tech/information transfer to Blechley Park, in the nick of time, in a Polish forest, giving and telling every knowhow to the cluelessly arrogant Brits.

My take from it? You had the genius, zeal, and good heart, but lacked the physical hardware (i.e., weapons), the combined result of which was saving the world ultimately, but not yourself.

I think you learned from it and are doing exactly that - getting that crucial physical hardware - so that you can save yourself as well this time, not just the world.

We Koreans also know two things from our own experience: (i) the best defense always comes from the defenders' capacity to attack (ever watched Son Heung Min dribbling past German players 80 meters when the German goalie meandered into our land - only this threat should confine them to their zone); and (ii) for deterrence to work, you must overwhelm the enemy and devastate their morale, so that they don't even think of doing anything stupid. You are building exactly to that end, it seems. Poland Fighting! ❤

[vaclavskarda]

As a Czech i am grateful to have Poland as a neighbor, thank you for being awake to the threats out piece of the world faces, is there a way to join your army in case of war instead of ours?