Austria-Hungary help russian Poland to became an independent country in 1905

Hapsburg help Poland to become free in 1905 for exchange Hapsburg king of Poland. so Austria weaken tsarists Russia in 1905 and give Poland austrian galicia for Hapsburg archduke to become king of Poland .
 
They going to fight germany and Russia at the same time then. Germany and Russia do not want to see a free poland along with austria who would not give up land
 
France might offer assistance but if Germany defeats Russia by this time, it could certainly set up an independent Poland. The strategic advantages of having a defacto protectorate would be considerable.
 
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I dunno, Germany was allied with Austria and afraid of Russia. They also planned to create a Polish Kingdom themselves after WW1.

That's because opinion changed a lot behind 1905 and 1914.

In 1905 the Russian Empire was a weak and backward, overextended empire that had just been humbled by the Japanese. Nothing to be afraid of and nothing to worry about in a war.

In 1914 the Russians were just 3 years away from being unbeatable in the German perspective, with a huge and modern army, vast amounts of industry, a double tracked Trans-Siberian alongside tonnes of more rail tracks, and the ability to mobilize the entire nation in about 21 days. In other words something more scary to Germany than the Russians in December of 1762 (Basically an army of tens of thousands of Russians was about to over run Prussia then the Tsarina died and the new Tsar declared peace because he loved Prussia).
 
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