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What would be the best plausible outcome for Poland in WWII, with a PoD after the Fall of France? How can they both not get all-but-annihilated by the Nazis, and not turn into a Soviet satellite?

Unless the Soviet Union dramatically changes, it seems the only three ways to keep Poland from being a Soviet satellite are to keep it a Nazi ally, exhaust it so it can't overrun Poland in the first place, or let the Polish Home Army liberate Poland on its own. The first option seems very unlikely, given Hitler's longstanding plans Lebensraum in the east. The second option might work, except that it'd necessarily mean longer war which correspondingly fewer Poles would survive (e.g. Anglo-American / Nazi War). The third... would be great, except I don't see how it would be possible.

Ideas?
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