Plausibility check: Poland in the Axis

It depend what you mean by joining the axis, ideological collusion or just plaine opportunisme? Anyone know how Churchill once called Poland?


Germany and Hungaria attacks Czechoslovakia, Poland joins too, in order to seize Teschen. The Soviet-union declares war to Poland over that. Anglo-French promises of assistance to Czechoslovakia against Germany prooves to be bogus.

Just as what happen in Turteldove´s Hitler´s War novel, which allows Hitler to turn west in 1939, of course.

Most probable: Polish gov would have refused Hitler´s help, believing the red army could be beaten back by the Polish army, only problem the Polish Army was far worst off than the red army at that time, worst than the Italian army even.
Then reality counter-attacks, Polish army is defeated by the Red Army, when it starts marching toward Warsaw. Stunned the Polish gov beggs big brothers Hitler and Tojo for help or flee the country as IOTL.
 
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