I've been curious about this for some time--had Jozef Pilsudski lived for at least an additional several years, would he have allied with Hitler?
I know that Pilsudski didn't have a lot of faith in France's commitments to Poland back in the 1920s, but I wonder if his attitude in regards to this would have changed by the 1930s. Also, Pilsudski is probably going to appreciate the fact that Hitler is offering to help Poland expand up to the Dneiper River (Pilsudski was a big fan of Intermarium, after all). At the same time, though, I'm not really sure that Pilsudski would have been comfortable with the idea of Poland being surrounded by Germany on all or almost all directions. After all, Nazi Germany already bordered Poland to the north and west and Nazi puppet Slovakia bordered Poland to the south. If the Nazis will also acquire the territory east of the Dneiper after a successful German-Polish war against the Soviet Union, then Poland is also going to border German forces in the east. I really don't think that Pilsudski would have been very comfortable with that. At the same time, though, I would also think that he would have serious doubts about Britain's and France's ability to help Poland in the event of a Nazi German invasion.
Anyway, what do you think that Pilsudski would have done had he lived longer? Would he have allied with Hitler on Hitler's terms or would he have tried to resist?
Also, for the record, I am posting this thread here because I think that this thread will get more attention here.