How would Hitler's policy towards Poland have been different had Danzig been outright given to Poland back in 1919?
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Re: How would Hitler's policy towards Poland have been different had Danzig been outright given to Poland back in 1919?
The Free City of Danzig had 357,000 people in 1919 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_City ... Population
Back in 1910, the same area had 323,660 people, which was 19% of population of the province of West Prussia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_ea ... after_1918
Free City of Danzig's territory was 8% of West Prussia's territory.
Parts of West Prussia given to Poland after WW1 were 62% of the province's territory with 57% of its population.
30% of West Prussia's territory remained in Germany - including eastern portion merged with East Prussia (11%).
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For comparison, from Provinz Posen Poland received ca. 90% of its pre-war territory with 93% of its population.
And after the partition of Upper Silesia, Poland got 41% of its population (Czechoslovakia - 2%, Germany - 57%).
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Re: How would Hitler's policy towards Poland have been different had Danzig been outright given to Poland back in 1919?
So, Yeah, the Poland:Danzig population ratio in 1919 might have been even better than 50:1.