the reason the poles get so antsy is they are a legitimate noble race of Europe and they don't like being talked down to. I don't think it has anything to with hating Russians or Germans as people it's that they don't like being talked down. If they got a legitimate role in a future European order they'd be quite content to bash turkish heads all day until the sun came down.
They were the best fighters per man of Europe until the 19th and 20th century. They kept an empire which spanned an indefensible territory for hundreds of years on their sheer exemplary ability as horsemen. They even fought as competent guerillas into the 18th century and organized the continental cavalry corp during the revolution.