"Why die for Danzig?" (French: Pourquoi mourir pour Dantzig?) is a pro-appeasement anti-war French political slogan created on the eve of World War II, coined by fascist symphatizer, writer Marcel Déat.
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The phrase originated in the title of an article ("Mourir pour Dantzig?") by the French Neo-Socialist writer Marcel Déat, published on May 4, 1939 in the Parisian newspaper L'Œuvre. The article concerned one of the Nazi German ultimatums to the Second Polish Republic, regarding the demand to transfer control of the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk) to Germany. In the article, Déat argued in favor of appeasement. He asserted that France had no interest in defending Poland, and that German Chancellor Adolf Hitler would be satisfied after receiving the territory he (rightfully, according to Déat) demanded. He accused the Poles of warmongering and dragging Europe into a war. Déat argued that Frenchmen should not be called to die paying for irresponsible Polish politicking, and expressed doubts about whether Poland would be able to fight for any significant amount of time. "To fight alongside our Polish friends...
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