For Russia and for Germany alike Poland professed the deepest contempt. When spoken to of the strength of his two neighbors who might someday attack, the army chief Marshal Snigly-Rydz could reply, "Just let them try. The Polish army will be in Berlin and Moscow in no time. Poland is invincible."
- From The Dark Summer: An Intimate History of the Events That Led to World War II by Gene Smith
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