The Germans said that "the British Government is now governed by the opinion that England, in whatever part of Europe Germany might be involved in warlike conflict, must always take up an attitude hostile to Germany, even in a case where English interests are not touched in any way by such a conflict." Britain had by now, of course, given guarantees of aid for the first time to countries east of the Rhine.
On April 28, 1939, in a speech in Wilhelmshaven, Hitler abrogated Germany's 1934 non-aggression pact with Poland, which was intended to be effective for ten years, pronouncing it anti-German and inconsistent with the "encirclement policy." The "encirclement policy" referred to isolating Poland as much as possible and the avoidance of a two - front struggle by reaching an understanding with the Russians. Poland turned to Great Britain and expressed its willingness to join London, France and Moscow in a common front against Germany.
