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| - At the Peace of Cairo conference in 1944, Fleetlord Atvar agreed to withdraw from most of the Race's European conquests but refused to leave Poland. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop demanded that Poland be ceded to the Greater German Reich, claiming that German Führer and Chancellor Adolf Hitler had not authorized him to sign any agreement that did not include Poland's retention by the Reich, and threatening to walk out of the conference if his demand was not met. This alienated not only the Race but also the Soviet Union, which was prepared to cede its own claim on Poland to the Race but not to Germany, and other Tosevite not-empires, who feared that unreasonable German ultimata would leave Atvar less willing to make the concessions they'd already won from him. Ribbentrop ul
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| - At the Peace of Cairo conference in 1944, Fleetlord Atvar agreed to withdraw from most of the Race's European conquests but refused to leave Poland. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop demanded that Poland be ceded to the Greater German Reich, claiming that German Führer and Chancellor Adolf Hitler had not authorized him to sign any agreement that did not include Poland's retention by the Reich, and threatening to walk out of the conference if his demand was not met. This alienated not only the Race but also the Soviet Union, which was prepared to cede its own claim on Poland to the Race but not to Germany, and other Tosevite not-empires, who feared that unreasonable German ultimata would leave Atvar less willing to make the concessions they'd already won from him. Ribbentrop ultimately backed down when Atvar announced a new, more aggressive military policy: that he would respond to signs of human aggression by overwhelmingly liberal use of explosive-metal bombs. After this, the Race's claim to Poland was recognized by all the major human powers, including Germany. This situation endured for the next two decades. The Soviet Union respected the Race's claim to Poland, as it provided a buffer between the Soviet Union and Germany; in fact Vyacheslav Molotov secretly preferred having the aliens as neighbors rather than the Germans. In Germany, the Race's presence was only tolerated. Hitler hated it, as did his successor, Heinrich Himmler. Himmler was nonetheless canny enough to bide his time until 1964, when he convinced himself (based more on his ideological beliefs than on any concrete fact) that Germany could take Poland from the Race with minimal consequences to Germany. Although confident, Himmler nonetheless proposed an alliance to Soviet leader Molotov, harkening back to the division of Poland in 1939. Molotov firmly declined, having a more realistic understanding of the Race's military power and remembering how Germany had used Poland as a staging ground for the invasion of the USSR. Information of this meeting came to the Race's attention. Moreover, Race forces in Poland noted an increase in German troop activity along the Reich's border. The Race's ambassador in Germany, Veffani, and his aide, Felless, warned Himmler not to pursue such provocations. Himmler flatly denied any intention of launching a war. Himmler's sudden death in December 1964 seemed to bring the crisis to a close. However, he was succeeded by Ernst Kaltenbrunner in 1965. Kaltenbrunner, a fire-breathing Nazi ideologue, launched a sudden, unprovoked invasion of Poland shortly after taking office.
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