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Had these territorial exchanges occurred within the historical framework envisioned, the onset of World War II would have looked notably different. With Poland accepting the ultimatum, the Germans may have delayed their military campaigns, watching the internal conflicts and radicalization in Poland unfold. The lack of immediate military aggression could have resulted in a protracted conflict, where Poland found itself caught between competing ideologies: totalitarianism from Germany and socialism from its burgeoning leftist movements.