When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, the Poles figured they had just enough capability to hold them off until their allies came to their aid. That aid never came, and Poland was doomed. Small wonder, then, that the Poles are a bit cynical about promises of help in case of attack and are, instead, reviving the Home Army and working on an ambitious rearmament program against a possible Russian offensive. Such an offensive may seem unlikely, but then there's Ukraine ... :
http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21637348-unlikely-event-russian-attack-polish-partisans-may-be-waiting-home-army-back?spc=scode&spv=xm&ah=9d7f7ab945510a56fa6d37c30b6f1709
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