Ah ok. I confused "before the Russians get a look in" with (concocted completely in my own mind) "before Germany declares war on Russia", thus it made me wonder how you would liberate Poland before Germany and Russia were even at war.Indeed, this is what I meant. One of my fluff goals is to lock the USSR out of Poland by the end of the war, which means making deep inroads into Germany and German-held provinces well ahead of the Russians. I don't think it will be too difficult, but will provide more of a challenge than simply beating Germany.