BlackHussar
Sparrow
Yep, perhaps Hitler thought they'll let it slide (like they did with Czechoslovakia, the coward Chamberlain waving his copy of the Munich Agreement and proclaiming "peace for our time") and sign a peace treaty afterwards.
Germans pleaded for peace with UK even later!
French and British hipocrisy and blatant ignorance of the protection treaty with Poland regarding the Soviet invasion also interests me.
They did declare war on the Germans in order not to lose face in front of their citizens and pretend to do something... especially after Czechoslovakia. Furthermore, their politicians probably finally grew a spine (and a brain) and realised that a line must have been drawn, otherwise Hitler would have swallowed half of Europe like he did with Austria and Czechoslovakia.
Germans and Soviets were co-belligerents and had a non-aggression pact - not strictly allies, but de facto so. Perhaps the Anglo-French didn't want to put them even more close together by declaring war on the Soviets - a full Soviet-German military alliance in 1939 would probably mean a catastrophe for, well, the entire world.
I can't still comprehend the fact how can 2 major powers simply IGNORE a treaty they have with a third country like that. Oh, the Soviets invaded Poland, too? Quite so, old chap, that doesn't interest us anymore, Poland has almost fallen anyway...
Would be great to hear some Britishmen and Frenchmen about this: what do your history books say about this?
Germans pleaded for peace with UK even later!
French and British hipocrisy and blatant ignorance of the protection treaty with Poland regarding the Soviet invasion also interests me.
They did declare war on the Germans in order not to lose face in front of their citizens and pretend to do something... especially after Czechoslovakia. Furthermore, their politicians probably finally grew a spine (and a brain) and realised that a line must have been drawn, otherwise Hitler would have swallowed half of Europe like he did with Austria and Czechoslovakia.
Germans and Soviets were co-belligerents and had a non-aggression pact - not strictly allies, but de facto so. Perhaps the Anglo-French didn't want to put them even more close together by declaring war on the Soviets - a full Soviet-German military alliance in 1939 would probably mean a catastrophe for, well, the entire world.
I can't still comprehend the fact how can 2 major powers simply IGNORE a treaty they have with a third country like that. Oh, the Soviets invaded Poland, too? Quite so, old chap, that doesn't interest us anymore, Poland has almost fallen anyway...
Would be great to hear some Britishmen and Frenchmen about this: what do your history books say about this?
