BBC: 1939: On This Day In 1939: Britain And France Declare War On Germany
Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago.
At 1115 BST the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced the British deadline for the withdrawal of German troops from Poland had expired.
He said the British ambassador to Berlin had handed a final note to the German government this morning saying unless it announced plans to withdraw from Poland by 1100, a state of war would exist between the two countries.
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WNU Editor: And so it began.
If Britain had put 1,000 troops in Czechoslovakia, the German generals would have balked at invading.
ReplyDeleteThe German Generals were hesitant to cross the Rhine into the Saar in 1936. It worked. Then the Anschluss.
After 2 Huge wins and then the Sudentenland acquisition the German generals went with Hitler.
After France 1940 80% or 90% were all in.
All it would have took is a little bit of backbone. Britain was afraid because they were not ready. Well neither were the Germans. The German general figured they would not be read until the late 1940s or early 1950s. That is the Germans were not ready either. Hitler forced the generals to go with the Army they had.
Germany was about broke due to the arms build up. If Germany had not gone to war, the government would have fallen.