August II Mocny
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If Hitler knew the allies will declare war on him when he invades Poland, would he still go forward?
I doubt it. It's know he was stunned by the declaration of war.If Hitler knew the allies will declare war on him when he invades Poland, would he still go forward?
Why? They'd already done that to an extent in 1938, here they'd just let the Germans steamroll Poland for some reason?What If Britain and France had not declared War in 1939 but worked on building up forces and infrastructure.
Probably, sooner or latter. Europe was a powder keg at the time...WI: Franz Ferdinand not killed ,- does ww1 still happen?
They let them take the rest of Czechoslovakia despite the ‘Peace in our time’ paperwork so and considering the dirty deal with the Communists why should Britain lift a finger? Esp to help a rather nasty regime in Poland?Why? They'd already done that to an extent in 1938, here they'd just let the Germans steamroll Poland for some reason?
And yet in 1938 they finally started throwing money at their militaries. Part of the reason they were so willing to negotiate with the Germans in 1938 was because their armed forces were in a terrible state and they overestimated the Germans. In 1939 rearmament is just starting to bear fruit, and they were much more confident in their armed forces. If they let Germany expand and essentially control Central Europe they would look weaker and Germany would get a lot stronger.They let them take the rest of Czechoslovakia despite the ‘Peace in our time’ paperwork so and considering the dirty deal with the Communists why should Britain lift a finger? Esp to help a rather nasty regime in Poland?
By Sept 1939 they already controlled a huge section of central Europe - the military of Britain and France where rebuilding and expanding, but given Hitler's personality, treaty breaking, and stated aims of more land to the East, why not wait and let the Nazis and Soviets stare at each other as logically one side (with SAS help perhaps) will break, while building up even more of your military and getting the Empire onto a war footing?And yet in 1938 they finally started throwing money at their militaries. Part of the reason they were so willing to negotiate with the Germans in 1938 was because their armed forces were in a terrible state and they overestimated the Germans. In 1939 rearmament is just starting to bear fruit, and they were much more confident in their armed forces. If they let Germany expand and essentially control Central Europe they would look weaker and Germany would get a lot stronger.
It is alternate history scenarioWhy? They'd already done that to an extent in 1938, here they'd just let the Germans steamroll Poland for some reason?
The point of After-1900 is to have plausible alternate history scenarios and debate what happens etc. You can't just handwave stuff for the most part.It is alternate history scenario
Its quite possible, in the 1942 film One of our aircraft is missing the escaping RAF personnel hide out on such a thing.
Wonder if there is any record of Allied and Axis pilots getting stuck in one of these at the same time..?
Semyonov is defeated early and we have a early Communist Revolution in Mongolia?WI: Ungern-Sternberg joins the communists
I think he was a true believer in the cause of communism.Was Stalin a true believer in communism or an opportunist?