AHC France/ Britain able and willing to attack 1939

With the latest POD have the Western allies strong enough and have the doctrine to attack Nazi Germany to help Poland by 4 Sept 1939.,

(I have heard that Germany may have actually been quite weak in the West.

If Germany is losing by Mid Sept I think Stalin does nothing and the 1939 war does not become a World War.
 
There was a crash home defence programme from Munich onwards, that cost vast amounts and seemed entirely justified considering Guernica, the fear of the Luftwaffe and the exaggerated numbers believed by politicians.

But this money could have been spent on increasing offensive capability, but would it have been properly targeted or would the armed forces just have ended up with more Bren carriers and Faery Battles?

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
 
I agree with your conclusions, Mr Jackson. Guderian was interviewed at length after the war and said that defenses in the west had been stripped for the Polish campaign. I seem to recall him saying that there wasn't even one full panzer division left as they were all shipped east. An allied thrust with a lot of armor more than likely would've been very successful and forced the Germans to sue for peace. It's interesting to imagine the German army trying to disengage from Poland and turn to face the allied threat.
 
While some of the allied weapons systems were definitely inferior to the Germans, many were just as good or even better. The problem was a combination of will and doctrine. In 1939 the French and British could have made good progress against Germany, probably enough to cross the Rhine and occupy and/or put under guns enough of the Ruhr to cripple Germany's industrial capacity. Do that, and you'll see Germany become isolated, with no allies other then a lukewarm but inactive Italy. There won't be any oil from Romania, and in 1939 synthetic oil production in Germany was essentially nil. Also, the USSR cannot make up for lack of Balkan oil even if they want to - Stalin will probably limit his economic/raw material support to Hitler now seen as a loser.
 
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