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To set the scene of this thread:

I'm making a TL in which Oswald Mosley becomes PM of Britain (waits for groans of disapproval,) and in my TL (which is the POD from 'The Leader' btw,) Oswald Mosley becomes PM in 1937.

He puts in force a large scale conscription and steps up military spending so the British Army is actually relatively large-ish compared to OTL in 1938. In 1938 after the German Anschluss of Austria relations between Germany and Britain become extremely strained, with Mosley a powerful speaker outraged that Hitler has simply been allowed to expand.

Later in the year neither Mosley or Hitler wish to meet and so there is no Munich Agreement, not even a meeting. Hitler invades Czechoslovakia on October 1.

With this Mosley declares war on Hitler along with France, and Poland is unsure along with Italy with what to do, (Italy and Britain are in much better relations with agreements made about Malta and Cyprus, and after the Italians were also annoyed by the Anschluss.)

Now to the main point of my thread:

How would this war go? France would probably only go into Germany a little then stop, the invasion of Czechoslovakia wouldn't go well for Hitler and would be much more of a blood bath than the invasion of Poland. But what could Britain do?

As in this TL Britain has more men, better equipment and a more militaristic view on things would an invasion of Germany occur? Such as in the East Frisian Islands? With Germany tied up in trying to take Czechoslovakia could Mosley blockade any trade between Sweden and Germany and convince France to go in deeper into the heart of Germany while the British forces move into Lower Saxony? Could Mosley convince Poland to invade East Prussia to put more strain on Hitlers resources as he'd have to deal with Poland, France, Britain and the Czechs. Italy may be neutral especially if Mosley could 'pay' Mussolini of with say... Some land or joint control of Malta or some such thing.

In the end Hitler would be practically alone in a war on all sides.

I know the beginning bit of this TL is ASB in itself and this whole thing is ASB but what do you all think?
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