Was the former Austrian border protected as well?I think we often take it for granted that the Czech would have lost very fast. It is also claimed that the fortifications were incomplete.
Was the former Austrian border protected as well?I think we often take it for granted that the Czech would have lost very fast. It is also claimed that the fortifications were incomplete.
Not as strongly but there were already some defenses, even if mostly light fronts, and that was the one area where Czechoslovaks planned to have a numerical superiority. Otherwise also the USSR was itself angry at having been excluded in the Munich conference and Stain later said, he'd have supported czechoslovakia though how much support the USSR could've given. But at the very least, it might've prevented the M-R pact. At the same time Romania was a Czechoslovak ally, so it might've given Soviet troops free passage.Was the former Austrian border protected as well?
Perhaps in the high command but the domestic and soldier morale was very high. There were protests against signing the agreement and not going to war, and there was a popular coup as the people demanded the government's resignation, so not sure if morale would really be a factor since there wouldnt be for example anti-war strikes by the people (well the Germans yes), but not the others. And as for the competing minorities, yes though it was really only a large part of the Germans, which even though it was a majority also wasn't all as some later fled, namely socialists, communists, Jews, etc. and the Slovaks before March 1939 were pretty loyal, depending on if the Hungarians join, also the Hungarians, although yeah the Germans were a large minoritythe lack of morale in Czechoslovakian High Command
Absolutely unthinkable.At the same time Romania was a Czechoslovak ally, so it might've given Soviet troops free passage.
Yeah I did find that unlikely, even if they were allied with Czechoslovakia, although would they turn a blind eye to soviet transportsAbsolutely unthinkable.
So Czechoslovakia refuses to surrender the Sudetenland in 1938 and decides to fight for it. What happens next? Do the Germans still invade it? Do France and Britain defend Czechoslovakia or do they see it as a reason to keep out of war? What is the likeliest result of such conflict if it were to break out?
Not a chance in hell. No Red Army soldiers or airplanes would ever cross the Nistru / Dniester unless they invade Romania.Yeah I did find that unlikely, even if they were allied with Czechoslovakia, although would they turn a blind eye to soviet transports
Ah and Poland will even more obviously not allow them given Romania at least has good relations with Czechoslovakia, unlike Poland.Not a chance in hell. No Red Army soldiers or airplanes would ever cross the Nistru / Dniester unless they invade Romania.
The Romanian Crown Council (King, Government, Army, Church) discussed the issue and unanimously decided the above.
An issue that you'll run into in war is that without a confident high command, the war is lost. Morale of the population, enlisted, and officer corps must be maintained or else one of the factors will penalize the rest.Perhaps in the high command but the domestic and soldier morale was very high.