Poland was among the terms that latter on Churchill conceded, anything but Western Europe, was on the table:
Faced with the threat of Halifax's resignation Churchill retreated from his hawkish position:
"The issue which the War Cabinet was called upon to settle was difficult enough without getting involved in the discussion of an issue which was quite unreal and was unlikely to arise. If Hitler was prepared to make peace on the terms of restoration of German colonies and the overlordship of Central Europe, that was one thing. But it was quite unlikely that he would make any such offer."
Granted, it is believed by some, all of this was simply stalling tactics Churchill used to gain time for the war cause. But what its interesting is to see what Churchill would had done if he actually faced this, after he declared he would accept it. Would he be forced to abide by it? Or would he somehow be able to back down?
It seems that terms that preserved British independence was considered to be unreasonable by Nazi standards to Churchill, so he laid off terms that he believed Germany would never make. But this is actually what likely Germany would had offered.
Faced with the threat of Halifax's resignation Churchill retreated from his hawkish position:
"The issue which the War Cabinet was called upon to settle was difficult enough without getting involved in the discussion of an issue which was quite unreal and was unlikely to arise. If Hitler was prepared to make peace on the terms of restoration of German colonies and the overlordship of Central Europe, that was one thing. But it was quite unlikely that he would make any such offer."
Granted, it is believed by some, all of this was simply stalling tactics Churchill used to gain time for the war cause. But what its interesting is to see what Churchill would had done if he actually faced this, after he declared he would accept it. Would he be forced to abide by it? Or would he somehow be able to back down?
It seems that terms that preserved British independence was considered to be unreasonable by Nazi standards to Churchill, so he laid off terms that he believed Germany would never make. But this is actually what likely Germany would had offered.