Poland cede Danzig, how long can Germany last without the war spoil?

trajen777

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Prior to the Polish situation blowing up the Chamberlain government (IIRC in July) was caught trying to offer German a loan for $1 Billion (1940 value) to demobilize their economy. The deal was off due to public pressure, but depending on the TL of events here, perhaps it is negotiated?


Sorry to be extremely pedantic, but no he didn't argue that; it was part of a few statements in a dialectic thesis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz


Its frustrating to me to see that repeated all the time.

I was somewhat familiar with that offer. Here i think you have a case where a Germany and Poland come to agreement so things would not be as hot. I think by 40 - 41 in the interest of expanding business for GB (and the world) this could have been sold after tensions diminish to offer credits to minimize the risk and the cost of war. As much is GB was necessary to stop Hitler it did destroy the empire. A Hitler that was stopped with an acceptable Polish settlement, might have not started a WW2, or attacked USSR with BG and France sitting it out, or be happy with the Middle Europa, or have died of "natural causes thanks to some German staff". I think a lot would have been butterflied by no Polish invasion. No Hol. (Madagascar plan?)
 
especially as Germany still had barter agreements all over the world at the time. Without war Germany has MORE, not less sources of raw materials to fuel the economy via barter.

The Mexicans were finding out that the Barter Agreements they signed were not working so well, and that was before the U-Boats sank some Mexican ships after the War got going
 
Germany could theoretically import from the US

Nazis barely trusted Opel (GM owned the Ruesselsheim complex) and the Ford Subsidiary plant at Cologne weren't trusted with anything Military beyond trucks, and even those were somewhat limited in numbers before the War started.
Greater Germany didn't have a lot they could acquire Dollars with, no interest in barter deals, US wasn't desperate for Trade.

They didn't have a real ' in ' to the US market, like with Japan had with raw Silk exports to the USA to get Dollars
 
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