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I've decided to try my first timeline/story. As you might have guessed my my other recent thread, the basis will be what if Poland and Czechoslovakia teamed up to stop Germany's rearmament in the 1930's. I plan on in the next few days taking this up to the end of the Sudenten War (I'm sure you can all guess what that will be). I have alot more planned, but need to work on the dates, as after that, there is less OTL dates to work with. This update is pre-war events, though there arn't many.

Note: For the first few years of the TL, assume events not mentioned happened as OTL.

May 12, 1935: Józef Piłsudski does not die of liver cancer. While still in poor health, doctors give him another 3-5 years to live.

March 7, 1936: Germans remiliterize the Rhineland. Pilsudski sees this as proof of Germany's agressive intentions. He sends diplomats to France to propose a premptive war against Germany, much as he had done in 1933. France is wary of such a deal, however, and declines.

May 1936: After thinking the situation over carefully, Pilsudski approaches Edvard Benes with an offer to bury the hatchet so to speak if he is willing to offer assistance against Germany in the event of agression. Poland would aid Czechoslovokia too ofcourse. Benes agrees, and both countries increase military production.

March 12, 1938: Germany annexes Austria. Poland and Czechoslovakia now think that war is unavoidable. Military production is sped up in both countries. Czechoslovakia will have roughly 700 (light) tanks by year's end. Poland, on the other hand, has been working more with infantry, not only expanding its army to nearly 70 divisions (about 15 more then OTL), but equiping them with the latest armaments.

The final warplan was also drawn up in the event of war. Czechoslovakia would mainly hold its fortified border, advancing if possible and not overextending itself. The goal would be to draw German troops away from Poland.

Poland would mass the bulk of it's forces around East Prussia, and attempt to take the area. Once East Prussia was taken care off, the majority of the troops sent to capture it could be rediverted to Germany, where an offensive would then take place with the goal of capturing Berlin.

September 30, 1938: The moment finaly came. With the signing of the Munich Agreement, Germany moves to annex Sudentenland. Czechoslovakia resists, and Poland comes to her aid. France and Britain state they will not take sides.

(Next update will cover the war itself)
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