So in this POD, he decides instead of pushing for the Polish corridor in 1939, he wants to take some time to ingest his new gains but with the economic situation, he can't push indefinitely, so pushes the war against Poland to fall of 1940. For sake of simplicity, same start date just a year later, Sept 1st, 1940.
Since the UK and France were already beginning their slow rearmament at this point, does the extra time hurt or help Germany?
On one hand, I see the benefit to getting more of the Wehrmacht mechanized as well as stockpiling of more imports from the Soviets but on the other, you now have stronger allied militaries? The one upside for Germany on the naval front is they could slip through their surface fleet prior to war, as the Bismarck was finally completed just a week prior to this proposed date (Aug 24, 1940 OTL), how would that impact the naval war on merchant ships with a stronger surface raiding fleet and more U-boats available (they only had 65 at start of war OTL in '39)?
How would countries like Poland and Finland use this additional time, would they be able to make any difference against the Germans and Soviets respectively?
EDIT: Forgot to mention, Chamberlain would die of cancer in November of 1940, so it's possible he has already stepped down and you now have a new PM, maybe Halifax? How would that change things?
Since the UK and France were already beginning their slow rearmament at this point, does the extra time hurt or help Germany?
On one hand, I see the benefit to getting more of the Wehrmacht mechanized as well as stockpiling of more imports from the Soviets but on the other, you now have stronger allied militaries? The one upside for Germany on the naval front is they could slip through their surface fleet prior to war, as the Bismarck was finally completed just a week prior to this proposed date (Aug 24, 1940 OTL), how would that impact the naval war on merchant ships with a stronger surface raiding fleet and more U-boats available (they only had 65 at start of war OTL in '39)?
How would countries like Poland and Finland use this additional time, would they be able to make any difference against the Germans and Soviets respectively?
EDIT: Forgot to mention, Chamberlain would die of cancer in November of 1940, so it's possible he has already stepped down and you now have a new PM, maybe Halifax? How would that change things?