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If Britain's reason for declaring war on Germany was due to its invasion of Poland, then why send forces to France? Instead, send them to Poland, starting with 158,000 men arriving at the beginning of 1939.

The BEF was established in 1938 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)

How do Hitler, his Generals and Germany react when and invasion of Poland means French on one front, Anglo-Poles on the other?

What does Stalin think? He won't be pleased to have British ground forces on his borders, having well recalled the Allied invasion of Russia 19 years earlier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_intervention_in_the_Russian_Civil_War

This may be an insane move by the Brits, since they'll have no way to recover the troops if war breaks out, but their purpose is deterrence, and besides, London has sent armies on badly planned and conceived missions before. With the Brits in Poland, would other nations be willing to send forces to bolster Poland's defence? Surely France would send a division or two. I don't think isolationist America would help. The Poles wouldn't accept Soviet troops (knowing that Stalin would be plotting a permanent deployment).
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