Suppose someone manages to convince Hitler's warped mind that annexing the rest of Czechoslovakia is not a good idea and that making it a puppet state is better. What effects on the future would this have (most notably Poland and WW2)?
Suppose someone manages to convince Hitler's warped mind that annexing the rest of Czechoslovakia is not a good idea and that making it a puppet state is better. What effects on the future would this have (most notably Poland and WW2)?
Suppose someone manages to convince Hitler's warped mind that annexing the rest of Czechoslovakia is not a good idea and that making it a puppet state is better. What effects on the future would this have (most notably Poland and WW2)?
Assuming the PoD makes the necessary changes in Hitler's mindset, it would butterfly away WWII as we know it. No invasion of Czechoslovakia means the British government not losing faith into appeasement, and giving no military guarantee to Poland when the Danzig crisis turns up. Either Poland is forced to give up Danzig, the Corridor, and Upper Silesia peacefully in the Munich II Conference, or it is left alone to fight Germany and the inevitable Soviet backstabbing by Britain and France.
I don't think Hacha would accept being puppetized. However if Hitler can be convinced not to annex Czechoslovakia he's obiously gone a lot more sane. Germany peacefully annexing the Danzig Corridor peacfully is still pretty unlikely though. This would make an interesting war especially if Czechoslovakia is not a puppet.
Not really, they might just wait it out if Hitler invades Poland instead of the Czech lands. Any claims at all after Munich are going to result in a sterner Allied attitude toward Germany. By honoring the agreement not to go after the Czechs, Hitler is viewed as trustworthy, but having a go at Poland, even just the negotiation process, will have a much different effect than just another Munich.