After the take over of Czechoslovakia, Hitler declared he didn't intend to pursue more territory. Shortly thereafter he made a move toward Danzig, an independent city in Poland. Why did other nations believe he didn't intend to take over more territory? The British and French dreams of no further war on the continent couldn't have blinded them that much, could they? The Polish were obviously very behind in military technology and had no means of which to defend themselves. Poland tried very hard to remain neutral in the war, but giving up Danzig to Hitler meant giving up their economy and, therefore, their country. I can see why they refused Danzig and tried to hold off the Germans.
Why didn't the French and the British aid Poland further? I wonder if Britain and France came to Poland's aid if further German expansion could have been controlled and harnassed in Czechoslovakia. The British and French were disillusioned to think that Hitler would abide by compromise treaties; Hitler hadn't held up any previous treaties. Britain and France should have up held their declarations to aid Poland because showing some resistance against Hitler might have made him re-think European domination. Hitler only got as far as he did because no European powers wanted to risk another war in means of preventing something that ended up being far worse.
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I agree with your stance on the British involvement. If they chose to be more involved with Germany's situation, Hitler would not have gotten as far as he did. However, I believe that the British had this stance due to the under-estimation of Hitler's power. I do not think that Britain/ the World in general was ready for such a small man to create such horrible things.
I agree with the idea that Hitler could've been stopped if the European powers had taken a stand but after WWI, Europe just wasn't ready to jump back in to battle again. I feel like England and France put up a front like they were going to stop things but they actually knew they weren't going to. The economy and military just were not strong enough at this point.
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