Beet
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« on: June 07, 2010, 06:51:35 PM » |
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Fascinating, yes Chamberlain is often demonized for Munich but his actions did reflect public opinion including in the West that there was no reason why ethnic Germans should not be part of Germany. Had war started over the Sudetenland the allies' moral case would have been less clear and this could have resulted in some demoralization on the allies' part. However, a more explicit guarantee could have been given to Czechoslovakia at Munich, that was not given by Chamberlain.
The more critical part of the timeline however involves military preparedness. It is unlikely that Germany would have conquered all in six weeks including France. Germany was rapidly arming and 1938 and 1939 were critical years for the Wehrmacht. It would have been weaker at the end of 1937 than in September 1939, so I do not see how it could have made the same conquests more quickly.
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