French Army alternatives, 1935-40 (41?) (4 Viewers)

[Admiral Beez]

To be fair, the US and UK pressured France into not attacking Germany at the time. The primary reasons were economic in nature - both in terms of possible effects on the world economy in the midst of the Great Depression, and the possible effects on the US and UK international corporations.

France should have told Britain to either step up or shut up. The US has already abandoned the League of Nations and can pound salt. France needed an interwar hero, and one who could focus the nation's defence and economic capabilities. It would not have been good for the world, but perhaps France needed its own fascist or communist dictator to purge the elites, obstructionists and sloths.

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