Admiral Beez
Major
31 March 1939, Britain and France issued a security guarantee to Poland. Historically, Britain and France did little to actively protect Poland, but not this time. 20 April 1939, a British and French transport fleet escorted by RN and French warships sails around Denmark and into the peacetime Baltic Sea, arriving at Gdynia. Off loaded are ten thousand combined British and French troops, a small artillery contingent and two RAF and two Armée de l'Air squadrons. 1 May 1939, the battleships return to the North Atlantic, but a few RN and MN warships remain at the main Polish naval base at Gdynia, planning to stay through to the coming of winter ice in Nov 1939. The troops and aircraft plan to remain in Poland to autumn 1940, at which time London and Paris will reassess and decide what/where to deploy.
This is a tiny force, a fly for the invading Germans and Russians to swat away. But what does this move do to Germany and Soviet assumptions and plans?
This is a tiny force, a fly for the invading Germans and Russians to swat away. But what does this move do to Germany and Soviet assumptions and plans?
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