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That gives everyone more time to prepare.It only makes Hitler postpone them. Which gives his army more time to prepare.
That gives everyone more time to prepare.
They were, but UK caught and passed Germany in things like fighter production during 1940, Germany couldnt afford to delay the schedule from what they did historically.True, but I think the Germans were a lil ahead of the allies that early in the game.
That's on me, I should have said the Polish port of Gdynia. The point is to get British and French forces into Poland without provoking war. I'll edit that now.I don't think the nazi controlled free state of Danzig….
Sudetenland was Oct 1938. The rest of Czechoslovakia was effectively annexed in mid-March 1939 a bare two weeks before this scenario kicks off.Was it when Hitler went into the Sudetenland he planned to back off if challenged? Had Germany assimilated Czech weapons and munitions manufacturing assets yet? He might have backed off a bit. Even Admiral Raeder thought he had until 1945. I really don't know. As there were few aircraft carrier vs. aircraft carrier battles, I never read up on this theater.
Yeah, I could have looked it up but I enjoy conversation more than homework.
Considering the Poles themselves were almost ambivalent about it, declining to declare war on Russia and ordering Polish forces to not engage the Russian invaders.....If this were the case, how would France and Britain view the Soviet attack on Poland?
You need to expand your horizons...Which is why I never read up on it.
The Germans even had an opportunity for a carrier with the captured MN Joffre, which was 25% (or so) complete by 1940.Sudetenland was Oct 1938. The rest of Czechoslovakia was effectively annexed in mid-March 1939 a bare two weeks before this scenario kicks off.
Not sure how quickly the Czech armaments industry was assimilated. But the Czech steel industry continued to meet its overseas commitments right up to Aug 1939. The last deliveries of Czech armour plate for warships building in Britain only left Europe a few days before the German invasion of Poland on 1 Sept 1939.
There were NO carrier v carrier battles in European waters as neither Germany nor Italy ever got round to completing the carriers they set out to build.