That article was a cool little bonus find there. I was looking for something else at time, but I’ll take it.
It still amazes me that Chamberlain’s ineptitude was allowed to go on for another eight months.
I don’t know that I’ve ever seen it discussed anywhere (though Shirer or Speer certainly may have), but I wonder if Hitler may have “held back” from engaging the French and British in hopes that he could take over the rest of Europe and then sign new treaties with them later. It cannot be a coincidence that the western campaign started on the same day any hint of appeasement ended.