By the time Poland occured, Hitler didn't believe that the allies would declare war.
Chamberlain didn't buy time, he put Britain in a weaker position by allowing Germany to grow confident and divide up a powerful Czech nation.
The French, perhaps - they had a large army and a lot of capability. The British did not. Hitler would not have paid any attention to a threat from the British, because they didn't have the ability to enforce a threat.
Remember the British Expeditionary Force only started building in 1938. Even when war began in September 1939, only about 200,000 men were available.
By the time Poland occured, Hitler didn't believe that the allies would declare war.
Correct. Because he was assuming they were still too weak to do so. But they were significantly stronger by then than they had been previously.
Chamberlain didn't buy time, he put Britain in a weaker position by allowing Germany to grow confident and divide up a powerful Czech nation.
Under Chamberlain, the Royal Navy built five battleships and five aircraft carriers, the size of the army was increased. The Royal Air Force was considerably modernised. If you think he left Britain in a weaker position, I think your definitions are skewed.
Recently the Military Channel ran a series on “Hitler’s Bodyguards”. One episode dealt with Chamberlain’s dealings with Adolph Hitler prior to the outbreak of WWII. Just prior to Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia a group of senior generals was about to force Hitler out of power or kill him; but the entire plot fizzled because Chamberlain contacted Mussolini to intervene and made possible a deal between them. Hitler would have been dead had it not been for Chamberlain, who may even have tipped off Hitler about the plot against him to curry favor with the dictator. Fast forward to today - read “Carter” or “Obama” rather than “Chamberlain” and you get the picture. My prediction, the entire Middle East, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt and Libya will be lost to US interests within three years or less under Obama - all Americans who bravely fought and died there will have done so in vain, winning the battle but loosing the war thanks to one man. My sources in the military inside Iraq confirm that more and more people are dying every day there now, due to a resurgent Al-Qaeda, now that Obama is Commander in Chief. Likewise with a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan, witness the downing of the CH-47 carrying members of Seal Team Six after Obama and Biden shot off their mouths for political gain about Seal Team Six taking out Bin Ladin, something that should never have even been whispered due to Operational Security issues associated with release of that kind of information. Taiwan will also be ‘annexed’ by China without a struggle of any kind, unless the Taiwanese go solo against them. The man is a disaster to America, a total rookie and a total incompetent on all fronts.