[Churchillspirit]

Even in 1938 -39 the farsighted leaders in Britain had trouble convincing the appeasers that the country had better prepare for war.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Very true. I was simply pointing out that had the European powers acted at the first sign of Nazi belligerence, Hitler would have been powerless to stop them. He knew it, but counted on his opponents weakness and extracted concession afetr concession until he miscalculated on Poland. The German generals we horrified that Britain and France would react to the invasion of Poland, but Hitler's track record left them too timid to oppose him. That and the fact that Hitler had purged strong Army leaders who might have put up a fight.