Bravo. Thanks for the reminder. At the time of Chamberlains acquiescence, Czechoslovakia's forces had at least 5 divisions, France about 20 divisions. Germany had only about 5 or 6. Plus Czechoslovakia had it's own improved version of a Maginot line. When Hitler visited it, he was amazed that a country with such strong fortifications declined to defend itself.
Poland had dirty hands; they too helped themselves to a slice of the pie.
Put yourself in London 1938. Twenty short years after the nightmare of WWI. Try to convince the people to go to war for something the Czechs and French were unwilling to join in on.
It wasn’t in the cards for 38.
The same slice the Czechs helped themselves to in 1920, while the Poles were saving Europe from the Bolsheviks.
After the horrors of World War I no one wanted to go to war again. But if they had stopped Hilter early, repulsed his claiming of the Rhineland for instance, who knows have things might have turned. The German forces were prepared to retreat in that operation if they encountered any resistance. None was offered.