re: The British army couldn't help France in 1940

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Sam Thompson — 9/20/2004 6:18:31 PM (archived)

Both ocassions are wrong. The Saar returned to Germany as a result of plebecite guaranteed by the Treaty Of Versailles. The Germans enetered the Rhineland when the French were already constructing the Maginot line, French security was not put seriously at risk by this. How long would it have taken a German army to pass through the Rhineland en route to France?

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Chamberlain, Munich, appeasement. - Bowser - 8/31/2004 6:16:28 PM
- re: Chamberlain, Munich, appeasement. - Larry J - 9/1/2004 3:36:52 PM
  - The British army couldn't help France in 1940 - Tony - 9/2/2004 4:51:07 PM
    - Czechoslovakia was in a pretty good position to help itself - Larry J - 9/20/2004 8:53:52 PM
    - re: The British army couldn't help France in 1940 - Sam Thompson - 9/20/2004 6:18:31 PM
    - He ignores the political climate in those days. No clue. - Bowser - 9/2/2004 5:03:21 PM
  - Do you really think Britain could have fought a foreign war? - Bowser - 9/2/2004 12:15:17 AM
    - The point is that Chamberlain effectively destroyed ... - Larry J - 9/2/2004 2:15:06 PM
  - Britain plus France plus Czech? Bad strategy - think interior lines. - alcaray - 9/1/2004 9:41:11 PM
    - Had Chamberlain a spine, the Czechs could've stood against Hitler - Larry J - 9/2/2004 2:18:38 PM
      - We disagree (n/t) - alcaray - 9/2/2004 4:52:15 PM
      - And Hitler would have backed down. - Bowser - 9/2/2004 2:39:11 PM
- Now if you'd read all of my posts... - Tony - 8/31/2004 7:25:04 PM
  - I apologize. - Bowser - 8/31/2004 11:27:43 PM
- What book? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2004 6:53:07 PM
  - Well. If you MUST know. I mean, I described it accurately. - Bowser - 8/31/2004 10:35:55 PM

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