Romania and Germany declared war on Poland and immediately launched an attack. This caused a violent uproar in Europe, because governments all knew that Poland had only signed a mutual defense alliance with Britain and France, and the actions of Romania and Germany were no less than directly attacking Britain and France.
A slap in the face.
At this time, the British and French governments also had huge differences within their governments regarding how to respond. Among them, the radicals believed that since Poland was an ally, it should be protected, so they needed to declare war on Germany and take advantage of Germany's massive attack on Poland.
Invaded Germany from the Rhine region and overthrew the German communist regime.
As for Romania, after Germany is solved, it can be asked to withdraw from the former Greek territory. If Romania cannot see the situation clearly, then Britain and France can unite Greece, Yugoslavia and Hungary to attack Romania, overthrow Edel's dictatorship, and establish a more democratic
A government in line with European trends.
At that time, this was just the idea and plan of the radicals, and the conservative parties in the two governments had different opinions on this.
They believe that if Britain and France attack Germany from behind, it will further intensify the hostility between Germany and the two countries. And although this has achieved the purpose of containing Germany, it is very likely that Germany will focus its energy on the two countries. And this
It will also lead to some kind of ulterior agreement between the two countries and the Soviet Union. (At present, Britain and France are not aware of the Soviet-German non-aggression agreement)
Moreover, although the British and French attacks on Germany can contain its forces, Poland will not benefit from this. Because there is still Romania, they also have a pessimistic attitude towards whether Poland can withstand the Romanian attack, and the British and French are not optimistic about whether Poland can withstand the Romanian attack.
It is also not interested in attacking Romania to contain its forces.
The relationship is too complicated, and there is also an Italian whose attitude is unclear, which makes them not want to take some drastic actions in the Mediterranean.
Of course, they are not doing nothing. First, they need to gather troops on the German-French border to prevent possible attacks. Secondly, they need to gather navies in the North Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean to block the resource imports of the two countries, cut off their trade exchanges, and reduce their wars.
Potential. In the end, the Polish government could ask for help from the Soviet Union and drag the Soviet Union into the war.
Yes, although the appeasement policy of the British and French governments failed, Britain and France are still unwilling to be dragged into the war. On the one hand, the casualties in the last war were too shocking, and there is still a large group of opponents in Britain and France.
war people.
That's why the British and French governments had so many people's support for their appeasement policy. Although the appeasement policy failed, it doesn't mean that the people of both countries are willing to go to war.
There is also a voice in Britain and France, which is to end this war at the minimum cost. This not only has an impact on the people, but also has a huge influence on the British and French governments.
In fact, this idea is just a variant of the appeasement policy. Even though it knew that war must be declared, it still hoped to focus Germany's attention on the Soviet Union in the east. Of course, it would be best if the Soviet Union entered Poland to fight the Germans at Poland's request.
It would be a life-and-death struggle, and by the way, it would be nice to have a fierce fight with Romania in Ukraine. In this way, the entire civilized world will be safe.
The intertwining of these two tough and prudent ideas caused a fierce dispute between Britain and France. Churchill, who had just joined the war cabinet as Admiralty Minister, strongly criticized everyone's ideas at a cabinet meeting.
He believed that reinforcements should be sent immediately to attack the German mainland together with France. He also said that this war could have been easily stopped at the beginning, but due to the "unwise, careless and good-hearted" of the British people, the bad guys were allowed to rearm.
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It's just that Churchill's ideas only represent a few people, and more people's ideas are to suppress this war.
For this reason, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet also called the French Ambassador to Rome, François Ponce, and asked him to tell Ciano that the French government welcomed the following proposal Mussolini made to the British and French governments the day before: invitation
Hitler and Edel came to hold a meeting on September 1 in order to "review some of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles that have become the source of the current dispute." Britain also agreed to the meeting, but only on the condition that the troops of the two countries must withdraw from Poland immediately.
Yes, after the war broke out in Poland, Britain and France still hoped to suppress the war. They hoped to convey the opinions of Britain and France through Mussolini.
This time the Italian leader once again stood at the forefront of the storm. After the two countries declared war on Poland, he called on the two countries to use a peaceful attitude to resolve the dispute. Of course, this is his favorite leader's meeting.
However, both Hitler and Edel ignored his good intentions. Because they knew that there was no turning back, they were unwilling to pay attention to his opinions.
Mussolini, who was humiliated, didn't care at all, because he was stunned by the results of the two countries against Poland. Romania had defeated Poland's Transkarpak Army that day, and its furthest
It breaks into Zamosc, 80 kilometers into Poland.
Germany is similar. As soon as the war started, German armored forces also tore apart western Poland. The 700,000 troops defending here have now captured the strategic point of Poznan.
Mussolini was speechless when he saw such a sharp offensive between the two countries. He did not expect that the armies of the two countries were so powerful. Previously, the Italian military estimated that it would take at least half a year for the two countries to defeat Poland. This would only happen if they could not make mistakes.
OK. If you make a mistake, start at least one year.
Yes, this is not only the judgment of the Italian military, but also the judgment of Britain, France and even the Soviet Union. At present, the thinking of various countries is still stuck in the World War I mode, and there is no clear understanding of the Blitzkrieg. All countries still declare war, mobilize, and then move along the railway
Gather troops to attack and defend.
Therefore, faced with the overwhelming offensive of the two countries, Mussolini was frightened. In fact, not only Mussolini, but also other countries were frightened.
So much so that Britain and France no longer demand negotiations and hastily sent two ultimatums to Romania and Germany.
The above demands an end to all acts of aggression against Poland and the withdrawal of troops from Polish territory. Otherwise, the United Kingdom and France will fulfill our obligations to help Poland.
Romania and Germany simply ignored this ultimatum and continued to attack Poland.
This situation forced Britain and France to declare on the third day after the war that they were at war with Germany and Romania.
Faced with this situation, Roosevelt, who was far away in North America, declared the United States' neutral attitude.
