Before September 1, 1939, Germany had exhausted any means to seize the territory and population of its neighbors. Obviously, these plots and hegemony of his have succeeded again and again under the connivance of Britain, France and other countries. If the German army, which was rearmed in 1936, dared to enter the Rhineland region where the Treaty of Versailles did not allow German troops to be stationed, it could be regarded as a show of power in its own territory. Before the war, Germany annexed Austria, the Sudetenland, and all of Czechoslovakia, openly challenging the constraints of the Versailles system and the authority of Britain and France.
Anglo-French connivance
The picture shows that in March 1939, the armed forces of Nazi Germany invaded the Czechoslovak capital Prague, for the sudden German army, the Czechs had long been mentally prepared, but not to stop the force, but had long felt in their hearts that this day would come sooner or later, their helplessness and wandering, so that they gave up resistance and chose to go against the grain. But how did this result come about? Did they really choose to surrender without resisting?
The discussion of this issue goes back to the end of September 1938, six months earlier, when the Munich Agreement, which had just been signed, deprived the Czech Republic of its territory in the Sudetenland. Both Britain and France "did not dare to tear their faces with Hitler for their own interests, in the name of maintaining peace in Europe." ”
Under this premise, Czech interests were betrayed. Since then, the Czechs have understood that if Britain and France stand idly by, no one will help them if war breaks out. The loss of the Sudetenland mountainous region, which has the protection of dangerous terrain, makes the country even more undefendable.
Complete one's misery
The connivance of Britain and France made Hitler wanton, and the chaos in Czechoslovakia also made the Poles and Hungarians want to move. In October 1938, Poland sent troops to occupy the Cřn region of Slovak Province, as well as a number of villages in other regions. Hungary's former Austro-Hungarian admiral, now the Hungarian regent Horti, also sent troops to occupy some areas near the border between the two countries. The two countries took advantage of the fire and looting, which made the situation in the Czech Republic worse.
On the other hand, Britain and France, in order to show their guilt towards the Czech Republic, also gave 12 million pounds of funds to appease the refugees who were driven out of the occupied areas of Germany, Poland and Hungary, but 8 million pounds were borrowed and had to be repaid on schedule.
Lingering thoughts
In the face of such a situation in many countries, the powerless President of Czechoslovakia chose to resign, while the new leader chose to move closer to Hitler; since he could not deal with the German threat and had long been betrayed by Britain and France, it was better to obey the demands of some fascist parties at home and move closer to Hitler.
"It is hoped that by changing the policy, it will be close to Germany so that Germany can retain its national presence." This is a bit like Han Feizi, a Korean in the late Warring States period, who hopes to be close to the Qin state and is willing to help him on the road to conquest, but to preserve the existence of Korea, the results can be imagined.
In the end, this small country became part of Germany, so that the German army entered its territory smoothly. The occupiers walked the streets of Prague without hesitation, as if they were returning to their own homes.
Hitler was able to occupy a sovereign state so easily, relying entirely on a series of power diplomacy that he had begun in 1934, and he used the miracle of Germany's short-term economic development and the rearmament of its powerful military forces to blackmail Britain, France and neighboring countries. His language, his deeds, his fearlessness of war terrified Britain and France.
Britain and France, who were afraid of the First World War, did not dare to provoke Hitler, and their blind confidence in themselves and Hitler's blind confidence in themselves made their foreign policy victorious again and again, and this victory further stimulated his ambitions and desires.
Finally, his inflated ambitions were thoroughly vented on the day of September 1, 1939, and the war he longed for finally broke out, 1.6 million German troops blitzed Poland, and soon Poland fell, and then Europe fell, and Britain and France paid a terrible price for their connivance.
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