In Chamberlain's heart, he thought that "appeasement" could completely alleviate the pattern of world conflicts, so that Hitler had no idea about Britain, did not expect that the last thing was completely unexpected by himself, the direction of things developed in the opposite direction, "appeasement" made Hitler's appetite open, and there was no scruples, but this matter was good and bad, and Churchill also went to the peak of power.
Chamberlain ran forward like a little brother, hoping to exchange for British liberation through the disintegration of Czechoslovakia, when Hitler got everything he wanted, nearly 11,000 square miles of land, chose to go further, since Chamberlain was so careful, why not choose to expand the results of the war?
Hitler chose this land for a reason, and it has the main industrial facilities of the Czech side, as well as a large number of fortifications, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the strongest fortification in Europe. Talent was fundamental in war, and the land was inhabited by nearly 3.6 million people, all of which laid the foundation for Hitler's launch of World War II.
When Czechoslovakia disintegrated, it seemed that only Churchill in all of Britain saw the disadvantages of this matter, and no one had ever interpreted Munich as thoroughly as Churchill on the afternoon of October 5, 1938, and Chamberlain's obsession pushed Britain into the abyss, and even in the end Britain did not even have friends.
The Uk and France may be a bit fortunate that the Munich incident was a complete disaster for France, as we can see from the following three aspects.
1. France's military position in Europe was shaken, and it turned out that France had established alliances with Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland and other countries, and the disintegration of the Czech side made the countries in the alliance see France's unauthentic approach, causing various countries to harbor ghosts and leave Hitler with the opportunity to attack.
2. It turned out that Czechoslovakia had nearly 35 divisions in mountain fortifications, and before it disintegrated, it contained a large number of German troops, and when this force left, France was completely exposed to Germany, and more than 100 divisions in France wanted to defend the whole of France, and some of them had more than enough and were insufficient.
3) The French and British approach caused the members of the European Allies to lose confidence, and then more small countries chose to approach Germany, arguably scrambling to establish relations with Hitler, in order to save themselves from the situation of Czechoslovakia.
When everyone was panicking, Hitler was now arranging for people to annex the remaining Czech territory, because in his heart he knew that there would be a great war with Britain and France in the future, and at this time, when the crowd did not react, he tried his best to expand the territory.
Chamberlain was still convinced that his judgment was not wrong, thinking that as long as he saw Hitler and Mussolini, he would change the world pattern, thinking that Hitler had been satisfied, and the rest of the time should be further communicated with Mussolini, so that he could understand the heart of Britain and the disadvantages of war.
If World War II had not broken out, it is likely that Chamberlain would have won a Nobel Peace Prize. On January 11, 1939, Chamberlain personally went to Italy for talks, but it can be seen from the "Diary of Ciano" written by the Italians that he was "dismissive" of Chamberlain's meetings in Italy.
Chamberlain was an English aristocrat in the eyes of the Italians, and even in the eyes of Mussolini, but a nobleman who came from a rich family but did not have any appearance.
After Chamberlain returned to England from Italy, Ciano summed up the talks: "The talks were fruitless, Britain did not want to fight, and even hoped that the war would come more slowly, and Chamberlain of England actually gave us his speech after his return to China and asked us for approval, which was a disaster for Britain."
Chamberlain confidently formulated his "5-year peace plan" and also wanted to sign a trade agreement with Germany, and just after his speech, Hitler had ordered the German army to go to Prague to completely occupy Czechoslovakia.
At this time, everyone was still testing Hitler's bottom line, but they did not expect that Hitler did not have any bottom line at all, and only wanted to occupy, occupy, occupy.
Czech Foreign Minister Chevalkovsky had a meeting after Hitler's occupation of Prague, but this meeting could not be called a meeting, but more like a prayer, hoping that Hitler could give up the continued expansion of the occupation of Czech territory and give the Czech side a certain living space.
1. The Czech side needs to change its course, forget its own past and history, and obey German orders, which Hitler called "the way of freedom";
2. The Czech side needs to withdraw from the League of Nations, reduce the number of its troops, and negotiate with Germany diplomatically and inform Germany in trade;
(3) The Czech side shall not establish a new industry without the consent of Germany;
4. The Czech side should take the initiative to dismiss officials and journalists who are unfriendly to Germany;
(5) The Czech Side shall immediately declare that the Jews will not be protected by the Czech Side.
Hitler gave the Czech side the opportunity to "reform itself", but this opportunity was undoubtedly a disaster for Czechoslovakia. Hitler's demands were too harsh for the Czech side to accept, and the discussion was two months, and Hitler could not wait for such a long time, on March 14 Hitler forced the Czech President Hacha to sign a deed of sale.
Hitler, rejoicing at the Czech side, arrogantly declared: "Czechoslovakia no longer exists!" This arrogance allowed Hitler to gain huge territory in the later period, and of course caused his defeat, but Hitler's arrogance was well-founded, and it was known by looking at the weapons and equipment obtained.
More than 1,500 aircraft, 1 billion rounds of ammunition, more than 1 million rifles, more than 400 tanks, in addition to the innumerable amounts of money, the most important thing is to get Skoda, the largest munitions factory in Europe, which greatly enriched Germany's strategic position in Europe, and even Mussolini was envious.
Hitler completely subsumed the Czech side into Germany, Chamberlain can only watch in a daze, on March 15 Chamberlain expressed his inner regret, the original promise of the territorial integrity of the Czech side, and even in the Case of the Czech side will give a certain amount of help when the Czech side is infringed, in Chamberlain's words, it has now become a foregone conclusion, and there is no point in helping or not helping.
From today's point of view, Chamberlain's mistake is to be overconfident in himself, even to think that he knows Hitler very well, that Germany's actions are within his own plans, and that when he runs back and forth for world peace, he will inevitably get a satisfactory result, but he did not expect that Hitler would destroy Chamberlain's belief with facts, and even let the Allies almost collapse.
In the face of the facts, Chamberlain chose to turn the wind, turned his head and attacked Hitler, thinking that Hitler was too unscrupulous, swindling and cheating under the slogan of freedom and peace, but Chamberlain ignored one thing, the former Hitler was Jiang Taigong fishing, and you belonged to the wishers to take the bait, and even the first time you flew to see Hitler.
At this time Chamberlain understood the real thoughts in Hitler's mind, which was only the first step in Hitler's conquest of the world, and in order to be able to change his impression in the hearts of the British, Chamberlain made many heroic statements, but he should never give assurances to Poland, which was the second country that Germany was coveting.
The assurance to Poland was that "if Poland is threatened in the future, when Poland resists with all its might, Britain is obliged to give Poland help and full support, and France has agreed to stand on the same side as Britain".
Chamberlain's assurance sounds very good, but it is very difficult to do, Britain has no military advantage, especially the air force can be said to be completely inferior; in addition to the international form has also changed, the United States Roosevelt wants to change the status quo in Europe through American intervention, but Britain and France do not let it intervene, the distant Soviet Union issued all kinds of advice against the ear was also ignored by the British, at this time Britain also needs to provide two divisions to help France defend the border, all advantages are thrown to the trash by Britain.
The war pays attention to the timing and place of people, the British at this time are not in harmony, the geographical location is difficult to defend, the only thing that can help them internationally is France, at this time speaking the words of helping Poland, and now it seems that Chamberlain is talking big. Neither Poland nor Romania allowed Soviet troops to pass through their borders to resist the Germans, a situation that only accelerated the demise of European nations.
Churchill knew that if europe was to save its destiny, it was necessary for the European countries to reach an understanding with the Soviet Union.
Chamberlain did not trust the Soviet Union, and on March 19 the Soviet Union wanted to convene a six-nation conference to discuss how to resist Germany, but because of Chamberlain's prejudice against the Soviet Union, the meeting did not take place as scheduled.
When Chamberlain was extremely disappointed in Hitler, Italy's Mussolini drove Chamberlain into a frenzy. On 7 April Italian troops landed in Albania and subsequently occupied the entire country. Judging from the current situation at that time, Italy was prepared for the occupation of Albania in order to use Albania as a springboard and as a preparation for the attack on Greece and Yugoslavia, and the Great World War II was constantly tempted on the verge of breaking out.
Chamberlain saw the behavior of Germany and Italy and understood one thing: "This is going to war", turned his head and threw an olive branch to the small countries, hoping to establish an alliance and a common retreat, at a time when Europe is already in the storm, can a contract really make all countries work together? Was it possible for Hitler to hold back the pace of war?
Hitler hated Chamberlain's actions to the bone, but also gave Hitler an excuse to start a war, he first dissolved the Anglo-German maritime treaty with Britain, and then announced the abrogation of the German-Polish non-aggression pact, and when the small European countries rebelled against the Soviet Union under Chamberlain's leadership, Hitler's plan to attack the European countries had gradually matured.
Churchill at this time had a clear judgment on the international form, whether he had made a speech that had attracted the attention of the people of Congress, and in Churchill's perception, without the help of the Soviet Union, it would be impossible to establish a final front against the Nazis, especially Churchill's comments on May 4 that if an alliance was to be built quickly, the Soviet Union must be in it, because he could provide all kinds of assistance to many sea states.
While the Soviet Union was making unremitting efforts for peace, Britain and France turned a deaf ear to the Soviet Union's proposals, and even thought that the Soviet Union's approach was wrong. There is a clear contrast between the Czechoslovak incident, Chamberlain was able to personally travel by plane, but the negotiations with the Soviet Union were sent some insignificant personnel, when the Soviet Union proposed to establish a military agreement between the three countries, Britain and France even put forward the obligation not to believe in the strength of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union has the obligation to ensure the security of other countries, and other countries do not have the obligation to ensure the security of the Soviet Union.
Arrogance and prejudice come from nowhere, but Britain and France will eventually have to pay for this arrogance.
The discussions between the three countries dragged from May to August, when the Soviet representatives said that if the fascists started a war, the Soviet Union could provide 136 infantry divisions, 10,000 tanks and more than 5,000 aircraft, as well as 5,000 to 6,000 cannons to block the enemy from the west, when asked how many troops Britain and France could provide, the rest was the vagueness of the representatives of the two countries.
On August 21, the Soviet Union re-declared what it wanted, the purpose was to resist Germany, but hoped that the three countries would cooperate together, and only if the Soviet Union could pass through the territory of Poland and Romania, it could help the European countries, hoping that Britain and France could promote Poland and other countries to agree, but France and Britain always dragged on and would not give a definite reply.
Secondly, under this, Britain and France are still negotiating with Germany, hoping that through negotiations they can "lead the evil waters" to the war launched by Germany, hoping that the fascist group can besiege the Soviet Union, but the Soviet Union is also a person who understands, in order to prevent the emergence of the current situation in Czechoslovakia, others have sold things that are still helping others, the Soviet Union signed the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" with Germany on August 23, 1939, and it is this treaty that makes Britain and France take a dead end, and had to choose to establish an alliance with the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union also got time to prepare for war.
After a long time of planning, Hitler launched the "White Plan" against Poland on August 31, which was a combat order, bombing all of Poland on September 1, nearly 1.5 million German troops entered all of Poland, besieged the Warsaw strip from three directions: west, north and south, and after nearly 27 days of bombing, the city of Warsaw was breached by the German army.
What were Britain and France doing when Poland was besieged by the Germans? The former allies should have provided assistance immediately after the invasion of Poland, but Britain did not declare war on Germany, and in this case, Chamberlain broke his promise and once again pinned his hopes on Germany, hoping that the war would not spread to Britain.
For Chamberlain's approach, the British people gradually figured out the problem, blindly backing down will only make Germany gain inches, and the British parliamentarians demanded that Britain respect its promises and help Poland solve its current predicament, this request was made on September 2, but the help to Poland was slow and ineffective.
At least it prompted Britain to declare war on Germany, and on September 3 Chamberlain was pressured to declare war on Germany, and realized all the mistakes he had made in the past, and in Chamberlain's heart he looked forward to seeing the day when fascism was broken, but this day was somewhat distant for Chamberlain, and on November 9, 1940, Chamberlain died.
When Britain declared war on Germany and World War II officially broke out, Chamberlain's "appeasement" policy failed, in the final analysis, Chamberlain believed too much in himself, too much in Hitler.
Human desire is endless, and when Hitler got Czechoslovakia, he immediately took a fancy to Poland, but at this time Poland was still in a state of complacency, and Chamberlain of England was also immersed in the "peace" of self-illusion, and only Churchill was awake in Britain.
Hitler's occupation of Poland destroyed Chamberlain's dream, and even more destroyed Chamberlain's faith, and it can only be said that Chamberlain's final fate was self-inflicted.
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