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Yes, a misleading statement, but also one which bought the British valuable time to build up their military. It isn't clear that Chamberlain believed what he s
by mellavora 4y ago
Yes, a misleading statement, but also one which bought the British valuable time to build up their military.
It isn't clear that Chamberlain believed what he said, politicians are sometimes cleverer than they appear.
- panick21_ 4y ago> Yes, a misleading statement, but also one which bought the British valuable time to build up their military. This is not really the case. The most important things the British could do against the Germans was the Blockade. And the Blockade was available at literally any time since WW1. And the Germans were already in full buildup, they delay between 1938 and 1939 helped the Germans far more then it would have helped the Allies. Not to mentioned it took out the Czech military. Specially since its only when the Germans invaded Prague that the British really started the buildup. And in the end, the British army was kind of useless in the Battle of France, since the breakthrew happens in Verdun and the British were in Belgium.
- gattilorenz 4y agoHe then proceeded to fool the whole cabinet by telling them that Hitler is not insane and has very limited objectives: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinet-office-100/the-munich-pact/chamberlains-account-of-his-first-meeting-with-hitler/ https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinet-office-100/the-m...