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Romania and Germany declared war on Poland and immediately launched an attack. There was a violent uproar in Europe, because governments of various countries knew that Bo Poland signed a mutual defense alliance with Britain and France, and the behavior of Germany and Romania was no less than a direct slap in the face of Britain and France.

At this time, the British and French governments also had huge differences within their governments on how to respond. Among them, the radicals believe that Poland should be protected since it is an ally, so it is necessary to declare war on Germany, and at the same time take advantage of the opportunity of Germany's massive attack on Poland, enter Germany from the Rhine region, and overthrow the German government.

As for Romania, after solving Germany, it can be asked to withdraw from the original Greek territory. If Romania cannot see the situation clearly, then Britain and France can join forces with Greece, Yugoslavia and Hungary to attack Romania, overthrow Eder's dictatorship, and establish a more democratic government that conforms to the European trend.

At that time, this was just the idea and plan of the radicals, and the stable parties in the two governments had different opinions on this.

They believed that if Britain and France attacked Germany from behind, it would further intensify the hostility between the two countries in Germany. And although this achieves the purpose of containing Germany. But there is a good chance that Germany will focus its energy on the two countries. And it would also lead to some kind of ulterior agreement between the two countries with the Soviet Union. (At present, Britain and France are not aware of the non-aggression agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany)

And although the British and French attacks on Germany can contain its forces, Poland will not benefit from it. Because there is still another Romania, they are also pessimistic about whether Poland can withstand Romania's attack, and Britain and France are not interested in attacking Romania from Greece to contain its forces.

The relationship between them is too complicated, and there is also an Italian with an unknown attitude, which makes them not want to make some drastic actions in the Mediterranean.

Of course, they did not do nothing. First, they needed to build up their troops on the German-French border to prevent possible attacks. Secondly, it is necessary to build up navies in the North Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, block the import of resources between the two countries, cut off their trade exchanges, and reduce their war potential. Finally, the Polish government can ask the Soviet Union for help and drag the Soviet Union into the war.

Yes, although the appeasement policy of the British and French governments has failed, Britain and France are still reluctant to be dragged into the war. On the one hand, it was because the casualties in the last war were so great that it was shocking, and there are still a large number of people in Britain and France who opposed the war.

That's why so many people support the British and French governments' previous appeasement policy. Although the appeasement policy has failed, it does not mean that the people of both countries are willing to fight.

And there is still a voice in Britain and France, that is, to end this war at the least cost. This not only has influence on the people, but also has a huge influence on the British and French governments.

In fact, this kind of thinking is just a variant of appeasement policy.

Knowing that war must be declared, he still hopes to focus Germany's attention on the Soviet Union in the east. Of course, it would be best if the Soviet Union, at Poland's request, entered Poland to fight the Germans to the death, and by the way, in Ukraine, it would have been a good fight with Romania. In this way the entire civilized world is safe.

These two strong and prudent ideas were intertwined, causing a fierce dispute between Britain and France. Churchill, who had just joined the wartime cabinet as the Secretary of the Navy, even strongly criticized everyone's ideas at the cabinet meeting.

It is believed that reinforcements should be dispatched immediately to attack the German mainland together with France. He added that the war could have been easily stopped in the beginning, but the bad guys were rearmed by the "unwise, careless and good-hearted" of the British people.

It's just that Churchill's ideas more represent only a few people, and more people's ideas are to suppress this war.

To this end, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet also called the French ambassador to Rome, François Ponce. Ask him to tell Ciano that the French government welcomes the following proposal that Mussolini had made to the British and French governments the previous day: to invite Hitler and Eder for a meeting on September 1 in order to "examine Versailles, which has become the source of the current strife. some terms of the peace treaty". Britain also agreed to the talks, as long as the troops of the two countries must withdraw from Poland immediately.

Yes, even after the Polish war broke out, Britain and France still hoped to suppress the war. And hope to convey the views of Britain and France through Mussolini.

This time, the Italian leader was on the cusp again. After the two countries declared war on Poland, he called on the two countries to resolve disputes with a peaceful attitude. Of course, it was his favorite leaders' meeting.

It's just that Hitler and Eder ignored his kindness. Because the two knew that there was no turning back when the bow was opened, they were unwilling to pay any attention to his opinion.

Mussolini, who was rude and shameless, didn't care about it at all, because he was stunned by the two countries' record against Poland. Romania had already defeated Poland's Transcarpathian Army that day, and its farthest had penetrated into Zamošić, 80 kilometers in Poland.

And Germany is similar. When the war started, the German armored forces were also torn apart in western Poland. The 700,000 troops defended here have now captured the strategic point of Poznan.

Mussolini was speechless when he saw such a sharp offensive between the two countries. He didn't expect the two countries' armies to be so powerful. Previously, the Italian military estimated that it would take at least half a year for the two countries to defeat Poland, if they could not make mistakes. If you make a mistake, start at least a 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 in the World War I mode, and there is no clear understanding of the blitzkrieg. It is still the same as countries declaring war, mobilizing, and then assembling their forces along the railway to attack and defend.

So in the face of the German and Romanian offensive, Mussolini was frightened. In fact, not only Mussolini, other countries were frightened.

So much so that Britain and France are no longer asking for negotiations, and hurriedly sent two ultimatums to Romania and Germany.

The above demands that all acts of aggression against Poland be terminated and troops be withdrawn from Polish territory. Otherwise, the United Kingdom and France will do our duty to help Poland.

For this ultimatum, Romania and Germany simply ignored and continued to attack Poland.

In this situation, Britain and France had to declare on the third day after the war that they were at war with Germany and Romania.

In the face of such a situation, Roosevelt, who was as far away as North America, declared the neutrality of the United States.

Only then did the war really break out.

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