And then Hitler would have turned against Russia anyway. Germany could not have invaded, the aircraft attacking would have been less capable (though probably less ably defended against). If anything conditions in London would have been BETTER. England could have safely hid behind the Channel for 4 or 5 years, with relatively little raiding of all the cargo ships that served the empire. On the other hand, Germany's surface combatatns would have been even fewer in number and its Uboats virtually non existant. The Ju88 wasn't around yet and the ME109 had even shorter legs. What difference would it have made? So France would have surrendered in 5 weeks? The aircraft availabe to Germany in 38 or 37 were MUCH less range and payload capable then the aircraft of 40-41. The Initial defense of France was a flop, It would not have been any more of a flop two years earlier. I think Belgians abrogation of its defense treaties and sudden neutrality was directly the result of early rounds of appeasement.Д«ut again Flypuppy, you refuse to look at the time line. The Dutch Neutrality statement was a typo I meant Begian. THe damage was done and couldn't be undone during the phony war. Then the attempt was made to extend the line to the coast but it was thin and not well done as a result of its rushed nature. In 1936 or so Belgium abrogated all of its treaties with France and declared its neutrality setting off a quite understandable consternation and dismay in France. And there were forts being errected for that purpose and the French army was supposed to move into germany (In a lot of ways VERY similar to the planned 'Forward Defense' of west germany by Nato) When the maginot line was designed around 1930 France and Belgium had a very strong military pact and the belgian border was not the problem because the defense of Northern France was going to be on the German/Belgian border not the French Belgian border.

Of course chamberlain declared war, but do you think he would have if he knew france would fall in 6 weeks, or would he have given Germany to France?

As I recall the officers of the fort didn't have the authority to direct fire themselves and also have the staff was off burning papers or something and got trapped outside the fort during the assault.

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