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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
11 o'clock on the morning of the 3rd of september war was declared due to the none withdrawal of german troops from poland. Chamberlain came on the radio at 11:15 to address the nation. You can find the full 8 minute speech online, in it you can hear the regret and emotion in Chamberlain's voice that we were once again going to commit to war with germany and sacrifice countless lives.
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Chamberlain hated the thought of going to war with Germany again having lost a close relative during the Great War. However, even he realised eventually that Hitler could not be trusted no matter what agreements had been made and signed. The Munich agreement signed in 1938 (peace in our time) really sold Czechoslovakia down the river but it bought Britain more time to re-arm and be prepared for the war that would inevitably come.
Nemo
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