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Originally Posted by Fahnenbohn
@ Oberon. After peaceful settlement of German-Polish dispute and restitution of its colonies, Hitler had only 2 problems to solve : restarting talks on disarmament, and organizing an international conference to create a Jewish state somewhere. And then retire. But that is forgetting Britain, USSR, and Roosevelt...
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There was no peaceful resolution to the German-Polish dispute. Hitler didn't plan to annex Danzig and call it a day, a complete occupation of Poland was very much the goal from the start. The German army was committed to the invasion long before the smokescreen diplomacy of the last few days of August, 1939 took place. This is consistent with Hitler's earlier actions concerning Czechoslovakia, as well as his ideological views on the need for Lebensraum.