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No. Since 1937, there were talks between Germany and Poland on the matter.
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I know there were talks. There was no negotiation, because all Germany was doing was insistently pushing identical demands.
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First, Germany didn't want to annexe the corridor.
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It did, but I'll grant you that it wasn't part of their demands at the time.
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Second, Danzig has always been a german city. Third, the communication with East Prussia was as important for the Reich, as the communication with the sea for Poland.
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Poland gave Germany travel concessions through its territory. Not only that, Beck communicated to the Germans in early 1939 that it was willing to give it more.
My point is that having an extraterritorial road running through the Corridor and the immediate annexation of Danzig were not pressing matters for Germany. Hitler made them so for the purpose of invading Poland.
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What do you think ? Germany should have declared war on Poland, then invade only the territory between Germany and Danzig, and then wait for the french, british and polish army to attack them ? Really.  When war has begun, then the two countries have to fight. If one of them want to limit the damages, she has to demand an armistice. |
What I think Germany should have done is irrelevant, though not occupying Czechoslovakia or invading Poland (while selling out half of it to the Soviets) would have been a start. Hitler's words and actions on every matter starting from Czechoslovakia (and before) supports the notion that he was after the occupation of Poland and knew that it would result in a war. If the Allies were really so intent on destroying Germany, they would have refused the Munich Agreement entirely, then destroyed the relatively weak German army had Germany gone ahead with its planned Case Green offensive.