Who Started World War II?

tomfon · 01-19-16, 03:30 PM

I wonder why the Western Allies (United Kingdom & France) did not launch a major offensive against the German divisions in Poland, notwithstanding the terms of their alliances with the country. The Kriegsmarine, on the other hand, had launched an all out attack against Britain's merchant fleet and the Soviets invaded Finland right after Poland was invaded!

Could it be that they were trying to avoid war? I read somewhere in Wikipedia that France and Britain could present a combined force of approximately 110 divisions at the time, while the German divisions in Poland were 23. Actually, it was Alfred Jodl who said that the reason the German forces did not collapse in the year 1939 was that the Anglo-French divisions remained inactive against the 23 German divisions!

I find the Anglo-French attitude as strange as the fact that Hitler ordered his forces to stop their advance and let BEF to flee. Good for the British though.

01-19-16, 03:30 PM	#11
tomfon Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CK7662 Posts: 918 Downloads: 178 Uploads: 4	I wonder why the Western Allies (United Kingdom & France) did not launch a major offensive against the German divisions in Poland, notwithstanding the terms of their alliances with the country. The Kriegsmarine, on the other hand, had launched an all out attack against Britain's merchant fleet and the Soviets invaded Finland right after Poland was invaded! Could it be that they were trying to avoid war? I read somewhere in Wikipedia that France and Britain could present a combined force of approximately 110 divisions at the time, while the German divisions in Poland were 23. Actually, it was Alfred Jodl who said that the reason the German forces did not collapse in the year 1939 was that the Anglo-French divisions remained inactive against the 23 German divisions! I find the Anglo-French attitude as strange as the fact that Hitler ordered his forces to stop their advance and let BEF to flee. Good for the British though. __________________ "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers which can't be questioned." - Richard P. Feynman [1918/1988] "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan "You don't even care. That's how much an impact the three-point shot has and it's evidenced by how everybody plays... There's no basketball anymore, there's no beauty in it. It's pretty boring. But it is what it is and you need to work with it." - Greg Popovich Mods for SH3