Historical question

Safe-Keeper · 03-10-10, 06:07 PM

Okay, so in the beginning of the singleplayer campaign, you're told that when Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France declared war, and that this was something totally unexpected by German high command. He went on to talk about how the Germans were now in deep **** because the Royal Navy was the mightiest in the world, that German ships were now outnumbered eight to one and trapped in their ports, and so on and so forth.

My question is: is this actually true -- that Germany thought they could invade Poland along with the Soviet Union and get away with it without France and the UK declaring war? I know the fourties were an age of imperialism and that bigger countries seizing smaller countries was commonplace (I hate it when people say they hate Hitler because "he tried to take over the world" for that reason -- it's not as if England hadn't taken over most of the world already), but was Hitler really naive enough to think he could just keep going on swallowing up territory without interference?

03-10-10, 06:07 PM	#1
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Historical question Okay, so in the beginning of the singleplayer campaign, you're told that when Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France declared war, and that this was something totally unexpected by German high command. He went on to talk about how the Germans were now in deep **** because the Royal Navy was the mightiest in the world, that German ships were now outnumbered eight to one and trapped in their ports, and so on and so forth. My question is: is this actually true -- that Germany thought they could invade Poland along with the Soviet Union and get away with it without France and the UK declaring war? I know the fourties were an age of imperialism and that bigger countries seizing smaller countries was commonplace (I hate it when people say they hate Hitler because "he tried to take over the world" for that reason -- it's not as if England hadn't taken over most of the world already), but was Hitler really naive enough to think he could just keep going on swallowing up territory without interference? __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.