What if UK and France did not declare war?

Originally Answered: What would have happened if Britain and France had not declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland? Hitler would have fallen. There was a host of Germans, esp. in the military, expecting his plan to fail and that would have been the start of a coup against him.

Why did Britain and France declare war after the invasion of Poland?

Why did Britain and France declare war on Germany in September 1939? Britain and France both demanded the German army to withdraw from Poland. In Hitler’s mind, Britain and France could no longer provide effective help to Poland because they would have to declare war, which he thought was unlikely.

Did Great Britain declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland?

On September 3, 1939, in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.

Why did Britain and France not declare war on the Soviet Union when the Red Army marched on Poland in September 1939?

Why did Britain and France not declare war on the Soviet Union when the Red Army marched on Poland in September 1939? Unknown to the general public there was a ‘secret protocol’ to the 1939 Anglo-Polish treaty that specifically limited the British obligation to protect Poland to ‘aggression’ from Germany.

When did Britain declare war against Germany?

September 3, 1939
September 3, 1939 Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.

Why did France declare war on Germany ww2?

On 3 September 1939—two days after the German invasion of Poland—France declared war on Nazi Germany according to its defensive treaty with Poland, when France’s ultimatum to Germany, issued the previous day, expired at 17:00.

What if the Allies didn’t declare war on Germany?

If the Allies didn’t declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, then Stalin made a huge miscalculation. The only reason Stalin wanted to sign a non-aggression pact with Hitler was to set the Western European powers against each other until they exhausted themselves after several years of war, as in WWI.

When did the British and French declare war on Germany?

As we know, in response to the German invasion of Poland in October 1939, the British and French declared war on Germany. While this was more or less a “Phony War” against the two countries until Spring 1940 when Germany invaded the Benelux Countries and then France.

What if Britain and France never declared war on each other?

Anyway – if Britain and France had not declared war, then they would have been in effect, neutral powers.

Why did France invade Norway in WW2?

IIRC there were two distinct plans to invade Norway by France an Britain. The first one was to occupy a Northern Norway port as a base to help Finland, that such a plan would also deny the Swedish ore to Germany was not the declared main objective, officially the force was just “passing through” to help Finland.