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Sub units: Background | British-French-Polish Agreement | The role of the Soviet Union (Russia) | The Non-Aggression Pact | Two armed camps | The invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the Second World War

  • The annexation of Bohemia and Moravia spelled the end of the policy of appeasement followed by Britain and France.
  • Chamberlain and Daladier now realised that Hitler was not going to change his aggressive foreign policy - unless they stopped him.
  • Hitler's next victims would be Romania, Greece or Poland.
  • Therefore Britain and France signed agreements with all these countries, guaranteeing their independence. This meant that they would attack any power that took one of these countries' independence away.
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  • The agreement with Poland was signed on 31 March 1939.
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Would Britain and France really have been able to help Poland? Highly unlikely. They were too far away to be able to get their troops to Poland in time to lend any real assistance.

Sub units: Background | British-French-Polish Agreement | The role of the Soviet Union (Russia) | The Non-Aggression Pact | Two armed camps | The invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the Second World War
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