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  1. Buba

    The allegation that WWI's outcome and map of Europe left Germany in a stronger position than the pre-WWI situation

    No can do. For former is not possible, as Germany has a 12 month window where it is still ahead of France and Britain digging themselves out of 1920s defence cuts (thank you, Winston Churchill!). As to the latter - Britain will move against Germany at any pretext, same as in 1914.
  2. Buba

    The allegation that WWI's outcome and map of Europe left Germany in a stronger position than the pre-WWI situation

    IMO Poland staying neutral in case of Fall Weiss IS possible. This needs better German diplomacy, of actually trying to get Poland on board on one hand, and more realism in Warsaw on the other. The Polish junta believed that Poland could take on Germany on its own for 2 months or so (in OTL...
  3. Buba

    The allegation that WWI's outcome and map of Europe left Germany in a stronger position than the pre-WWI situation

    The Allies were poorly led and the Germans were insanely lucky. Germany had 1-2 years headstart in preparing for the war, France and Britain were catching up. They moblised, they sorted out their production issues, they trained hundreds of thousands of troops, etc. They were very busy little...
  4. Buba

    The allegation that WWI's outcome and map of Europe left Germany in a stronger position than the pre-WWI situation

    Interesting point of view. Made me wonder about Hitler ignoring Poland and going west in 1940. Not true.
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