Why did Britain go to war over Poland in 1939?

After Hitler violated the Munich Agreement by occupying the rest of Czechia and engineering the “independence' of Slovakia (under German protection ,of course) on March 15,1939,it became clear to everyone that Hitler was a liar and a gangster with an unlimited appetite for neighbouring countries' land. read more

Sometimes pivotal moments come to define history. In reality Britain did not go to war over Poland. It was just that the invasion of Poland was the last straw in what had become a very long and distateful straw. read more

Chamberlain thought that it was not worth the risk nor the cost for Britain to step in and try to stop a fight between Poland, one of its allies, and Germany, one of its enemies, when Poland was invaded by Germany on September 1, 1939, was conquered in less than a month, and was then quickly parceled out between Germany, one of Britain's enemies, and the Soviet Union, one of Britain's allies. read more