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Britain and France entered the war to maintain the balance of power. Poland was a pretext. Everybody knows that.
When you can't handle one foe, it is not wise to add another one to the list. That is also why they decided against attacking Baku in order to sabotage the USSR's attack on Finland,
You mean after the war?
No. That decision was already made during the war. Poland was a sacrificial pawn to force Germany into a war.
Germany deciding to invade Poland with the Soviets was a ploy to force Germany into a war? The decision they made?
Ok.
Germany invaded Poland as Poland refused any and all peaceful resolutions to the corridor question because Britain and France gave them a guarantee. Hitler was actually willing to cede the eastern territories in exchange for a corridor to East Prussia. So yes it was a ploy to force a war.
Germany allied with the Soviet Union as Germany wasn't anywhere ready for a war. If the war with Poland had dragged on too long Germany would've actually run out of supplies. If Britain and France had decided to invade when they declared war Germany would've collapsed in a matter of months.
Sounds like that's an argument for that decision having prolonged the war, but Poland has every right not to cede territory to anyone. Still not on board blaming Britain and France for Germany's decision to invade Poland.
I don't wanna take on his argument for him, but I agree with the original statement: pawn. A piece that you sacrifice. Britain wasn't going to save Poland, but they were willing to use it as a reason to go to war with Germany. As well you'd expect. Going to war with Germany was an existential risk for Britain. They wouldn't do it to save Poland's ass, and I don't think you'd expect them to. So Britain must've thought it was just as well for them to go to war with Germany.
Which specific decision are you referring to?
The decisions made at Tehran and Yalta. And the decision to supply the Soviet Union. They never intended to save Poland. They could've easily done so by actually making good on their promise when the war began, which is the reason why Poland steadfastly refused any and all peaceful resolutions with Germany but they decided to do nothing and watch.
Duh. Both are just Realpolitik. You think they're supplying Ukraine out of the goodness of their hearts? Or for that matter, that they supplied anti-Soviet Nazis and mass murderers in the aftermath of WW2 because they had sympathy for Nazis?
Now you have arrived at a valid criticism. Their 'strategy', such as it was, was appallingly bad. Actually, the French had promised Poland an offensive into Germany. So they stepped in, took 200 meters of land (or something, it was notional), then withdrew. This even though Germany's western border was close to being undefended.
They thought they could strangle Germany with a blockade like they did in WW1.