Rhineland 1936

[uk 75]

One of the great what-ifs is the failure
of Britain and France to stop Hitler from
unilaterally re militarising the Rhineland
in 1936.
On paper the French were still superior to
Germany in military forces and Czechoslovakia
was still intact. Britain's navy was able to
blockade Germany even if the army and
RAF were feeble. Only the political will
was lacking.

 

[Nick Sumner]

This.

http://www.changingthetimes.net/samples/asb/temptation.htm

;D

 

[uk 75]

Nick
Thank you for the link.
I am not sure if the outcomes would have
been as clear cut.
It is true that Hitler was ready to withdraw if France
resisted his occupation but the Nazis were skilled
at propaganda as their exploitation of the
Sudeten Germans showed. The French occupation
of the Ruhr had been a spur to Nazi propaganda of
victimhood.
British political opinion was very critical as well.