Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "The REAL Reason why Hitler HAD to start WW2" video.

  1. I suppose you have a trustworthy contemporary source which clearly presents the text of this wonderfully magnanimous gesture on hitler's part?
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  2. I think you will that very few people believe that Hitler declared war on Britain, France, or Poland. They simply assume, correctly, that he invaded Poland without any formal declaration, as he had previously done in Czechoslovakia. Britain and France, through appeasement, had made serious efforts to avoid a major European war, but a line had to be drawn somewhere, and it was over Poland. If France had seriously sought war with Germany, why build the defensive Maginot Line, and the size of the Royal Navy was irrelevant in terms of the land campaign. Unconditional Surrender, by the way, was demanded by FDR, and actually came as a surprise to Churchill. As to why the British and French failed to declare war on the Soviet Union, have you really not heard of Realpolitik?
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  3.  @arebolar  They fought because Poland had been invaded by Germany. In 1940, the Allies were hardly in a position to know what the military & political situation in 1945 was likely to be. FDR was the one who first stated unconditional surrender. Certainly Churchill, presented with a fait accompli from the leader of the nation who would soon become dominant in the alliance, was hardly in a position to get involved in a public argument.
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  4. No. it 'kicked off' when hitler invaded Poland in the full knowledge that both France & British had alliances with her. Of course, apart from the United States, hitler never bothered to declare war on anyone.
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  5.  @albertdevries7769  Because Britain's treaty with Poland agreed support in the event of invasion by Germany, but not in the event of invasion by any other power. I don't care whether you think my comment correct or not, as I know that it is. You might perhaps explain why Hitler managed to attack Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Belgium, The United States, and the Soviet Union, whilst only declaring war on one of them, and when none of them had declared war on Germany?
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