[lbo-talk] De Long Way

Wojciech Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Tue Jul 29 13:03:14 PDT 2003


Brad deLong:
> Look: In September 1939 Chamberlain and Daladier faced a choice. They
> could either honor their promise to Poland and declare war on Nazi
> Germany, or they could say "Ooops! We were bluffing!" and stand aside.
>
> They chose to do the first.

Not exactly. Their declaration of war was a mere formality, not followed by any deeds (contrary to expectations of the naïve Poles). The real war started a year later when Germans bypassed the Maginot line (the predecessor of the star wars) overrun France and kick out Brits of the continent.

Wojtek



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