31. WWII Would Have Looked Very Different If Case Green Had Been Executed
In 1938, when Hitler contemplated invading Czechoslovakia, Germany had not completed her rearmament. As a result, the German military was not yet the juggernaut that smashed Poland in 1939 and the Western Powers in 1940. The Luftwaffe lacked the ability to strike Britain in 1938, the Kriegsmarine had few submarines, and the Wehrmacht as yet had few of the signature tanks that would spearhead the 1939 and 1940 blitzkriegs.
The Fuhrer’s plan to invade Czechoslovakia in 1938 was so risky, that German generals plotted to assassinate Hitler if the order to launch Case Green was issued. Unfortunately, Hitler ended up annexing Czechoslovakia without a fight because the Western Powers chose appeasement rather than confrontation. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlin and his French counterpart, Edouard Daladier, sold out the Czechs in Munich in exchange for Hitler’s promises to behave.
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