The Sudeten crisis carried a risk of war with Britain and France, though. In contrast, I was talking about Germany declaring war on Poland while knowing for sure that Britain and France wouldn't militarily intervene in this war.wm wrote: ↑10 Jan 2019, 18:34Well, Europe and Germany were changing, the old ways (war is the continuation of politics by other means) really were slowly becoming old news. Peaceful movements were massive everywhere.
I don't think Germany would have decided to wage a major war just to regain some territory. Especially that according to international law it would be pure aggression. Legally the lands were Polish forever.
Germany wasn't a nation of murderers as it was claimed later.
According to one source at the height of the Sudeten crisis, Hitler asked someone (Goebbels or Goering) about the Germans, and the answer was; Mein Fuhrer the Germans observe the events (leading to war) with leaden indifference. And at this very moment, he decided to choose peace instead of war.
It wasn't that easy wage wars even in Germany.
As for aggression, Lithuania captured the Memelland in 1923 and Italy captured Ethiopia in 1935.