The Maginot Line wasn’t a waste. It did exactly what it was designed to do: Make the Germans go around to the west. The failure was political, in that the 2nd part of this defense was that France and Belgium would coordinate to set up a proper line in Belgium, but this never happened when Germany invaded.
And Chamberlain had no choice but to accept Hitlers claims on Sudetenland (part of then Czechoslovakia). Any other treaty would’ve required an enforcement mechanism, and Britain was in no shape or form ready for even a limited war at that time.
Not to mention none knew that German Wehrmacht were popping insane amounts of pervitin that it enabled them to encircle the BEF thus coming through Belgium in a three day non stop march (early Wehrmacht wasn’t very mechanised).
It’s only cause they and the Luftwaffe collapsed after non stop combat operations that it gave the BEF that small window which they used to escape.
The Maginot Line wasn’t a waste. It did exactly what it was designed to do: Make the Germans go around to the west. The failure was political, in that the 2nd part of this defense was that France and Belgium would coordinate to set up a proper line in Belgium, but this never happened when Germany invaded.
And Chamberlain had no choice but to accept Hitlers claims on Sudetenland (part of then Czechoslovakia). Any other treaty would’ve required an enforcement mechanism, and Britain was in no shape or form ready for even a limited war at that time.
Not to mention none knew that German Wehrmacht were popping insane amounts of pervitin that it enabled them to encircle the BEF thus coming through Belgium in a three day non stop march (early Wehrmacht wasn’t very mechanised).
It’s only cause they and the Luftwaffe collapsed after non stop combat operations that it gave the BEF that small window which they used to escape.
I knew this fact, but had never really stopped to consider an entire fucking military tweaking on meth while invading. Holy shit.