Rest of Europe (w/o USSR)

After the German invasion, which had put a stop to the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Poland, France and England declared war on Germany. Several peace offers by the German government – including a proposed withdrawal of its forces from Polish territory – were rejected; in late 1939, France tried to provoke Berlin with small-scale incursions across the German border. After all attempts at negotiation had failed, the war escalated.

Czechoslovakia: How Britain Turned the Failure of a State into a Cause for War

By John Wear ∙ November 2, 2020

The Munich Agreement signed by Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy on September 30, 1938 was meant to mark the beginning of a new era in European affairs. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the cheering crowd in London that welcomed him home after signing the Munich Agreement, “I believe it is peace in our time.” Unfortunately, the mutual confidence that was supposed to arise among the four great European powers quickly unraveled. This article discusses the events that led to Germany’s assuming the protection of Czechoslovakia, and their exploitation by British high officials to promote war against Germany.

An Unsettled Legacy

By Mark Weber ∙ November 1, 2001

Churchill’s War: Triumph in Adversity (Vol. II), by David Irving. London: Focal Point, 2001. Hardcover. 1060 pages. Photographs. Appendices. Source references. Index. (Available from the IHR for $50, plus shipping.) It has been fourteen years since the publication of the first volume of David Irving’s three-part biography of Britain’s legendary wartime leader. This second volume,…

Hitler’s Declaration of War against the United States

By Adolf Hitler ∙ December 1, 1988

It has often been said that Hitler's greatest mistakes were his decisions to go to war against the Soviet Union and the United States. Whatever the truth may be, it's worth noting his own detailed justifications for these grave decisions. On Thursday afternoon, 11 December 1941, four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,…

Reflections on German and American Foreign Policy, 1933-1945

By Karl Otto Braun ∙ April 1, 1985

During my career as a German diplomat, I had three superiors. The first was Alfred Rosenberg, head of the Foreign Political Office of the National Socialist Party. The next was Foreign Minister Freiherr Konstatin von Neurath, an “old school” conservative. The last was Joachim von Ribbentrop. After the war these men were condemned as criminals…

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