[Petronski]

My mistake. I meant September 1939.

The French and British had signed a treaty which would have obligated them to intervene.

But in September 1939, they did nothing. I meant to say 1939.

[Blessed]

"The French and British had signed a treaty which would have obligated them to intervene. <

The point Pat made was that when they obligated themselves they were not capable of backing up their words.This was proven by subsequent events.(Dunkirk)If they had not made the issue over Poland Hitler would not have had an excuse for invading Western Europe and in any event they would have had more time to prepare.