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To: Ilaine who wrote (103272)	6/30/2003 8:51:43 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

Hitler was determined to humiliate France as revenge for the Versailles Treaty. He was also determined to have Britain recognize his hegemony. Eventually, France and Britain would have been targeted. But that is not even the point. France and Britain were under treaty obligation to Poland, as a part of the balance of power system prevailing in Europe at the time. Had they let the invasion of Poland pass, they would have destroyed confidence in the international system, and would have violated their honor. Of course, at the point that the invasion of Poland occurred, Hitler and Stalin were in bed together, divvying spoils. Goebbels wrote about his enthusiasm for the alliance in his diaries. He did not anticipate that it would be short- lived. Why should the Allies? For all they knew, they faced a new danger, of an Axis that included the Soviet Union. This was not unanticipated. British intelligence knew that while the Allies were attempting to woo Stalin into an alliance, Hitler was doing the same. In fact, it was the propensity of the Allies to appease that convinced Stalin his interests were better served through alliance with Hitler. And it is the debacle at Dunkirk, and its aftermath, that freed Hitler's hand to renege on their accords and invade the Soviet Union. Otherwise, it is doubtful that he would have taken on the Soviets directly. As it stood, it was probably the existence of two fronts that saved Europe, until the American entrance into the war, and even then, Hitler would likely have pacified the continent had it not been for Lend- Lease.........