Quote Originally Posted by FoxtArt View Post
Imagine what World War II would've been if the allied powers prevented the Germans from successfully invading their first country...

Instead, the UK and France did what many conservatives argue now "Pff it's not our problem, the Germans will stop in Poland or whatever, they aren't directly attacking us, and I mean, who cares what we agreed to in the past, we should keep our penny".
I think it was Albert Speer or Von Ribbentrop who was interviewed after the war about Hitler's occupation of the Rhineland (which was a flagrant violation of the Treaty of Versailles.) When Hitler occupied the Rhineland in 1936, he was absolutely unprepared for war and France had the biggest, best equipped Army in Europe. According to either Speer or Von Ribbentrop, they asked Hitler what he would do if the French responded with military force (as the Versailles treaty allowed them to.)

Hitler's response was "Well, I'll shoot myself in the head, and you will offer our surrender."

Obviously, Hitler felt pretty confident that the French would not attack but imagine how different history would have been if they had.