Romania declared war on Poland with Germany and immediately launched an attack. It caused a violent uproar in Europe, because all governments knew that Bopoland had signed a mutual defense alliance with Britain and France, and the actions of the two countries were no less than a direct slap in the face to Britain and France.

At this time, the British and French governments also had huge differences within their governments on how to deal with them. Among them, the radicals believed that since Poland was an ally, it should be protected, so it was necessary to declare war on Germany, and at the same time take advantage of Germany's large-scale attack on Poland to invade Germany from the Rhine region and overthrow the German regime.

As for Romania, after the settlement of Germany, it can be demanded to withdraw from the territory of the former Greece. If Romania could not see the situation clearly, then Britain and France could join forces with Greece, Yugoslavia and Hungary to attack Romania, overthrow Eder's dictatorship, and establish a more democratic and European-oriented government.

At the time, this was nothing more than the idea and intention of the radicals, and the conservative faction in the two governments had different opinions on it.

They believed that if Britain and France attacked Germany from behind, it would further exacerbate the hostility between the two German countries. And this achieved the goal of containing Germany. But there is a good chance that Germany will focus on both countries. And it would also lead to some kind of ulterior agreement between the two countries and the USSR. (At present, Britain and France are not aware of the Soviet-German non-aggression pact)

And although the Anglo-French attack on Germany could contain its forces, Poland would not benefit from it. Because there was also a Romanian presence, they were pessimistic about whether Poland could withstand the Romanian attack, and the British and French were not interested in attacking Romania from Greece to contain their forces.

The complexity of the relationship, and the presence of an unclear attitude in Italy, made them reluctant to make some radical moves in the Mediterranean.

Of course, they did not do nothing, first of all, they needed to build up troops on the German-French border to prevent a possible attack. Second, it is necessary to build up navies in the North Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, block the import of resources from the two countries, cut off their trade, and reduce their war potential. In the end, the Polish government could ask for help from the Soviet Union and drag the Soviet Union into the war.

Yes, although the appeasement policy of the British and French governments failed, the British and French still did not want to be dragged into the war. On the one hand, the casualties of the last war were so great that they were shocking, and there are still a large number of people who oppose the war in Britain and France.

That's why the British and French governments had so many people supporting their appeasement policies before. Although the policy of appeasement has failed, this does not mean that the people of both countries are willing to fight.

And there is also a voice in Britain and France that is to end this war at the lowest cost. This has a huge impact not only on the people, but also on the British and French governments.

In fact, this idea was only a variant of appeasement, and it was still hoped that Germany's attention would be turned to the Soviet Union to the east, knowing that war would have to be declared. Of course, it would be better for the Soviet Union to enter Poland at the request of Poland and fight the Germans to the death, and by the way, in the Ukrainian region, and Romania will also be inseparable. So that the whole civilized world will be safe.

And these two tough and steady ideas are intertwined, and the British and French have a fierce dispute. Churchill, who had just joined the wartime cabinet as secretary of the navy, strongly criticized everyone's ideas at the cabinet meeting.

It was thought that reinforcements should be sent immediately to attack Germany with France. And it was added that the war could have been easily stopped at the beginning, but the "ill-advised, careless and well-hearted" of the British people rearmed the bad guys.

It's just that Churchill's idea is more on behalf of a few, and more people's idea is to bring this war down.

To this end, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonet also called the French ambassador to Rome, François Ponsé. He was asked to convey to Ziano that the French Government welcomed Mussolini's proposal to the British and French governments the previous day to invite Hitler and Eder to a meeting on 1 September in order to "examine some of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which has become a source of contention at present". Britain also agreed to talks, but only that the troops of the two countries must withdraw from Poland immediately.

Yes, after the outbreak of the Polish War, Britain and France still hoped to suppress the war. And it was hoped that the opinions of Britain and France would be conveyed through Mussolini.

This time, the Italian leader was once again on the cusp, and after the two countries declared war on Poland, he called on the two countries to settle their dispute in a peaceful manner, which was of course his favorite leader's meeting.

It's just that his kindness, Hitler and Eder ignored it. Because the two knew that there was no turning back from the bow, they were not willing to take his opinion at all.

Mussolini, who had been made a shameless mess, did not care about this at all, because he was stunned by the record of the two countries against Poland. Romania had already routed Poland's Transcarpathian Army on the same day, and had already penetrated as far as Zamošić, 80 kilometers into Polish territory.

The Germans were similar, and the German armored forces were torn apart in western Poland at the beginning of the war, and the 700,000 troops defending here have now captured the strategic point of Poznan.

Mussolini was a little dumbfounded when he saw such a sharp offensive between the two countries, he didn't expect the armies of the two countries to be so strong. Previously, the Italian military predicted that it would take at least half a year for the two countries to defeat Poland, if they could not make mistakes. If you make a mistake, start at least a year.

That's right, this is not only the judgment of the Italian military, but also the judgment of Britain, France and even the Soviet Union. At present, the thinking of various countries is still stuck in the mode of World War I, and there is no clear understanding of blitzkrieg. It was still the case that countries declared war, mobilized, and then gathered forces along the railroad to attack and defend.

So in the face of the overwhelming offensive of the two countries, Mussolini was frightened. In fact, not only Mussolini, but other countries were frightened.

So much so that Britain and France were no longer asking for negotiations, and hurriedly sent two ultimatums to Romania and Germany.

It was demanded that all acts of aggression against Poland be terminated and that troops be withdrawn from Polish territory. Otherwise, the United Kingdom and France will fulfil our obligation to help Poland.

And for this ultimatum, Romania and Germany simply ignored it and continued to attack Poland.

This situation forced Britain and France to declare war with Germany and Romania on the third day after the start of the war.

Faced with such a situation, Roosevelt, who was far away in North America, declared the attitude of American neutrality.

Only then did the war really break out.