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The summer of 1939 was the social zenith of France, the common man enjoyed all the benefits that the Third Republic had bestowed upon him. But on the other hand, the great danger of the coming war loomed large. Talks between the Entente powers and Russia about military cooperation had become entangled over Poland. Therefore, the Soviets played the tactic of sitting on two chairs and began negotiations with Hitler.

France's alliance with Poland consisted of two components: military and political, which bound each other. The most benefited from the crisis were the representatives in the assembly whose mandate was extended until 1942.

The cordon sanitaire towards Hitler fell apart like a house of cards when the countries realized they could not trust France to defend them. The occupation of Czechoslovakia and the claims to Poland opened the eyes of the West, but it was already too late. The disparity in aircraft, the ossified doctrine and the animosity towards the USSR.

It's easy to be a general after a battle, but the Munich agreement was disastrous for world security because it broke the myth of major powers helping their countries. However, it must be said that he was greeted with great relief in France and England, but people were not even aware of what the politicians had done. The extent of France's responsibility is debatable, although inaction is the same as agreement.

The backstabbing that Czechoslovakia experienced in Munich is so shameless that it is still hard to listen to today. The vested interests of the great powers were ready to hand over Prague to Hitler without any problem just because Prime Minister Chamberlain thought he could influence Berlin. What is even sadder is that Paris just silently accepted it, grasping at every straw to avoid war.

Two powers so great and powerful on paper, yet so devoid of any inner passion or fight to uphold their honor towards Czechoslovakia. Neville Chamberlain and Édouard Daladier should have told Hitler NO! and mobilized and he would have retreated immediately. But they chose inept attempts at appeasement and delaying the inevitable.

Fear and apprehension of a repeat of the horrors of World War I occupied the governments of France and the United Kingdom, and they tried in every possible and impossible way to dissuade Hitler from attacking Czechoslovakia. At the same time, they could have supported the general conspiracy to overthrow him, but the lack of trust between Paris and London contributed to a general appeasement.

The psychosis that reigned at the top of politics completely stopped the independence of decision-making and all major decisions were looked at across the Channel to London. Internal frictions continued and culminated in the fall of the second Blum government and the return of Édouard Daladier to power. His first crisis was Czechoslovakia, for which the two empires had no regard and "sold" it to save themselves.

Lethargy, indecision and fear marked the management of Leon Blum's Popular Front. He was a benevolent man, but at the wrong time, because France needed someone to shake it up from the ground up. Industry and the army behaved as if they were in the 19th century, not on the brink of a new war for which they were not prepared. Perhaps the poor were finally a little better off, but the security around them was crumbling.

Shortly after coming to power, Léon Blum quickly resolved the problem of the general strike with Matignon Agreements. But immediately afterwards he was faced with the political catastrophe of the Spanish Civil War and the passivity of politicians in the government and the shameful Committee of Non-Intervention.

I picked the wrong moment to listen to 50 hours of depressing politics. French or otherwise.