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> Czechoslovak politians *just decided* to give up to Hitler

"I think you will find it's a bit more complicated than that".

Sir is falling into the trap (alarmingly common in the USA) of simplifying history to the point of meaninglessness. Indeed, you would do well to understand why the UK and France ceased their support for Bohemia in an act of appeasement; an act that certainly wasn't taken lightly and was itself done for complex reasons, partly arising from the trauma of the Great War that was still fresh in many minds.



The clueless downvoters are out again!




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