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Originally Posted by plbogen
The way is was explained to me was that Chamberlain when he flew to Munich had his first plane trip with awful weather so was already feeling ill and then Hitler showed him a military review where the troops marched passed Chamberlain and Hitler kept on till the rounded a corner came back around on the next street over and turned a corner to complete the loop. Thus making Chamberlain convinced that the German military was endless. Chamberlain was so terrified he backed down and the French didn't want to go to war alone and eventually conceded to Chamberlain's fears.
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Chamberlain was also quite aware how poorly prepared the British Army & the RAF were for war in 1938. He had read and listened to dozens of reports from his Ministers, Marshalls, and Admirals describing the inadaquate weapons and inferior numbers.
Goering pulled the same sort of trick with aircraft. He would delay delivery of new aircraft so they filled the factory parking areas when forigen visitors visited. As soon as the tour deoarted the aircraft would rushed to their destination, where a few days later the same VIPs would see & count them again. Operational squadrons were circled from one airfield to another chasing after these visitors.
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