Theo Young-Smith

And not only do they not launch a ground invasion of Germany, the Poles are begging London, please, when are the RAF going to attack the German airfields? When are they going to start hitting Germany? And they send direct messages, when are you going to do this? And the British say, we don't want to provoke German bombing raids of Britain. That's the last thing we want to do.

And not only do they not launch a ground invasion of Germany, the Poles are begging London, please, when are the RAF going to attack the German airfields? When are they going to start hitting Germany? And they send direct messages, when are you going to do this? And the British say, we don't want to provoke German bombing raids of Britain. That's the last thing we want to do.

And not only do they not launch a ground invasion of Germany, the Poles are begging London, please, when are the RAF going to attack the German airfields? When are they going to start hitting Germany? And they send direct messages, when are you going to do this? And the British say, we don't want to provoke German bombing raids of Britain. That's the last thing we want to do.

I mean, some British ministers notoriously said, well, we're not going to bomb German munitions factories and things like that because, I mean, that's private property. You couldn't attack people's private property. That's absolutely disgraceful. So all they do is they send the RF to drop propaganda leaflets over Germany saying, you know, you shouldn't be fighting the war.

I mean, some British ministers notoriously said, well, we're not going to bomb German munitions factories and things like that because, I mean, that's private property. You couldn't attack people's private property. That's absolutely disgraceful. So all they do is they send the RF to drop propaganda leaflets over Germany saying, you know, you shouldn't be fighting the war.

I mean, some British ministers notoriously said, well, we're not going to bomb German munitions factories and things like that because, I mean, that's private property. You couldn't attack people's private property. That's absolutely disgraceful. So all they do is they send the RF to drop propaganda leaflets over Germany saying, you know, you shouldn't be fighting the war.

You've let yourselves down.

You've let yourselves down.

You've let yourselves down.

I think a lot of it is psychological. They assume the war will be long. They don't have the spirit, I think it's fair to say, for an aggressive war. The martial ardour. They don't have it. I mean, is it all psychological? Probably not all psychological, but a lot of it, I think, is. But it's so odd, isn't it? Because...

I think a lot of it is psychological. They assume the war will be long. They don't have the spirit, I think it's fair to say, for an aggressive war. The martial ardour. They don't have it. I mean, is it all psychological? Probably not all psychological, but a lot of it, I think, is. But it's so odd, isn't it? Because...

I think a lot of it is psychological. They assume the war will be long. They don't have the spirit, I think it's fair to say, for an aggressive war. The martial ardour. They don't have it. I mean, is it all psychological? Probably not all psychological, but a lot of it, I think, is. But it's so odd, isn't it? Because...

It's sort of... I mean, maybe some listeners will come up with some complicated reason, some sort of military history reason why this was actually a brilliant plan, but it just seemed to me pretty indefensible.

It's sort of... I mean, maybe some listeners will come up with some complicated reason, some sort of military history reason why this was actually a brilliant plan, but it just seemed to me pretty indefensible.

It's sort of... I mean, maybe some listeners will come up with some complicated reason, some sort of military history reason why this was actually a brilliant plan, but it just seemed to me pretty indefensible.

Halik Khorhansky in her book, The Eagle Unbowed, she says, the first justification the British and the French have is they say, well, we don't want to do anything because it'll just provoke the Germans, even though they're at war. Then the second thing is they say, we don't want to do anything now because we're not quite ready. We're building up our forces, give it time.

Halik Khorhansky in her book, The Eagle Unbowed, she says, the first justification the British and the French have is they say, well, we don't want to do anything because it'll just provoke the Germans, even though they're at war. Then the second thing is they say, we don't want to do anything now because we're not quite ready. We're building up our forces, give it time.

Halik Khorhansky in her book, The Eagle Unbowed, she says, the first justification the British and the French have is they say, well, we don't want to do anything because it'll just provoke the Germans, even though they're at war. Then the second thing is they say, we don't want to do anything now because we're not quite ready. We're building up our forces, give it time.

And then they wait a few more days and then they say, well, there's actually no point doing anything now because Poland's going to lose anyway. So it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. And actually, it's true. By the 8th of September, when Allied chiefs discuss this, they say, well, let's not waste our resources. Poland's clearly going to lose anyway.

And then they wait a few more days and then they say, well, there's actually no point doing anything now because Poland's going to lose anyway. So it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. And actually, it's true. By the 8th of September, when Allied chiefs discuss this, they say, well, let's not waste our resources. Poland's clearly going to lose anyway.