How would history have changed if the Czechs had resisted Hitler in 1939

[CanonRay]

the way the Ukrainians are resisting Putin. Especially if the Brits and French had supplied them weapons. Just musings of a history buff.

[Blue Owl]

1. Certainly interesting to ponder

And if someone would have ‘taken out’ Shitler at that time, how many lives would have been spared?

[TheProle]

2. The Allies would have had more soldiers, more airfields in range of Germany, and more armaments

with Czechoslovakia still in play.

[uponit7771]

3. Would've bogged him down in that country for months and exposed his fighting weekness at the

... time it wasn't as mechanized as it was when they took over France

[Chainfire]

4. If you are going to pose that kind of question why wouldn't you start with

what would have happened if France bowed up at the occupation of the Rhineland? The general consensus is that had the French mobilized, Hitler would have had to withdraw and may well have been unseated for the failure. At that time the German General Staff still had the power to can Hitler, but not after his glorious victory.

You could go back further, and ask why the British and French demanded such harsh treatment of the defeated Germans that it led to the rise of Fascism. Had they been less vindictive, perhaps Hitler would have never come to power.

Of course I believe that WWII really began on Nov. 11, 1918 as it was just a continuation of WWI (both sides had to rest to replenish their depleted manpower) What happened in 1914 was because everyone wanted a grand and glorious war and had been looking for an excuse to start one. It wasn't at all necessary. What would have happened if the people of the time would have wanted peace instead of war?

We are at war now, and we have always been at war, or between wars, because we love war. That is the genetic flaw that will be the end of the species. We aren't nearly as smart as we think we are. The sun will live long and some other species may get the chance to do better, or not...

[The Magistrate]

5. It Is Interesting, Sir

Some things to note.

Czechoslovakia had one of the best developed armament centers in Europe, the Skoda works. A large portion of German armor as late as 1941 was of Czech design and manufacture.

Neither France nor England was in position to supply much by way of advanced arms. The French air force was obsolescent, the English still saddled with much out of date equipment. Czech fighters were biplanes with enclosed cockpits, similar to the English Gladiator. Of course, the Luftwaffe was not so prepossessing as it was a year or so later. Early models of the well known WWII types had nowhere near the performance later variants displayed, but German aircraft at this time were much superior to those of France.

The borderland area the Germans would have struck into in the west was in fact largely populated by Germans, and among them Hitler was quite popular. In the initial contact, popular effort might well have assisted the Germans.

Things quickly get tangled when a counterfactual like this is pursued. Poland might well have sided with Germany at that stage, its government took advantage of the crisis to appropriate some territory in Czechoslovakia for itself. An alliance of German and Poland to attack the Soviet Union would have been quite popular in government circles in both England and France. Even after Munich Chamberlain essentially attempted to bribe Hitler to a similar course.