The War on Danzig and the Polish Corridor

The guarantee of Poland's borders did not mean that further Munich-like conferences and the transfer of territory between nations were completely rolled out. It was simply to make it clear that Germany could not decide to make changes on its own like it had with Czechoslovakia. The goal was to convince Hitler that attacking Poland would absolutely, without a doubt, result in war between Britain, France and Germany. While the government was getting ready to make a guarantee of Polish borders, the British military was attempting to make itself ready to enforce those guarantees. This expansion was seen as an easy way to both show domestically that the government was taking the situation seriously, while also proving to continental allies that the British Army would