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Tango01

12 Jul 2022 4:20 p.m. PST

"Germany invaded Czechoslovakia on March 15th, 1939. This was the final step in the process kicked off by the Munich Agreement in the fall of 1938. France and Britain were not prepared for war, and their appeasement policy handed Czechoslovakia to the Germans. The first step was annexation of the Sudetenland, then the rest of the country. Slovakia declared independence, but Jozef Tiso's government was loyal to Germany. The Germans assumed direct control of Czechia, its advanced industry, and its armoured vehicles, including the LT vz.35. These tanks were designated Pz.Kpfw.35(t) in the German army and played a big role in 1939-1941.

Unlike its neighbours, Czechoslovakian tank designers was not sitting still in the 1930, merely tinkering with foreign designs. Czechoslovakian tank industry reached impressive heights and was one of the leaders in worldwide tank building by the late 1930s. It is not a surprise that the nation reached second place in tank exports. Their tanks combined high production quality and impressive combat characteristics. Nevertheless, this was not enough to fight Germany on its own, plus Poland also had claims on Czechoslovakian territory. Since France and Britain's position was made very clear and proposals from the USSR (the only nation willing to defend Czechoslovakia) were ignored, Czechoslovakian tanks turned out to be useless. They fell into German hands without having fired a single shot…"

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