| The movement towards war, I would suggest, was even more Machiavalian than the protection of Poland; rather, it was a fear of the expansion of Russia into Europe which probably encouraged most British politicians to support a treaty with Poland than the fear of Nazi Germany - as evidenced by Britain's rush to support the Finns in 1939/40 rather than actually confront the country they were at war with.
Post-war justifications for the war, especially in the immediate aftermath and the occupation of Poland by the Soviets, needed to be found and the protection of democracy (one of those ironies that shouldn't be lost to us in the current climate), and a fight against despotism seem just as hollow for that period as it does now. I have no issue with Britain the issue that it went to war, in part, to protect its Empire - as long as it finally admits to that fact.
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