which prime minister declared war on germany in 1939
Neville Chamberlain
title: British and French declaration of war on Germany text: British and French declaration of war on Germany The Declaration of war by France and the United Kingdom was given on 3rd September 1939, after German forces invaded Poland. Despite the speech being the official announcement of both France and the United Kingdom, the speech was given by the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in Westminster, London. Below is the speech, given by Neville Chamberlain. This audio from the broadcast of the speech contains the first 2 minutes, 53 seconds of the declaration. At the conclusion of the First World War, the German Empire signed the First Armistice at Compiègne title: British and French declaration of war on Germany text: government in Moscow, which ignored the Polish government-in-exile based in London. British and French declaration of war on Germany The Declaration of war by France and the United Kingdom was given on 3rd September 1939, after German forces invaded Poland. Despite the speech being the official announcement of both France and the United Kingdom, the speech was given by the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in Westminster, London. Below is the speech, given by Neville Chamberlain. This audio from the broadcast of the speech contains the first 2 minutes, 53 seconds of the declaration. At the conclusion of the First title: British and French declaration of war on Germany text: propaganda to justify German expansionism). Two Western powers, the United Kingdom and France, gave guarantees to Poland that they would declare war if Polish independence came under threat, as presented in a statement to the House of Commons by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain 31 March 1939 (formalized by the British 6 April 1939; not ratified until 4 September 1939 by the French): Although they honoured these guarantees by declaring war soon after Germany's Invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, and although the dominions of the British Empire quickly followed suit, so little practical assistance was given to Poland, title: J. B. M. Hertzog text: very much approved of the Munich agreement of 30 September 1938, which he regarded as a "just" and "fair" resolution of the German-Czechoslovak dispute. On 4 September 1939, the United Party caucus revolted against Hertzog's stance of neutrality in World War II causing Hertzog's government to lose a vote on the issue in parliament by a vote of 80 to 67. Governor-General Sir Patrick Duncan refused Hertog's request to dissolve parliament and call a general election on the question. Hertzog resigned and his coalition partner Smuts become prime minister and led the country into war, and political re-alignments followed with title: Neville Chamberlain text: the National Government in 1931. When Stanley Baldwin retired in May 1937, Chamberlain took his place as Prime Minister. His premiership was dominated by the question of policy towards an increasingly aggressive Germany, and his actions at Munich were widely popular among the British at the time. When Hitler continued his aggression, Chamberlain pledged Britain to defend Poland's independence if the latter were attacked, an alliance that brought his country into war when Germany invaded Poland in 1939. Chamberlain resigned the premiership on 10 May 1940 as the Allies were being forced to retreat from Norway, as he believed that