As the details of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact come into public (except the Secret Clauses) the Western Democracies react. Neville Chamberlain recalls the Parliament from vacation absence to approve the War Powers Act. At the same time, the Royal Navy is put in alert, all leaves of military and civil personal are cancelled. Naval and Costal Defenses are also called up. Though not as vigorously, preparations for war are also taken in France.
Britain and France are taken by surprise by the Pact between Russians and Germans and they face the inevitability of war now.
According to the initial planning, military operations in Poland are to begin on the 25th of August…
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