>>17755712
>Why must he go to war in 1939?
If Poland attacked Danzig then that is why. He would look a mong, as any leader would, if they did nothing after a foreign nation attacked one of their cities.

>Honestly I think it would serve the German cause far better if Poland actually did do this
As Hitler is famously known to have pointed out on 22 August, Chamberlain wasn't truly pursuing war either. So the Polish provocations in early August and hitherto as well as the pact with Russia, should allow Chamberlain to save face and not plunge Europe into war.