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Originally Posted by The Other Guy Let's put it this way: Do you really think Poland would be stupid enough to start a conflict with a country that they knew was way more powerful than they were, even with a promise of French and British help? |
The German Army in 1939 was not way more powerful than the Polish army, at least in terms of numbers. The Polish army was the 4th largest standing army in the world (only the Soviet, French and German armies were larger) and German tactics had not yet been worked through properly - there were plenty of shortcomings. The Poles actually regarded the Soviets as a bigger threat than Germany.
Where Germany really was more powerful was in airpower.