That would be a reason why they didn&#x27;t help Poland, not something that made it so that they did help Poland (as was claimed above).<p>I also don&#x27;t believe that&#x27;s true. At the time, the French had about 5 million men, 4,200 tanks, 11,000 guns, and 3,000 airplanes. The Germans had about 4 million men, 3,500 tanks, 7,000 guns, and 4,000 airplanes. That&#x27;s rough parity, not even counting the UK&#x27;s potential contribution. And the German army was busy subduing Poland in the east, so there wouldn&#x27;t have been a whole lot available to defend against an attack from the west.