September 1938
and the Italian leader who became a Traitor
Setting a deal with Hitler.
Of course they knew at that time
The Germans could not be stopped.
[Although all of Germany's stated demands
had been satisfied by the agreement,
privately Hitler was furious that British interference
had prevented him from seizing all
of Czechoslovakia in one operation.]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
[On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded
Poland after having staged several false flag border
incidents as a pretext to initiate the invasion.
The first German attack of the war came
against the Polish defenses at Westerplatte.]