After being told about the Munich agreement, Czechoslovak President Beneš replied that anyone who sought Czech territory would have to come and take it, regardless what the governments in Paris and London thought. This forced Hitler to implement "Case Green", the invasion of Czechoslovakia. However, things would not go as planned.
This intelligence and logistical screw up wasn't the only thing that would stop the Germans, but it certainly slowed things down.
Adding to the misery of being hopelessly lost in a strange country, the Germans met a new foe in the air, the Top Secret Avia Arrow Czech fighter.
The new fighter had been developed completely in secret. Featuring a high-powered inline engine, an enclosed canopy, and armed with two 20 m.m. cannons in the wings and a machine gun that fired through the propeller hub, the new fighter also featured incredibly sexy, streamlined spatted landing gear which were the envy of air arms world-wide.
Not only the Luftwaffe found the Arrows a nasty surprise, but the Wehrmacht was completely overwhelmed by them too.
The Germans were tossed back across the border and Hitler and the Nazis were tossed out of power by a very angry and humiliated public. To this day, Czechs hail the Arrow as the little fighter that saved freedom.
Brian da Basher