[England catches the look and gives a sad sort of smile which quickly fades.]

A war. A big war. One country conquered, well, almost the entire continent apart from me, benefit of being an island, I suppose. Before I woke up here, I was anticipating another night of bombing my capital. That's... a capital is our heart.

[He pauses to think for a moment. It's a difficult questions, but in the end, he nods.]

Yes. If there was a good chance it would improve things for me and mine, I would.

[Right now, he'd go back and get them all armed so much more quickly, get France's defences improved. So many things.]