0 sats \ 4 replies \ @kristapsk 17 Apr \ parent \ on: "Should Congress Stop Funding the War in Ukraine?" Yes! econ
Same mistake West did with Czechoslovakia in 1938 (Munich Agreement).
Not the same
Munich agreement was more serious
It was a mistake to concede Czechoslovakia because balance of power shifted to Germany
Georgia did not change balance of power
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No, nothing changed in balance of power with Sudetenland. It's about stupid idea giving dictators what they want with idea that they will stop there and there will be peace. They won't, they will expand as much as they are allowed to.
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Balance of power shifted to Germany
Britain could not defend Czech or Poland and later Denmark and Norway etc
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Sudetenland was small enough to do not change things much from military strategy perspective. Bigger deal was Poland taking also minor part of Czechoslovakia, but also it didn't change much. It was hard to defend Poland anyway. But French and British could have marched mass scale into Western Germany, but they didn't, to not "escalate things" (same as in Ukraine now), French invasion was very limited. With Denmark and Norway Germans just did first strike, UK didn't have enough time to react. British could have occupied Norway first if they really wanted to.
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