100 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 3 Jul \ parent \ on: Why Did Russia Invade Ukraine? earth
WW1 was also unnecessary especially for the British and Americans
America entered the war in 1917 to make the world 'safe for democracy'... whatever the hell that means
If Britain stayed out or reached a ceasefire in 1916, Germany would have accepted.
France would have lost some territory including Alsace Lorraine.
If all parties agreed to a ceasefire in 1916 or before the October Revolution would have failed.
Austria Hungary would have created a federation consisting of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Poland, Czech and Slovakia
Ottoman Empire was already a sick empire. Let them deal with Arab grievances and demand for sovereignty.
No Sykes Picot agreement, no Balfour Declaration, no Israel lobby in America, etc
If WWII was unnecessary it was still inevitable because of the Versailles treaty aiming at crushing Germany until the end of times. WWI was even more unnecessary as its catalyst was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, honestly who cares? But warmongers like those we have today jumped on the proxy war game and escalation train, they anticipated a few weeks of conflict but ended after four years of bloodbath in trenches, they had no idea what fiat money could accomplish
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Mistakes were made during the 1930s.
Rhineland was a missed opportunity because France had the military edge and Hitler would have been humiliated and forced to resign as Chancellor.
Munich 1938 was a mistake but not because of appeasement: giving Hitler territory, Sudetenland, changed the balance of power from Britain and France to Germany, the path to ruin.
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More the case that France and Britain teamed up behind Hitler. Czech could have beaten Germany, but was not able to fight all three. You may enjoy reading Carroll Quigley on this topic. What we are taught in school veers from the truth. Hence Churchill calling it the "unnecessary" war. He was very careful with words. It actually could not have happened without the intervention of the Conservative government, which is what infuriated Churchill so much. But after 190 years, that government will come to and today.
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Chamberlain screwed and abandoned Czech
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