re: The Fallen of World War II

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Seeing how Hitler came to power is something that has interest me very recently and it's crazy that the British and other folks let Hitler back out on the treaty of Versailles, and then invade Czechoslovakia all the name to keep peace and we wound up in war anyways. If these frickers would have nut it up to begin with, maybe they could've saved some lives.

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Crazy in hindsight, but understandable in the moment. Europe had never seen the likes of WWI and thought appeasement would make sure they wouldn't again. They severely underestimated Hitler. You are correct; had they backed Czechoslovakia instead of giving in, they could have stopped it then and there; not easily, but they could have. Instead, the treasure and industry of Austria and Czechoslovakia bulked up the German war machine who then got fine tuned invading Poland.

Hitler’s Circle of Evil is a pretty good series on Netflix that covers his rise to power and the leadership of Nazi Germany. Post-WW1 Germany and Germans were miserable and gave the opening for evil to take over.