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re: April 30, 1945 - The Death of Adolf Hitler
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:53 pm to kciDAtaE
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:53 pm to kciDAtaE
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I thought England guaranteed Belgium’s neutrality. As soon as Germany moved in and refused to leave, England declared war on Germany.
That’s the thing about neutrality. It isn’t broken until the country who is being violated says so.
Britain can’t declare war on Germany for breaking Belgian neutrality if Belgium allows Germany to use their roadways to get to France.
King Albert’s pride is what broke Belgian neutrality.
Kaiser -“Hey. King. We are going to come through your country to get to France. We don’t want to fight you. We don’t want issues with you. We do not want to subjugate you.
Just let us use your roads to get to France and we cool. If you don’t let us, we will force our way through and still do what we want. “
King Albert. “I know I can’t stop you. But, like, I don’t want you to do that so nah.”
Kaiser. “Bet. See you in 2 days.”
Belgian pride is what got Britain involved.
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You’re also assuming the Schlieffen Plan works to perfection and Germans go on to defeat Russia
Oh… you mean the Russians who were soundly defeated at tannenberg? I’m sure they would hold up even better against a united German army after the defeat of the French in the west.
This post was edited on 4/30/24 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:10 pm to beerJeep
I have heard many interesting arguments on who was responsible for starting WWI. Your Belgium submission is not one of them.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 10:25 am to beerJeep
Your viewpoint is not as crazy as it might seem at first glance.
In 1914, the world was still deeply embracing many 19th century ideas and values. In the 19th century and before, armies of large nations did occasionally march through neutral countries to get to a battlefield in a third country. Example: Napoleon's 1805 army marching during the Austerlitz campaign.
In 1914, the world was still deeply embracing many 19th century ideas and values. In the 19th century and before, armies of large nations did occasionally march through neutral countries to get to a battlefield in a third country. Example: Napoleon's 1805 army marching during the Austerlitz campaign.
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