re: OT History Board: 100 Years ago, every American Soldier recieved this letter

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Theres a good argument to be had that if America/Britain had not entered WW I, Europe would have been better off afterward because WWII doesnt happen.

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I doubt that very highly. Both sides held very socialistic viewpoints in the war, especially the French and Germans. I think all that would've happened is you would've swapped a Third Reich for another French Revolution.

You've gotta remember, Germany already held French territory after 1870 and the French hated them for that. What do you think would happen if the Germans took over all of France? What do you think would happen if the Germans took over all of Europe and broke Russia up?

At that point in time, a general European conflict happened about once every 50 years, WWII would've happened either way.

Now, do I think that had the Schlieffen Plan worked and the Germans actually stuck to it in the beginning that a lot less people would've died? Hell yes I do. But the Germans' actions in Belgium turned the entire European state against them. Except for Austria-Hungary. The London Pact was signed by Great Britain, France, and Russia in direct response to Germany's actions in Belgium.

Perhaps if The Germans were not defeated in the first then Hitler is unlikely to rise to the power he held Hitlers belief that the Russians had to be exterminated is what lost them WWII.

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Ya, but at 32 years old, I write everything in cursive, ie my work notes. If I wrote in print it would take me forever.

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Brah...do you even shorthand?

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Then WW2 said "hold my beer"

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To be fair they were kinda the same war.

That fired me up and I'm sitting behind a keyboard half asleep.