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re: World War 2 still boggles my mind
Posted on 11/22/21 at 3:48 pm to TheRouxGuru
Posted on 11/22/21 at 3:48 pm to TheRouxGuru
Southeast Europe was a powder keg. The Austro Hungarian and Ottoman empires were on the verge of disintegrating. Germany wanted to be the big swinging dick and England said Nah. France was itching for revenge over the 1870 Franco Prussian War. And Russia was Russia. The balloon was going up in Europe, the only question was how would it start. Serbia it was.
Pretty correct there. There was an expression going around - if you wish for peace then prepare for war.
Several good documentaries on Discovery channels point out that Germany expected to be in France before England could get there. They also expected the war to be over by the end of the year. Belgium threw a huge wrench in their plans by taking weeks to conquer versus days and Britian had time to mobilize. At the beginning of the war England had no mass induction for the military. It was essentially volunteer.
Pretty correct there. There was an expression going around - if you wish for peace then prepare for war.
Several good documentaries on Discovery channels point out that Germany expected to be in France before England could get there. They also expected the war to be over by the end of the year. Belgium threw a huge wrench in their plans by taking weeks to conquer versus days and Britian had time to mobilize. At the beginning of the war England had no mass induction for the military. It was essentially volunteer.
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Posted on 11/22/21 at 4:10 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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It’s hard to fathom a first world continent like Europe and its people being completely decimated
The first minute of the opening sums your feeling up well
Posted on 11/22/21 at 4:16 pm to Jcorye1
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If it ever comes out that the PRC engineered the virus and paid off a large portion of the world's politicians, we will see a war that could end the world
The thing about that is, it's already a widely known truth. We should nuke China out of existence but our politicians are all bought and paid for by China. Mitch McConnell is a prime example of that.
This post was edited on 11/22/21 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 11/22/21 at 4:24 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
What's crazy is how close we are to this. Think about that. The most evil man known.
Posted on 11/22/21 at 4:32 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
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World War 2 still boggles my mind
Some of the eastern front battles are truly unbelievable. Mobilizing massive army’s with thousands of tanks, aircraft, support vehicles, horses and then all the logistics of getting food, water, gas and materials to said army is just crazy. Logistical problems was one of the main reasons the nazis couldn’t take Moscow
Posted on 11/22/21 at 4:34 pm to JDPndahizzy
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Wait til we see what WW3 looks like….
Who was it that said, "We don't know what weapons will be used to fight World War 3...but the war after that will be fought with sticks and rocks."
Posted on 11/22/21 at 4:35 pm to grizzlylongcut
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We should nuke China out of existence but our politicians are all bought and paid for by China.
If you seriously think we should nuke China, you don't understand the concept of nuclear fallout.
The fallout alone would render both Koreas, Vietnam, Mongolia, parts of India, Afghanistan, Russia, etc. uninhabitable.
Posted on 11/22/21 at 5:48 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
If it was happening right now with sleepy joe at the helm we wouldn't hear a peep about it on the national news.
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