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How Hitler Humiliated France
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“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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That was the French doing. Merka and many UK officials felt the treaty was too harsh. John Maynard Keynes thought the economics made no sense, and were far to onerous. The French, of course, criticized the treaty for not going far enough....Scot Dutchy wrote:The Treaty of Versailles paved the way for Hitler's rise to power.Rum wrote:As a matter of historical fact of course Germany felt humiliated by the settlement after WW1. They had some justification for feeling so too - a fact that Hitler took great advantage of. It goes some way to explaining the glee he obviously felt after the French surrendered.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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the Germans had only themselves to blame for the treaty of Versailles, what they did in the wake of hte 1870 war fully warranted it.
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You related to Marshall Foche?Svartalf wrote:the Germans had only themselves to blame for the treaty of Versailles, what they did in the wake of hte 1870 war fully warranted it.
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There were no innocents in in WW1. You were all colonial empires, and nobody was in the right. Austria invaded Serbia over a terrorist assassination, Russia came to the aid of its ally Serbia and attacked Austria, Germany sided with Austria-Hungary, and the French and the Brits came in on the side the Russia. This was not a good vs. evil war. This was a shifting of chess pieces by colonial empires trying to secure their dominance.Svartalf wrote:the Germans had only themselves to blame for the treaty of Versailles, what they did in the wake of hte 1870 war fully warranted it.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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Svarty was not talking about WWI.Forty Two wrote:There were no innocents in in WW1. You were all colonial empires, and nobody was in the right. Austria invaded Serbia over a terrorist assassination, Russia came to the aid of its ally Serbia and attacked Austria, Germany sided with Austria-Hungary, and the French and the Brits came in on the side the Russia. This was not a good vs. evil war. This was a shifting of chess pieces by colonial empires trying to secure their dominance.Svartalf wrote:the Germans had only themselves to blame for the treaty of Versailles, what they did in the wake of hte 1870 war fully warranted it.
Although It was France that physically started the 1870 war against Prussia, it was Bismarck's manoeuvring that ensured it would.
That said, without the bloody-minded French vindictiveness and revanchism, manifest in the Versailles Treaty and echoed by Svartalf, there would not have been a second World War.
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How so? The Treaty of Versailles ended WW1.Hermit wrote:Svarty was not talking about WWI.Forty Two wrote:There were no innocents in in WW1. You were all colonial empires, and nobody was in the right. Austria invaded Serbia over a terrorist assassination, Russia came to the aid of its ally Serbia and attacked Austria, Germany sided with Austria-Hungary, and the French and the Brits came in on the side the Russia. This was not a good vs. evil war. This was a shifting of chess pieces by colonial empires trying to secure their dominance.Svartalf wrote:the Germans had only themselves to blame for the treaty of Versailles, what they did in the wake of hte 1870 war fully warranted it.
Sure, but the issue is whether Germany had it coming to them in the Treaty of Versailles, ending WW1. Since none of the countries had a moral high ground over any other, the only reason Germany got pegged in the Treaty of Versailles is because they lost, not because they had it coming to them.Hermit wrote: Although It was France that physically started the 1870 war against Prussia, it was Bismarck's manoeuvring that ensured it would.
Exactly -- but, France and the UK were no more innocent with respect to WW1 than the other colonial powers.Hermit wrote:
That said, without the bloody-minded French vindictiveness and revanchism, manifest in the Versailles Treaty and echoed by Svartalf, there would not have been a second World War.
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The Versailles Treaty created the Weimar republic which broke Germany. The French were greedy.
The WW1 was created by bored generals who had not fought for years and wanted to test their armies.
In the film "O What a Lovely War" I think the sentiment is expressed very accurately.
The WW1 was created by bored generals who had not fought for years and wanted to test their armies.
In the film "O What a Lovely War" I think the sentiment is expressed very accurately.
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Even so, the could not look into the future and revenge for the horrors of WW1 was understandable, if not the smartest thing as it turned out.Forty Two wrote:How so? The Treaty of Versailles ended WW1.Hermit wrote:Svarty was not talking about WWI.Forty Two wrote:There were no innocents in in WW1. You were all colonial empires, and nobody was in the right. Austria invaded Serbia over a terrorist assassination, Russia came to the aid of its ally Serbia and attacked Austria, Germany sided with Austria-Hungary, and the French and the Brits came in on the side the Russia. This was not a good vs. evil war. This was a shifting of chess pieces by colonial empires trying to secure their dominance.Svartalf wrote:the Germans had only themselves to blame for the treaty of Versailles, what they did in the wake of hte 1870 war fully warranted it.
Sure, but the issue is whether Germany had it coming to them in the Treaty of Versailles, ending WW1. Since none of the countries had a moral high ground over any other, the only reason Germany got pegged in the Treaty of Versailles is because they lost, not because they had it coming to them.Hermit wrote: Although It was France that physically started the 1870 war against Prussia, it was Bismarck's manoeuvring that ensured it would.
Exactly -- but, France and the UK were no more innocent with respect to WW1 than the other colonial powers.Hermit wrote:
That said, without the bloody-minded French vindictiveness and revanchism, manifest in the Versailles Treaty and echoed by Svartalf, there would not have been a second World War.
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Tell Hermit to Foche off, Svarty...Hermit wrote:You related to Marshall Foche?Svartalf wrote:the Germans had only themselves to blame for the treaty of Versailles, what they did in the wake of hte 1870 war fully warranted it.
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Why should I be, Clémenceau was the guy behind the treaty. and no, I'm just saying that Bismarck's manoeuvering and the conditions for peace he decided on after the Versaillais crushed la Commune are what made France such a German hating people when our traditional enemies wer england and spain.Hermit wrote:You related to Marshall Foche?Svartalf wrote:the Germans had only themselves to blame for the treaty of Versailles, what they did in the wake of hte 1870 war fully warranted it.
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NOT NEARLY ENOUGH !
Besides, I think it would be more accurate to say Hitler was 'rather mean' to the (less than) half of France that didn't abjectly capitulate.
I wonder how French people feel about the very few people that actually fought against the occupation I mean, they made life so uncomfortable for the vast majority of Quislings
Besides, I think it would be more accurate to say Hitler was 'rather mean' to the (less than) half of France that didn't abjectly capitulate.
I wonder how French people feel about the very few people that actually fought against the occupation I mean, they made life so uncomfortable for the vast majority of Quislings
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Clémenceau and the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes were among the most vindictive negotiators at Versailles, but neither was as extreme as Foch, who advocated the annexation of all German lands left of the Rhine. He was overruled by the rest of the allies.Svartalf wrote:Why should I be, Clémenceau was the guy behind the treaty.Hermit wrote:You related to Marshall Foche?Svartalf wrote:the Germans had only themselves to blame for the treaty of Versailles, what they did in the wake of hte 1870 war fully warranted it.
Since you mentioned the Paris Commune, let me comment that its defeat by the French army perfectly illustrates the vindictive streak among the French. After the fighting ceased several hundred communards were summarily executed, but the execution of prisoners began a week earlier. Estimates range from 6000 to 20,000 French citizens killed by French citizens. When captured communards were paraded through the streets of Paris lined with respectable members of the French bourgeoisie, women took out their hat pins and inserted them into the bodies of the prisoners. The parade turned into an impromptu gamut. That's the way of cowardly fighters whose war is won by others on their behalf, and they unexpectedly, one might argue, undeservedly, find themselves on the winning side. You're just echoing the traditional French sentiment. Happy Vichy day.
I do respect you for not trying to portray the vindictiveness as just, and merely commenting that it is understandable instead. Understandable it may be. Smart it certainly is not. The past 70 years demonstrate that France and Germany can be good neighbours, genuinely cooperative and devoid of standoffishness. If Clémenceau, Hughes, Foch et al had been seen that as a possibility in 1918/9, the greatest 20th century catastrophe would have been avoided.
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It may have reduced the chances, but there were many more historical forces leading to the Nazis and WW2 than the hard-line against Germany taken at the end of WW1...Hermit wrote:
If Clémenceau, Hughes, Foch et al had been seen that as a possibility in 1918/9, the greatest 20th century catastrophe would have been avoided.
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