In Defense of WWII: Chapter 3 of 5

Hanson and Hitchens take on Buchanan's argument that Germany invaded Russia only because Britain under Churchill was determined to partner with Russia against Germany. According to Buchanan, had Churchill not refused a negotiated peace with Germany, Germany may never have invaded Russia and prolonged the bloody war for another four years.

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[KierenMan]

Part 4 and 5?

[nyomythus]

see Video Responses

[sttau]

Is the rest online ?

[nyomythus]

see Video Responses

[bestdionysus]

...his terrible, terrible thesis.

[PhillyDickinson]

Interesting topic, but it would be better if Buchanan were to be on this too so he could defend his thesis.

[TalksWithDirt]

Buchanan is blinded by his old ideas. All one has to do is real "Mein Kamph". It's all there. Redux of WWI, invasion of the USSR, stealing from the Jews, destruction of Poland, everything. To say that the Allies 'forced' Germany into these acts is fooling oneself on a grand scale.

[Neferazo]

@PhillyDickinson Agreed, this is really a butchering of Buchanan's ideas..

[MitchofSmeg]

churchill and the king were both trying to get the US in to the war and its a well known fact that churchill didnt want russia early on because he knew stalin would take all of europe and was the leader who wanted later to invade the balkans not normandy to knock the russians out the war by blocking them from germany then win the war without stalin.

[Andybaby]

Did they even invite him?

[PhillyDickinson]

That may be true, but it opens up an important discussion on the period.