The Six Months That Changed the World | John V. Denson

John V. Denson discusses the world-changing events that happened between January and June 1919: disastrous decisions that resulted in creating a platform for Hitler to rise in Germany, the Second World War, and beyond.

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[RadioactiveBraunMan]

@RadioactiveBraunMan ... of the great opportunity wasted.

But as history has shown us many a times this is hardly uncommon. Remember the 14th century chinese emperor that decided that the chinese should not colonize and explore the world? Well, in-arguably the chinese paid dearly for the mistake of one man.

The world is full of such missed opportunities.

Anyway, staying closer to the issue at hand, theres a german video about 1939 /watch?v=G0ePTKIidL0&feature=r­elated

...man never changes...

[RadioactiveBraunMan]

@RadioactiveBraunMan The thing that is most ironic however, is the fact that through the events of ww1 the europeans sealed their own global decline. (More complicated than that, but I am not writing a paper on youtube :-) )

From a more global perspective it might have been favorable for the majority of people to see the decline of european dominance (which is now ending completely with the demise of the united states).

However, one is but left to shake ones head in disbelief (2/2)

[RadioactiveBraunMan]

@TheSmithDorian Exactly, the european powers (which the united states is a part of...) really got blinded by their immense technological advantage over the "non-white" world.

Lets be honest, the "whites" were centuries ahead in case of asia and millenia ahead from africa and the americas. Unfortunately, this lead to a unjustified sense of racial superiority which in turn spawned further nationalistic discrimination.

(1/2)

[TheSmithDorian]

@RadioactiveBraunMan 3/3

On top of all this there were the historical grievences between the parties that had built up over the previous centuries of European conflict. And of course there was a total lack of appreciation from all the parties going into it, of just how completely devasting the war would actually be - to winner and loser alike

[TheSmithDorian]

@RadioactiveBraunMan 2/3

Russia also saw Germany's strength growing and their increasingly expansionist outlook threatening its borders. They also had severe domestic social problems and saw a war as a much needed diversion for the masses.

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Germany was strong and wanted to expand. It felt hemmed in on land by Russia and France and at sea by Britain and thought Russia with its huge resouces might grow too powerful if not checked quickly.

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Austro-Hungary was just dying and desperate.

[TheSmithDorian]

@RadioactiveBraunMan 1/3

Yeah, as regards the causes of WW1 I think there was a feeling that conflict was inevitable at some time and each of the parties, for different reasons, thought that it was better to have it out then rather than later.

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France saw a strong Germany only getting stronger over time and threatening its borders.

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Britain saw Germany's naval build up as a threat and didn't relish the idea of a French defeat leaving German forces only 20 miles away the English coast..

[RadioactiveBraunMan]

@TheSmithDorian Agreed, a more defensive stance might have been wiser, just on a point of note, the spring offensive was actually not supported by the troops from the east. Scuddlebud has it that someone sabotaged the train tracks and thus, delayed the redeployment by several weeks, but its hard to distinguish fact from myth on that.

Yet, the problem with the first, and even the second world war, was the fact that everyone wanted it to happen, the Germans, the English, the French and the Russ..

[CivilizedMan444]

… Rubbish.

… Intelligent commentators would start by defining “Economics”, which must be “the Science of Fulfilling Consumer Desires Efficiently”.

… That would indicate that Socialistic Slavery and primitive Money Barter and Market Capitalism are NOT economic topics and should be ignored.

… Start your economic education by reviewing “The Revolutionary ConsumerCard Article”, then "The Great Pyramid, Why Was It Built".

[paulojeaga]

Hitler Caused World War 2 He could have renegotiated the Versailles treaty from a position of strength

[TheSmithDorian]

2/2

On 31st Dec 1917 Germany had acquired Russian assets and had most of the Eastern Army available. At this point when they were strong, Germany should have retreated to its borders and declared that they would take no more offensive actions.

The combined East/West Armies would have been a formidable defensive force and a serious deterrent to an Allied invasion of Germany.

Instead they launched the Spring Offensive against the Allies - total defeat came just a few months later.