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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[tabletalk33]

Outstanding!  Spot on in every respect!

[neuralvibes]

China was in no state to colonize and explore the world. The Chinese were at the time not even aware that the Earth was a sphere, their cartographic and navigational skills were primitive. Also, their foreign trade system was archaic, being limited to tribute-taking and exchange of gifts. No inkling of capitalist mindset there. Zheng He was no Columbus or Magellan, he was just a court eunuch sailing along age-old trade routes on a mission to display the splendor of the new Chinese emperor.

[longlivelouis]

i say tried because look at where we are now lol Louis won the war like it or not You would not give louis absolute power so he gave us absolute freedom

[longlivelouis]

of course they tried to screw Louis thats a no no he ran the world mess with him mess with the world we see that now and of course they made hitler the needed something to get people out or rebellion mode

[Hippophilee]

What do you call "white-washed history books"? To my knowledge, what I wrote here is not written in any history book.

Besides, why do yo limit your judgement to Europe? Many non-European states were predators too, like the Turkish empire, Japan or various African kingdoms.

[chronotriggerfan]

Surprising? Do you even know what you're talking about beyond what you read in your white-washed history book? Western imperialism was the modus operandi of every large government of Europe at the time; there were no "aggressors" or "defenders", there were only land-grabbing empires vying for power.

America and Britain were the last proverbial men standing, and as they say, to the victors go the spoils... but might hardly makes right.

[Hippophilee]

Surprizing to see the old cliché of "the unfair Versailles treaty paving the way to WW2". In fact, the Versailles treaty was in line with the treaties of 1815 and 1871, which had obliged the agressor (France) to pay reparations. In 1914, the agressor was Germany, and everyone considered it fair that it paid for millions of victims, entire regions devastated and a record of war crimes. What "paved the way to WW2" was not the Versailles treaty, but the fact that it was not fully enforced.

[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]

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]

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.

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