While I Wait

[Jon Shafer]

I actually like World War I quite a lot. Well, besides the part once you get the the trench warfare of 1915 onwards. Other than that (the initial German offensive, and operation in the East), I find that World War I is a very interesting topic. I have a book set on the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI and WWII.

Ahhh, have those sucked up quite a lot of my time.

 

[Jon Shafer]

The Allies knew how much of a blow it would be for the Germans to lose their second front... they would have won either way if that had been the case for most of either war.

Originally posted by Nikolai
I for one had heard about this. It's long time since I read it, but IIRC, the western powers sent some military units to Russia to help the "white"(royalists), but because the populace in their homelands was tired of war, they had to stop sending help. That sums it up, right?

Yes, despite the communist revolution still went on for quite a bit longer anyways.

 

[Jon Shafer]

Versailles was designed to punish Germany. Instead, it just embittered them, and made them want to get revenge and power more than before.

So, in retrospect, yes, it was rather stupid.

 

[Jon Shafer]

All in all it was a diplomatic fiasco.

But we know this.

 

[Jon Shafer]

It's as much the fault of Europe for setting the stage for World War II, and allowing Germany to gain strength by appeasing Hitler.

 

[Jon Shafer]

That in addition to a few other things.

Gee whiz, let's strip Germany of its army and West Prussia, shave its entire eastern border, occupy the Saar and Rhineland, give it reparations of 33 billion dollars to pay, and make it take full responsibility for a war that was as much the fault of France as it was of Germany.

 

[Jon Shafer]

As does giving Texas *cough*back*uncough* to Mexico makes sense to me.

 

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by JoshWeber
OK. I'm on my way to Colorado right now . . .

Come now, you really want to rejoin the mother country dontcha?

 

[Jon Shafer]

Neither can the flood of Mexicans back to their homeland.