Anttech said:
I wasnt playing stupid, I was goin on what you said! After the great war, Europe were not pacifist, the 'allies' were also hit hard, and were also regrouping. Yes there were mistakes made,but it was not due to pacifism...
nope, europ wasnt even rearming that time if my memory does not betray me.the war was a decision of the last moment, europ did not arm with the first nazi move, the armed when at war mostly.
i can understand th reason for pacifism, the price of wwI was very high, and to repeat such a thing is not easy at all, yet if europ react in the right moment much less would have died that time...
germany concluded austria to its borders, and then conquered by force terrains aroud poland, and then poland itself.
while at that time in western europe people were walking in the street with sign calling for pacifism.i remember how cherchill, before he was the prime minister, was talking about the horrors that are about to come, but he was totally ignored.
the russians made a deal with hitler, stalin thought that he would just be left alone.
france's pants fell right when they heard the first gun.
switzerland had its banks, and seemed to be well taking care of the nazi money.
and so goes for some other countries who helped a lot with production, my memory is not much capable then ill stop hereso well, let's see, most of europ pacifying,russia tries to avoid taking any side, america and england(less) want to agress the facist country...emmm jews being threated to death... hmmm that reminds me something, but i can't put my finger on it...
though i would not say that it is obviusly the same, its pretty much different, the circumstances are different, but there is a similarity, which should be an alert to us all..