St George of the Garden wrote on Jan 11
th, 2014 at 8:38pm:
I will get that book a bit later—thanks for mentioning it.
Yeah, war is not a stroll in the woods but it may be that WWII could have been averted.
Maybe a war is coming—when you read some of the disgusting posts in the ASs threads it seems some have forgotten the Somme Mud, the Holocaust etc. More Aussie lives thrown away at Gallipoli on an ill-conceived, badly managed (i.e. typically British) campaign.
Yes - some truly brilliant moves there in the teeth of machine guns and artillery - not to mention massed rifle fire. Krythia with the Second Brigade - attack over open country over a mile approach... Jesus God... Gallipoli - disaster after disaster and often without a good reason.
The Australians started to get it right once they got rid of the English heads... Monash had it down to a T.
Many condemn the brutality of the attacks on Iraq - better that than heavy casualties to your own.
WWII could have been averted - I think - with a proper handling of the peace, but once that 'stab in the back' took hold it meant that many Germans really believed that - maybe not the civilians of WWI but the army did.
Even Ludendorff called the day of greatest Australian advances 'The Black Day for The German Army' - the Aussies captured 25%+ of guns etc taken on that day over the whole front-wide attack. They were headed for defeat in the field - not at home where people were starving.
Hitler jumped on the stab in the back to get the old army guys on board and give the movement some muscle - but as I've been warning here - the main things were that the Nazis took control of the workforce, industry, rents, and everything else - as a 'National Socialist' state - promoting prosperity but reducing rights etc, and many people applauded it - including in Britain and the United States.
Same thing could happen here with the 'strong' government I've been raving about taking over and being applauded by many for doing so - and I don't mean Tony's Mob.
I'm just the messenger here - don't blame me or call me a Nazi.