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Piłsudski proposed to do preventive invasion of nazi Germany in 1935. At the time it would have been a walk in the partk. France and Great Britain declined beca
by ajuc 6y ago
Piłsudski proposed to do preventive invasion of nazi Germany in 1935. At the time it would have been a walk in the partk. France and Great Britain declined because they played "balance of power" and wanted Germany to be a counterbalance to soviet Russia.
WW2 and Holocaust were only possible because of all the egoistic diplomatic games all the powers played at the time.
- iguy 6y agoWhat happens in the alternative universe where the west crushes Germany in 1935? It seems really hard to guess these things. Do they have the attention span to keep it divided for another half-century until things cool down, or do the hawks get voted out as crazy people, and they walk away after a few years leaving simmering hatred? Does the USSR get its act together and finish what they failed to do in 1920? Perhaps on the same side as Japan since war in the pacific was also brewing... then we get WWII with different teams. Does the US still get the bomb first? Probably. Does the communism end up occupying the space nazism has in our culture, as the great evil, or does it still sound too tempting afterwards?
- ajuc 6y agoWell it's pretty unlikely it would end worse than WW2 and Holocaust.