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> See the German invasion of Austria. Oh, please. Anschluss isn't even remotely comparable to the possible China - Taiwan situation. If you meant that about th
by type0 5y ago
> See the German invasion of Austria.
Oh, please. Anschluss isn't even remotely comparable to the possible China - Taiwan situation. If you meant that about the reaction of other countries i think you can't really draw any meaningful parallels there either.
- Apocryphon 5y agoThey could have been referring to the German invasion of democratic Czechoslovakia, after which the British and French did nothing.
- btilly 5y agoOh please, yourself. Winston Churchill wrote an excellent series on WW II and the invasion of Austria was one of the key points that WW II could have been prevented. The fact that Britain and France failed to enforce the Treaty of Versailles after Hitler's violations demonstrated to Hitler that he could continue violating the treaty and nobody would stand up to him. That is why, when Germany decided to invade Poland, they didn't expect that Britain and France would actually fight. And the cowardice that they had seen displayed left them convinced that Britain would quickly sue for peace when put to the test. Furthermore HAD Britain and France responded with force in 1938, Germany wasn't ready and would have backed down. In fact the big reason why Germany wanted Austria was to secure Austrian steel that Germany needed for war manufacturing. If you put a line in the sand and your enemy crosses it without consequence, you shouldn't expect that they will believe your next line in the sand, no matter how strongly worded your statement is.