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Indeed. Choose peace if possible instead of rushing into war. Nothing that happened in the Balkans was important to the UK.
by throwaway48476 2y ago
Indeed. Choose peace if possible instead of rushing into war. Nothing that happened in the Balkans was important to the UK.
- WillPostForFood 2y agoNothing important Sudetenland, nothing important in Austria, nothing important in Poland. They tried your strategy in the 30s and it was not a success.
- throwaway48476 2y agoAre the Sudetenland, Austria, and Poland in the Balkans?
- nine_k 2y agoPossibly Balkans themselves were not important. The trade routes in Mediterranean likely were. Also, there was a complex web of international treaties and alliances that eventually pulled the UK into the war.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoThis was back in the day when alliances, particularly European ones, meant something.
- nine_k 2y agoAlso, family ties. European monarchs were a really tight bunch. For instance, the tzar of Russia and the king of the British Empire at the time of WWI were brothers.
- sofixa 2y ago> For instance, the tzar of Russia and the king of the British Empire at the time of WWI were brothers. They were first cousins, along with the German Kaiser they went to war with.