Message from @Platon et la MG42
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Reality is, consequences were clear
Consequences of lack of proper response to another German agression
i don't put the fault on them defense
but the fact is
It is well known that only complete fools get tricked with same trick twice (pre-emptive invasion through Belgium)
soviet union fucked up europe
Even greater and even more impossible fact
in fact, the fault is hitler's
is that British and France *planned in advance* that they will defend again in northern france and will repeat WW I
Which is utterly horrific
and deeper in fact, the fault is french's Traité de Versailles
You pledge to repeat the same completely flawed strategy because last time it ended with your pyrrhic victory
France didn't accept reality, tactitians were uncompetant
And partake no pre-emptive action yourself
It's par exellence the type of burreaucratic thinking common to Europeans
"stick with what worked last time"
Soviet Union is the result of all of that
Hitler-Stalin pact is the result of French and British incompetence
Which would have never happened have they only pledged to invade Germany as soon as it reoccuppied Rhineland, or mess with a neighbouring nation
All the beggining is Napoleon
They only had to pledge to do so, because Hitler would've never did all he did if he didn't observe complete lethargy
Well, Napoleon was in many ways a better leader than what followed
He was ambitious yes, but his "acts" were always backed up by rifles and boots
He was distrustful of burreaucracy
in Hearths of Iron 4, i invade earth cause it's cool
in the real world, this is stupid
Hitler paid too
like many other empires
Napoleon never really invaded countries just like that
It was a complex, but not entirely outrageous series of consecutive vents
events *
He left all major monarchies intact
In fact, he created some more, like Italy
Napoleon wanted for himself dominant spot in Europe and he wasn't the first or last European to try to do so
Napoleonic wars were mostly defensive, but the consequence was the spread of 1789's ideas
I don't really believe that Napoleon was agent of these ideas
Nor helped their proliferation
he was not, he stopped the mess in France, but he had some of it
His position towards revolution itself was entirely cynical
Funny thing is, while Stalin commited many great errors in his domestic rule