Excellent Summary Of World War I

[sid]

This is a very good read.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-s...h-anniversary/

[togor]

Should warn people that there is a favorable reference to the FDR administration near the end of the article.

[Roadkingtrax]

Should warn people that there is a favorable reference to the FDR administration near the end of the article.

Whoa whoa whoa...that's gotta be a Breitbart editor mistake.

[Vern Humphrey]

Hee Haw!

[dogtag]

I can sum up WW1 in three words - It was bloody

[Vern Humphrey]

The sun how it shines on the green fields of France
The warm summer breeze makes the red poppies dance
The trenches have vanished under the plow
There's no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now.

But here in this graveyard it's still No Man's Land
And the endless white crosses in testament stand
Of man's cruel indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation that was butchered and damned!

[lyman]

Germany, Austria and Italy are standing together in the middle of a pub when Serbia bumps into Austria and spills Austria's pint. Austria demands Serbia buy it a complete new suit because there are splashes on its trouser leg. Germany expresses its support for Austria's point of view. Britain recommends that everyone calm down a bit.

Serbia points out that it can't afford a whole suit, but offers to pay for the cleaning of Austria's trousers. Russia and Serbia look at Austria. Austria asks Serbia who it's looking at. Russia suggests that Austria should leave its little brother alone. Austria inquires as to whose army will assist Russia in compelling it to do so. Germany appeals to Britain that France has been looking at it, and that this is sufficiently out of order that Britain should not intervene. Britain replies that France can look at who it wants to, that Britain is looking at Germany too, and what is Germany going to do about it?

Germany tells Russia to stop looking at Austria, or Germany will render Russia incapable of such action. Britain and France ask Germany whether it's looking at Belgium. Turkey and Germany go off into a corner and whisper.

When they come back, Turkey makes a show of not looking at anyone. Germany rolls up its sleeves, looks at France, and punches Belgium. France and Britain punch Germany. Austria punches Russia. Germany punches Britain and France with one hand and Russia with the other. Russia throws a punch at Germany, but misses and nearly falls over. Japan calls over from the other side of the room that it's on Britain's side, but stays there. Italy surprises everyone by punching Austria.

Austria Australia punches Turkey, and gets punched back. There are no hard feelings because Britain made Austria Australia do it. France gets thrown through a plate glass window, but gets back up and carries on fighting. Russia gets thrown through another one, gets knocked out, suffers brain damage, and wakes up with a complete personality change. Italy throws a punch at Austria and misses, but Austria falls over anyway.

Italy raises both fists in the air and runs round the room chanting. America waits till Germany is about to fall over from sustained punching from Britain and France, then walks over and smashes it with a barstool, then pretends it won the fight all by itself. By now all the chairs are broken and the big mirror over the bar is shattered. Britain, France and America agree that Germany threw the first punch, so the whole thing is Germany's fault. While Germany is still unconscious, they go through its pockets, steal its wallet, and buy drinks for all their friends.

[bruce]

Gang warfare. Control of turf so as to control distribution and sales to buyers of whatever. In other words, it was a war to control sources of materials and markets, etc. About like every war ... run by and for the benefit of those who are in the money. When everything is over, everything is divided up according to the universal standard ... money. Cannot see that WWI was remotely concerned with ending war, etc. JMHO. Sincerely. bruce.

[Vern Humphrey]

When you say it was about money, that leaves a question -- why were the belligerents so willing to bankrupt themselves?

[JB White]

When you say it was about money, that leaves a question -- why were the belligerents so willing to bankrupt themselves?

To prove themselves a winner. It was in a sense a family feud and someone simply had to be wrong.

Lyman, you forgot something in that synopsis of yours. While picking Germany's pockets America said, "When Germany wakes up and finds out about this, we're going to have this brawl all over again"

[Vern Humphrey]

To prove themselves a winner. It was in a sense a family feud and someone simply had to be wrong.

Lyman, you forgot something in that synopsis of yours. While picking Germany's pockets America said, "When Germany wakes up and finds out about this, we're going to have this brawl all over again"

My point is, by continuing the war to bankruptcy proves it was about something other than money.

And yes, the Treaty of Versailles was merely a twenty-year truce, as Foche said. It virtually guaranteed a resumption of the war a soon as Germany could rearm. And one of the culprits was Wilson -- he could have set conditions for ending the war as a price for US participation, but didn't.