07-07-2006, 07:32 PM
Naughty teachers of yours. Churchill was right...repeat a lie long enough and it becomes the truth.
Germans started the 2nd war. Most people realize after they get over "I hate the krauts and they are eternally guilty until the end of time!!!" nonsense, that with a little bit of research they find out that a now defunct entity known as the Austro-Hungarian empire declared war on Serbia after one of their nationals assassinated a one Archduke Ferdinand. Alliances came into play and all kinds of neato political maneuvering and intrigue. When it was all said and done, who was the one country who had some money in their coffers to pay "reparations"?
And there you have it in a round about way....
Later!!
SB
Germans started the 2nd war. Most people realize after they get over "I hate the krauts and they are eternally guilty until the end of time!!!" nonsense, that with a little bit of research they find out that a now defunct entity known as the Austro-Hungarian empire declared war on Serbia after one of their nationals assassinated a one Archduke Ferdinand. Alliances came into play and all kinds of neato political maneuvering and intrigue. When it was all said and done, who was the one country who had some money in their coffers to pay "reparations"?
And there you have it in a round about way....
Later!!
SB