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Applied History
Jan. 25th, 2017 11:59 amvia http://ift.tt/2jQWt6I:
There is a theory, and I think a very valid one, that had WW1 ended with the Allies fighting their way into Germany and marching down through Berlin, the nazis would not have come to power. A great deal of their recruiting appeal stemmed from the ‘stabbed in the back’ myth that Germany had not been defeated by the Allied powers at all, but stabbed in the back by their own people *coughjewscough*.
Had the Allied powers destroyed that myth and absolutely curb stomped Germany, regardless of if they deserved it (they did, but then again find me a major power who didn’t in that nutsack of a war) the nazis would have lost a lot of steam and given that their taking of power was a near thing, Hitler might never have been made Chancellor at all.
So, remember this, in the present day. Nazis only understand total defeat. Nothing else will make a dent on their Stahlhelm mindsets.
Kick them through bavaria, pummel them across the schwartzwald, march your victorious troops through their branderbug gate. Stomp their faces to Danzig and back and then, maybe then, they’ll get the message.
There is a theory, and I think a very valid one, that had WW1 ended with the Allies fighting their way into Germany and marching down through Berlin, the nazis would not have come to power. A great deal of their recruiting appeal stemmed from the ‘stabbed in the back’ myth that Germany had not been defeated by the Allied powers at all, but stabbed in the back by their own people *coughjewscough*.
Had the Allied powers destroyed that myth and absolutely curb stomped Germany, regardless of if they deserved it (they did, but then again find me a major power who didn’t in that nutsack of a war) the nazis would have lost a lot of steam and given that their taking of power was a near thing, Hitler might never have been made Chancellor at all.
So, remember this, in the present day. Nazis only understand total defeat. Nothing else will make a dent on their Stahlhelm mindsets.
Kick them through bavaria, pummel them across the schwartzwald, march your victorious troops through their branderbug gate. Stomp their faces to Danzig and back and then, maybe then, they’ll get the message.
