I agree! But I always tell my students to ask ..what happened before that? Remember that France had Alsace - Lorainne taking away from them and given to Germany after the Franco Prussian war.1871. Otto bon Bismark spread some misinformation😏 that was a catalyst .It was an important area for them. Mankind is a greedy warlike creature. There is always something that happened before.
I agree! But I always tell my students to ask ..what happened before that? Remember that France had Alsace - Lorainne taking away from them and given to Germany after the Franco Prussian war.1871. Otto bon Bismark spread some misinformation😏 that was a catalyst .It was an important area for them. Mankind is a greedy warlike creature. There is always something that happened before.
Yes, territories are always changing hands throughout history. The founding fathers warned us to stay out of Europe's endless wars and take no sides. We were advised to trade with all but make no treaties with anyone. I.E., to mind our own business and naught else. Good advice on maintaining peaceful relations with our neighbors, both international and our own residential neighborhood. "Good fences make for good neighbors."
In both WWI and WWII (which was really just one continuous war), the combatants on both sides were exhausted and the wars were threatening to fizzle out until the USG joined in the mayhem. In both instances, the entry of the USG into the war was like pouring gasoline on a smoldering fire thus propelling both wars to "world war" status and slaughter. Good thing we joined in or the military/industrial complex would not have been able to reap the profits they did from the slaughter.
I agree! But I always tell my students to ask ..what happened before that? Remember that France had Alsace - Lorainne taking away from them and given to Germany after the Franco Prussian war.1871. Otto bon Bismark spread some misinformation😏 that was a catalyst .It was an important area for them. Mankind is a greedy warlike creature. There is always something that happened before.
Yes, territories are always changing hands throughout history. The founding fathers warned us to stay out of Europe's endless wars and take no sides. We were advised to trade with all but make no treaties with anyone. I.E., to mind our own business and naught else. Good advice on maintaining peaceful relations with our neighbors, both international and our own residential neighborhood. "Good fences make for good neighbors."
In both WWI and WWII (which was really just one continuous war), the combatants on both sides were exhausted and the wars were threatening to fizzle out until the USG joined in the mayhem. In both instances, the entry of the USG into the war was like pouring gasoline on a smoldering fire thus propelling both wars to "world war" status and slaughter. Good thing we joined in or the military/industrial complex would not have been able to reap the profits they did from the slaughter.