Re: LOTR and 20th Century Western European Prejudices

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:14:25 +0100, Öjevind Lång <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"phil hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> So the equation "Versailles leads to WW2" is simply wrong, IMO.
>
>The truth of the matter is that few Germans really liked democracy during
>the years of the Weimar Republic (they preferred various authoritarian or
>totalitarian political systems), and that a big and influential portion of
>them would not have accepted *any* peace in which Germany was the loser and
>had to make concessions, no matter how mild they were. Simply put, from 1918
>onwards they were working towards the goal of a new war which they meant to
>win.

No.

When Hitler started the war in 1939, the mood in Germany was unhappy 
and worried: they expected another bloody disaster. It's unlikely 
that any leader other than Hitler would have been as aggressive.


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