Hi Gabriel, I completely agree with what U have produced. Those are the facts; I knew them even before the SBS telecast, after reading somewhere. What I have written is a simplfied version of the cause of the "War becoming a World War", as opposed to Frederick's version. Hence, U have not disagreed with me but supplemented my reasons, for the war. Well done, I could not have said it better. Nascy Caldeira.
--- On Mon, 16/11/09, Gabriel de Figueiredo <[email protected]> wrote: > Nascy, > May I disagree with you? > In brief, WWII was a result of stiff payments France > insisted Germany make, in reparation for the thousands of > "widows and orphans" left behind, and incredibly, for the > "heads of cattle and horses" lost in the Great War (WWI). > You'd understand what I'm saying if you had watched the > recent documentary on the Treaty of Versailles broadcast by > SBS. This, remapping the world divisions and with the loss > of the colonies, left behind a very chastened Germany, which > then gave rise to Hitler and Nazism, which resulted in WWII > in Europe (the Asian side was for a different reason). Of > course, a scapegoat was needed to whip up the uprising and > to ensure "loyalty", hence the hatred against the Jews, > incidentally many of whom had fought for the Kaiser in the > earlier war. > > It is for reasons to prevent resentments giving rise to > fresh wars that no "payments for reparations" were demanded > of Germany and Japan after WWII; instead these two nations > were assisted by the world to recuperate and rebuild, with > some provisions banning the two nations from holding armed > forces for a period. > > Gabriel. __________________________________________________________________________________ Win 1 of 4 Sony home entertainment packs thanks to Yahoo!7. Enter now: http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/
