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In Reply to: Today's ride - Down to the almost finished World War One Memorial posted by SamA on August 15, 2024 at 10:21:14:
Neutrality was reasonable. Taking sides was crazy. In Dead Wake, Erik Larson blames Winston Churchill for master-minding the sinking of the Lusitania in order bring the us into the conflict. It makes perfect sense.
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- I was taught that WW1 was a family squabble among inbred European aristocrats - Jay Buridan 11:13:46 08/15/24 (24)
- Nope , it was a policy of containment toward Germany by British Empire - Wojciech 14:50:13 08/15/24 (8)
- H. H. Asquith's decision to intervene changed the course of history - Jay Buridan 21:02:30 09/02/24 (4)
- It was the only one possible - Wojciech 22:26:04 09/02/24 (3)
- A majority of the British population were opposed to war in 1914 - Jay Buridan 12:27:11 09/03/24 (2)
- A majority is always opposed until it's not - Wojciech 13:54:16 09/03/24 (1)
- A majority opposed the war in 1918 - Jay Buridan 10:03:05 09/04/24 (0)
- RE: Nope , it was a policy of containment toward Germany by British Empire - JDK 01:16:02 08/16/24 (1)
- Naturlich - Wojciech 05:20:49 08/16/24 (0)
- Ukraine is dying for the very same reason . To contain "revisionists policies" - Wojciech 15:04:36 08/15/24 (0)
- I read the book. Larson doesn't blame Churchill. - ghost of olddude55 12:21:17 08/15/24 (3)
- I'll get it from my library and re-read it - Jay Buridan 06:32:08 08/17/24 (0)
- The strategy is called LIHOP (nt) - emailtim 14:57:11 08/15/24 (1)
- Or putting one's finger on the scale of destiny - Jay Buridan 06:34:05 08/17/24 (0)
- RE: I was taught that WW1 was a family squabble among inbred European aristocrats - tomservo 11:47:23 08/15/24 (10)
- If the Brits had stayed neutral, and not dragged in the US . . . - Brian H P 12:48:11 08/15/24 (9)
- The Brits were governed by inbred butchers - Jay Buridan 10:05:52 09/04/24 (0)
- Britain didn't drag the US in. American bankers provided the push. - ghost of olddude55 13:00:25 08/15/24 (7)
- I have some interest in that war - SamA 14:19:46 08/15/24 (4)
- Sad - Jay Buridan 06:37:11 08/17/24 (0)
- Either that or some other mining accident. - ghost of olddude55 15:17:49 08/15/24 (2)
- Indeed... - SamA 15:28:52 08/15/24 (1)
- Section of the Great Allegheny Passage... - ghost of olddude55 03:00:12 08/16/24 (0)
- Always the bizarre - E-Stat 13:54:36 08/15/24 (1)
- RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 - Jay Buridan 19:54:32 09/03/24 (0)