12-14-2016, 03:56 AM
@RiverNotch wrote:
In fact, I am excessively careful, even nastily precise. From the Armistice to the Versailles Treaty, Germany no longer resisted militarily but the Allied navies continued their blockade... resulting in continued famine and death among German civilians. This, as much as the Versailles terms or any mythical "stab in the back," caused the sense of grievance which led to the Second World War.
We're now in the cetennial of the Great War - hard to believe it was that long ago, seems much more contemporary than the American Civil War did in 1963.
Quote:Police shoot volleys on this day
each year in my town’s graveyard, blanks
to symbolize an armistice - ....just as I felt what the speaker meant in separating armistice from peace, beyond any semantic tensions or specific references. I guess I'm now fine with the piece not treating that bit of history with as much care.
not peace.
In fact, I am excessively careful, even nastily precise. From the Armistice to the Versailles Treaty, Germany no longer resisted militarily but the Allied navies continued their blockade... resulting in continued famine and death among German civilians. This, as much as the Versailles terms or any mythical "stab in the back," caused the sense of grievance which led to the Second World War.
We're now in the cetennial of the Great War - hard to believe it was that long ago, seems much more contemporary than the American Civil War did in 1963.
Non-practicing atheist