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Topic History of: WW1 & WW3 Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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wyot
A fair point well made Barney...
Barney
wyot wrote: My admiration for your knowledge is in direct conflict with my respect for your perspicacity...
Fine and dandy.
AJP Taylor, I am not.
Your opinion is also respected.
Not though, as much as your views would be.
hedda
I thought Trump may start a war before the next election. Warmongers always win.
Now I don't think he will because I reckon he's actually too timid and frightened of the consequences.
Besides, his rusted on fans..all he has to do is say he had a war and won and now he's made peace and they believe him
They already think he built that wall.
wyot
My admiration for your knowledge is in direct conflict with my respect for your perspicacity...
Barney
Archduke Ferdinand - heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne - was murdered on a Sarajevo bridge, today in 1914; along with his wife Sophie.
The perpetrator was Gav Princip, a Bosnian Serb - and part of a group fighting for a combined Yugoslavia.
War was immediately declared, by Austria-Hungary, on Sebia - and WW1 started - with most European countries joining in.
Tens of millions died over the next few years - with many other international scores being settled. Major conflict have a propensity to attract unconnected players, with their own specific agendas.
If east/west violence escalates soon - say, between Islam and the US - nations and organisations will be quick to join both sides.
Precipitating an even larger series of confrontations - in an even more catastrophic WW3. Perhaps, the final conflict ever...