If like me you've studied History, todays news about Trump, Putin and Ukraine then the 1938 Appeasement between the British Isles and Germany will leap out at you.
It was a foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiations to prevent war. Britain's failed policy against Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, resulted in no action was taken and Britain sought to accommodate Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 and took no action when Germany absorbed Austria in 1938. When Hitler prepared to annex ethnically German portions of Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain, our then, Prime minister negotiated the notorious Munich Agreement.. which permitted Germany to the annexation of Sudetenland in Western Czechoslovakia. Then the Czech Government were asked to cede the Sudetenland to Germany. Sound familiar? There was even a meeting of the main European countries, but not including Czechoslovakia, to come to some sort of agreement which was reached on Hitlers terms!
Much of Europe celebrated the Munich Agreement, but it came to be known as a byword for the futility of appeasing expansionist totalitarian states.
The one thing in our favour is Trump doesn't like Starmer so I'm hoping if we Britain have to take sides, we group with Australia, New Zealand and Canada.. together we'd be stronger than Europe.
My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine and President Zelensky, who America has told 'to tune down his words!' I just can't believe what's being said.. he said he's KING, who's he kidding???
Chrisxx
6 comments:
People don’t learn from their history… and most of those in our parliament don’t even know our history!!! I despair!
I didn't take much notice of history lessons at school, and when I left I was too busy earning a living. Mr S is following orders, even he doesn't know what will happen next. His agenda is dictated to him. All he has to do is make promises which can easily be broken, and fall in line with those who have the power to elevate him to a higher position on the worlds stage. To put it bluntly, he is a creep. History throws up some clues, but we can't keep looking back to try and figure out the future. People are just trying to live their lives as best they can.
I do wonder what Mr Trump studied in school
Oh dear, I despair at what is going to happen.
It is scary being next door to that man who is talking about this country as the 51 U.S. state.
As a Canadian I am appalled by what is happening all over the world. Surely history taught lessons, but I fear there are those who did not listen and care only for themselves.
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