Discussion on Historical War Decisions

We should learn from history that if your enemy thinks you are weak,

then you find you get into war by accident.

If you show that you are strong,

then the invasion doesn't take place.

And if Hitler had thought we were strong, then Poland would not have been invaded,

no, definitely.

Hitler did not wanna go to war with the UK.

He thought we wouldn't do anything about Poland, as we'd done nothing-

Hitler repeatedly said, "I do not want to go to war with the UK."

A- as, as-

Do you acknowledge that?

... as, as we'd done nothing about Czechoslovakia,

he thought we'd do nothing about

Poland.

We acknowledge that Hitler said repeatedly-

I, I-

... in public and through diplomacy-

No, no

... I do not want war with the UK.

You, you seem to be putting more trust in

Hitler than I would.

He said all sorts of things.

Just saying, he said that.

He signed an agreement with Neville Chamberlain.

Did he say that?

I really don't care what he said, because he said to N-

Okay

... he signed a piece of paper with Neville

Chamberlain saying he would not invade.

Okay.

I'm very surprised you're verging on defending Hitler.

I think this is not really what-

That-

... you want to be doing.

Yeah, I guess I'm just a secret Nazi.

Um-

All right

... I'm actually not a secret Nazi.

I'm reassured.

And hardly a public Nazi. I'm someone who tries to think

clearly about cause and effect.

Yes.