Boy was I surprized how little I knew!!!

cirelaw · 03-30-2014, 11:12 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRcKpWZOalo Eric~

rolandtg · 03-31-2014, 10:25 PM

WWI bankrupted the great European powers.
We got all their gold.
That allowed for the US fully emerge after the war as a full-fledged equal for the first time.

Wilson was ill with what has been speculated to be the Spanish flu during much of the post-war negotiations.
It has also been speculated that if he had been able to be more active in drafting the Treaty of Versailles that Germany might not been subjected to such harsh reparations.
Which of course might have prevented WWII.. Maybe..

In many way WWI shaped the rest of the 20th century more than even WWII.

cirelaw · 03-31-2014, 10:49 PM

It definitly changed the maps. I think that its prophetic that the pull of one trigger started one world war and a press of a bomb release ended another! Or so we thought and still do! ~~Eric

rolandtg · 04-01-2014, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

It definitly changed the maps. I think that its prophetic that the pull of one trigger started one world war and a press of a bomb release ended another! Or so we thought and still do! ~~Eric

Small events can have big, big, consequences.

Even without the actions of Gavrilo Princip Europe would have found an excuse to go to war very shortly anyway.

cirelaw · 04-01-2014, 07:24 PM

I say words can be the deadliest weapon more lethal and permanent than bullets! One released from the silos of our mind in anger they can never be recalled, explained, excused or forgiven!! Avoid keeping your finger on the trigger! ~Eric

Sergio Natali · 04-02-2014, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

I say words can be the deadliest weapon more lethal and permanent than bullets! One released from the silos of our mind in anger they can never be recalled, explained, excused or forgiven!! Avoid keeping your finger on the trigger! ~Eric

I agree wih you Eric, but I'm afraid that the "finger on the trigger of the atomic bomb", so far seems to have saved us "ordinary people" another Word War; the risk is that this time IF somebody pulls the flipping trigger EVERYONE will pay the consequnces and not only the ordirary people that for centuries have only been gun fodder.

Sergio Natali · 04-02-2014, 03:04 AM

Dana,

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"It has also been speculated that if he had been able to be more active in drafting the Treaty of Versailles that Germany might not been subjected to such harsh reparations.
Which of course might have prevented WWII.. Maybe.."
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History of Europe would have been completely different, perhaps not that many desperate multitudes wouldn't have filled the squares of German cities

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"In many way WWI shaped the rest of the 20th century more than even WWII."
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The end of the WWII represented the birth of today's modern European democracies.

IMHO

cirelaw · 04-02-2014, 04:02 PM

My concern in the former USSR Whose minding the silos? Dr Strangelove maybe?

gunbugs · 04-03-2014, 12:08 AM

Watched the short film. Just wish they had used WW1 photos instead of WW2. Although the info was interesting.

Sergio Natali · 04-03-2014, 03:07 AM

Eric

I agree with you you're absolutely right, but just think how many aeroplanes carrying bombs are probably flying over our heads every day!

I would say that it's even more worrying the thought of today's state of Chernobyl nuclear pland dome that exploded exactly 27 years ago, look at the photos of that plant today and of he people that are still living near that place!

cirelaw · 04-03-2014, 08:59 AM

And then there was Chernobyl!! TKS and here it was~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JfdfGMO9wA

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Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Dana, Quote "It has also been speculated that if he had been able to be more active in drafting the Treaty of Versailles that Germany might not been subjected to such harsh reparations. Which of course might have prevented WWII.. Maybe.." Unquote History of Europe would have been completely different, perhaps not that many desperate multitudes wouldn't have filled the squares of German cities Quote "In many way WWI shaped the rest of the 20th century more than even WWII." Unquote The end of the WWII represented the birth of today's modern European democracies. IMHO __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

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Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Eric I agree with you you're absolutely right, but just think how many aeroplanes carrying bombs are probably flying over our heads every day! I would say that it's even more worrying the thought of today's state of Chernobyl nuclear pland dome that exploded exactly 27 years ago, look at the photos of that plant today and of he people that are still living near that place! __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

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03-31-2014, 10:25 PM	#2
rolandtg User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 479 Thanks: 389 Thanked 265 Times in 114 Posts	WWI bankrupted the great European powers. We got all their gold. That allowed for the US fully emerge after the war as a full-fledged equal for the first time. Wilson was ill with what has been speculated to be the Spanish flu during much of the post-war negotiations. It has also been speculated that if he had been able to be more active in drafting the Treaty of Versailles that Germany might not been subjected to such harsh reparations. Which of course might have prevented WWII.. Maybe.. In many way WWI shaped the rest of the 20th century more than even WWII.

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	It definitly changed the maps. I think that its prophetic that the pull of one trigger started one world war and a press of a bomb release ended another! Or so we thought and still do! ~~Eric

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	I say words can be the deadliest weapon more lethal and permanent than bullets! One released from the silos of our mind in anger they can never be recalled, explained, excused or forgiven!! Avoid keeping your finger on the trigger! ~Eric

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	My concern in the former USSR Whose minding the silos? Dr Strangelove maybe?

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gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 672 Thanks: 371 Thanked 1,202 Times in 407 Posts	Watched the short film. Just wish they had used WW1 photos instead of WW2. Although the info was interesting.

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	And then there was Chernobyl!! TKS and here it was~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JfdfGMO9wA