Comment on Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2

captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Then you need to dramatically reread your history. The Nazis were pretty ready to share the world with the British Empire and absolutely would’ve preferred to not get into it with them anytime soon but Britain decided it was going to do total war to prevent the Nazis overtaking mainland Europe.

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  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They said something similar to the Russians.

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    • kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This isn’t based on sketchy diplomacy at the time, this is based on private writings gone over by historians. Also, Britain declared war on Germany in response to the war in Europe, not the other way around…

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      • scratchee@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Right, but to be fair Britain had no access to the nazi leaderships’ private writings at the time, and really couldn’t be sure if they felt that way, and we can’t be sure the nazis might have changed their minds in the face of a meeker and weaker British response.

        So overall, I think perhaps the British response was pretty close to forced out, despite the theoretical full knowledge scenario of coexistence.

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