The Broken Promise That Doomed The World To War | Impossible Peace | Timeline

[@BuzWeaver]

After re-watching WWI and WII documentaries these last few days, the similarities that lead up to the wars are eerily similar to what we're experiencing today.

[@metamorphicme9378]

Agreed. Do we ever learn?

[@safdarakbari]

@@metamorphicme9378 nope

[@safdarakbari]

Why is it that Europe gave us two world wars and now it seems we are on the verge of a third one, also given to us by Europe...?

[@BuzWeaver]

@@metamorphicme9378 We became complacent and our adversaries know Biden is feckless and ineffectual. They watched the disaster that was the Afghanistan exit.

[@inuyasha7108]

I’ve been experiencing this is exact same thing, watched a few days worth of WW2 documentaries and history is definitely repeating itself

[@maxheadrom3088]

"The blind leading the blindfolded" is a beautiful synthesis - even though it expresses a evil that happens way too often.

[@_barncat]

ernest becker has a clarifying explanation of humanity's evil

[@jukker95]

I think "in the devils dance" would have been a better ending for that quote, so that is how I am going to remember it.

[@bellumpraeparet]

3:07 The tragedy of decent men is to expect that others are also decent. The tragedy for the world is that authoritarians regard decent individuals as an opportunity for personal power.

[@fkjl4717]

Decent men should not be so naive.

[@bellumpraeparet]

@@fkjl4717 Yup. Decent men (and women) should be educated about the selfish, potentially-violent egotism of too large a portion of males.

[@bellumpraeparet]

@Min Tin Nope, never for no reason. Personal power and dynastic ambitions provide reasons aplenty for greedy authoritarians.

[@jaydouglas8170]

The GREAT decent men who recognize that authoritarians are EVIL will fight for decency. The only problem there is that in order to vanquish the evil, decent people need to be capable of otherwise nasty behavior. As Victor Davis Hanson points out, we can't win playing Marcus of queensbury rules.

[@bellumpraeparet]

@@jaydouglas8170 Agreed. “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.” ― Friedrich W. Nietzsche Happily, although first conceived to protect the powerful, laws and equitable law enforcement can be used to disempower malfeasants by isolating them from society. In other words, lock tRUMP and his cadre of thieves up.

[@ryanreedgibson]

The reason why Hilter thought Brittian would sue for peace was Chamberlain's desperation for appeasement.

[@teoteous]

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”― Edmund Burke. Sigh~

[@ryrify]

I say this every time someone tells me they don’t or won’t vote.

[@AFGuidesHD]

"A quote everyone can agree on regardless of what ideology they have" - Human.

[@josiabon4549]

@@AFGuidesHD biast quote so far

[@wlm7434]

@@ryrify "if voting changed anything, they wouldn't let us do it." -Twain Wake up, these problems are too big to be solved by voting

[@ryrify]

Twain was a satirist.

[@henrikschmidt3964]

I love documentaries that give me more than just the military facts. This was a good one.

[@strikerorwell9232]

+Henrich Schmidt They dont mention that the infratructure improvment and how the organized crime families were destroyed in Germany?

[@henrikschmidt3964]

@@strikerorwell9232 You always have to omit something. And why do you call me 'Heinrich'? You have only seen my name in writing?

[@strikerorwell9232]

@@henrikschmidt3964Oh? Sorry I didnt notice that? Anyway? They always exaggerate how "horrible" it was living under Napoleon, Stalin, Pinochet etc. Some good stuff and I mean wonderful stuff is always neglected to be mentioned by the historians even if it was tough for some people? You learn to appreciate the small things in life even under the French revolution and so on! I mean, they could perhaps enjoy some good cinnamon buns in the trenches in WW2? Its to much gloom and doom in these documentaries. Its called THE GOOD OLD DAYS for a reason.

[@woddletoddle]

@@strikerorwell9232 it’s not that the government were all bad. If literally everything they did was bad they wouldn’t be power very long. It’s just the fact you know... they were Nazis...

[@Hartley_Hare]

@@strikerorwell9232 He Made The Trains Run On Time

[@MrGringissimo]

This has been one of the best documentary series I have seen on KZbin. Great stuff and so glad I found this channel. Too many history docs rely on poor reenactments and hyperbolic pro-wrestling style narration. Glad to see someone making documentaries for curious, thinking people.

[@VincentRE79]

You need to also check out the "People's Century" documentaries on here, very interesting.

[@CadillacFleetwood68]

@@VincentRE79 - Thank you for the recommendation. Wow, the "People's Century" is a great series as is this channel.

[@VincentRE79]

@@CadillacFleetwood68 No problem. People's Century is superb, don't know how I missed it at the time.

[@jonathanbrennan985]

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[@kevinjohnson620]

Oh that’s a nice 👍🏿 p

[@DBEdwards]

This is one of the best documentaries I have ever witnessed regarding MUNICH. And believe you me, I have seen them all. This is a wonderful, enlightening exposé of the times. Thank you for posting.

[@jb8839]

This has to be one of the best documentaries I have seen on KZbin. Well-researched with insightful opinions.

[@Smudgeroon74]

There's 2 versions of what happened in World War 2 : "The Official History" and "The Secret History". Which version do you like?

[@leoa4c]

The best series you ever uploaded! It is unbelievably good!

[@angelsheart85]

People, you are truly making the best and most quality documentaries! You were talking about real things and important things and you reveal things we didnt know previously. While many bog broadcasting companies should truly be ashamed of so called documentaries they are making which neither consist of historical truths nor the written and video material which can back it up and alike. You are the only documentary makers I trust, honestly. Thank you for all this you brought to us and keep up the good work!

[@ralphbernhard1757]

It "started" quite innocently, way before WW2. *With a London policy.* I'm sure the British population and the inhabitants of Empire would have been happy if their toffs hadn't made Germany the enemy as a default setting. The best way to avoid going to war altogether, is to have leaders who don't make others "the enemy" as a default setting... [britannica(com)com/topic/balance-of-power] *According to London's own policy:* "Within the European balance of power, Great Britain played the role of the “balancer,” or “holder of the balance.” It was not permanently identified with the policies of any European nation, *and it would throw its weight at one time on one side, at another time on another side,* guided largely by one consideration-the maintenance of the balance itself." *The Germans, became "the enemy" because of where they lived and what they had (economy/power).* They took over this "role" from France, after 1871. They dared unite, and industrialize, and raise their own standard of living away from a purely agrarian society. Note: nothing personal. The policy didn't mention any names. It was simply "policy". *A few London lords made entire nations the "enemies" as a matter of policy.* It came first before all other considerations. It practically dictated how London acted (commissions as well as omissions) regarding 1) alliances 2) treaties (or no treaties) 3) non-aggression pacts (or no non-aggression per accord) 4) neutrality in a dispute (or when to jump in and meddle) 5) whose "side" to chose in crises (irrelevant of "right" or "wrong" from an objective standpoint) 6) when to engage in arms races 7) whom to "diss" and whom to "snuggle up" to at international conferences/peace conferences *Go over your history, and see its handwriting all around...* Enjoy.

[@huskywarriorsgrandad3805]

@@ralphbernhard1757 b Jr? Ĺ

[@alexanderrobertson5777]

History is repeating itself as we speak

[@Nounismisation]

Excellent with a lot of bonus, often ignored information and intersting arguements. Thank you for making this available to everyone.

[@krisfrederick5001]

I have seen countless works on the subject but this is truly brilliant. Footage I have yet to see somehow, quotes I've yet to hear and the quips from the narrator are just perfect.

[@cameronsavoie768]

All the amazing people we lost in the fight against evil. Their souls are were they want to be

[@jayneshipperley2541]

Really excellent documentary series, one of the best. Full of interesting facts, new photos and videos. Highly recommend

[@BK-uf6qr]

What chamberlain and the Munich agreement teaches us is that people are outcome determinative. When chamberlain came waving the Munich agreement the people cheered en masse. When war later came about, people criticize. No one knows the future and I was not alive at the time. Maybe it was more obvious that appeasement was not the way to go. In almost every foreign policy issue, we are presented with both basic sides. Peace or war. How far one will bend and “appease” to avoid war or be inflexible is the question historically presented to leaders and the people. Yet people only judge on the outcome and then decide whether the choice was correct.

[@MrTaxiRob]

This is a really good series as far as regular TV productions go.

[@KennyMcCormick99]

4sure... Between Netflix, a free movie app & KZbin, I dont even have/miss cable tv!

[@myaccount2914]

These types of comments do make me laugh. Who even watches regular TV anymore, other than over 50's? Regular TV is stuck in the past in terms of production.. all that fake drama and silly "celebrity" stuff that just appeals to an audience of the past.

[@superpayaseria]

It out does anything I've ever seen by far. On any channel in any era. 90's even which is a quote I think I've said maybe for the first time in my life. 90's owns every title, except a very very very small few, this being one of them. This channel is simply, and I mean so awestrikingly "THE BEST!!!!!!!!"

[@perttiheinikko3780]

One of the best if not the best history series I've seen in a very long time!

[@samcro6268]

I made it almost 4 years without catching covid. I found your page about a week before. For 3 days now I've loved all the videos. Thank you!!!

[@dustin628]

This "impossible peace" series really was incredible. I learned so much about a decade that is glossed over with the bullet points usually. If only France, and Britain to some extent would have been a lot kinder to Germany after ww1, ww2 could have been avoided.

[@mrpokefan8369]

The main problem was France. Bismark deliberately misused France in 1870 to unify Germany (after the victory) in 1871 and by the way took Alsace-Lorraine from the French. This has upset the French politics so much that they were not thinking rationally when preparing the "Peace Treaties" with Germany, Austria and Hungary. It was this revenge spirit that lead Maréchal Foch, French General of WW I, to make the statement "this is not a peace. It is an armistice for 20 years".

[@ronaldsmith4153]

Versailles insured another war? It was a bad peace deal.

[@constantinioan5425]

Thats what we are living now, thats why Macron said we do sanctions but we should not humiliate Russia.

[@stevejohnson6593]

​@@constantinioan5425Well, maybe, not everybody had nuclear weapons back then, so restraints were less serious.

[@debprobst330]

I wonder if the US stock market crash hadn't happened if WWII could have been avoided but nothing explains genocide and that's on Germany forever

[@MadHatter-cj8bh]

Watched all of the 'shows' leading to this one. Will probably go back and watch them again. Thought provoking. Will have to look into some of this more closely.

[@ralphbernhard1757]

It "started" quite innocently, way before WW2. *With a London policy.* I'm sure the British population and the inhabitants of Empire would have been happy if their toffs hadn't made Germany the enemy as a default setting. The best way to avoid going to war altogether, is to have leaders who don't make others "the enemy" as a default setting... [britannica(com)com/topic/balance-of-power] *According to London's own policy:* "Within the European balance of power, Great Britain played the role of the “balancer,” or “holder of the balance.” It was not permanently identified with the policies of any European nation, *and it would throw its weight at one time on one side, at another time on another side,* guided largely by one consideration-the maintenance of the balance itself." *The Germans, became "the enemy" because of where they lived and what they had (economy/power).* They took over this "role" from France, after 1871. They dared unite, and industrialize, and raise their own standard of living away from a purely agrarian society. Note: nothing personal. The policy didn't mention any names. It was simply "policy". *A few London lords made entire nations the "enemies" as a matter of policy.* It came first before all other considerations. It practically dictated how London acted (commissions as well as omissions) regarding 1) alliances 2) treaties (or no treaties) 3) non-aggression pacts (or no non-aggression per accord) 4) neutrality in a dispute (or when to jump in and meddle) 5) whose "side" to chose in crises (irrelevant of "right" or "wrong" from an objective standpoint) 6) when to engage in arms races 7) whom to "diss" and whom to "snuggle up" to at international conferences/peace conferences *Go over your history, and see its handwriting all around...* Enjoy.

[@dickmonkey-king1271]

But what is wrong with this policy? It largely kept the peace in Europe for the 19th century, and each European nation knew about it. 'The balance of power' included Britain itself, and its function was to maintain a peace, not to dominate another nation or keep them subservient. Germany invaded France three times in 70 years. Germany was a militant state and an active aggressor. If he wasn't, then he may well not have been the 'enemy' to keep the balance.

[@magneticabnormalmatter2174]

Just the thought that today we are Somewhat near to strange times like those ones makes the hair at the back of my neck straight.

[@westcoast20007]

Dumbing down society then Booom.. Look up Sheikh Nurjan mirhamdi

[@franks471]

Don't the riots remind you of a poorly executed krystalnacht or what?

[@bob494949]

How are we near? What nation is currently planning world domination and destruction of neighboring peoples?

[@willsilent]

Not prelude to war, but the vibes of Weimar Republic can be seen in the west

[@bobbowie5334]

We are living through *nothing near* those times. The *stock market* is priced for a Biden/Harris victory- and is _still_ within 90% of it's all time high. The *worst events* of the last 6 mos. would be at most a *page three* story in most newspapers if it wasn't an election year.

[@michaeladams9641]

What lessons for our world of today!

[@ItzAdam03]

Such a cowardly nation today can't even leave the house without a face cloth

[@DW51380]

@@ItzAdam03 lol 12 months on and they’re back

[@MG-ge5xq]

Very sad. But even today we are walking towards a situation of multiple crisis: the crisis of the two-parties-only US-democracy (leading nation in the 20th century but now in a clear decline), the crisis of the economy which is not willing to understand that the resources on the planet are limited and nature needs space for stability, the crisis of our natural environment that might lead easily to a worldwide total collapse of the eco-system (extinction of key-insects, poisoning of the oceans) with Apocalyptic dimensions, the man-made climate crisis, the crisis of human overpopulation.

[@mebsrea]

Overpopulation is no longer a problem outside of Africa and the Muslim Middle East.

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

@Steve Duke 😅😂😅😞

[@cardenova]

Look up ‘impossible peace’ for the episodes in proper order. The series comes as a playlist covering the interwar period (1919-1939)

[@MrShoic]

the people who made this documentary seem to have a severe lack of knowledge on the USSR

[@U2QuoZepplin]

I know very little about what went on in Spain during this period when British focus was on the western front and their allies in France. I seem to know little about this chapter in general.

[@tomlxyz]

Spain is quite strangely disconnected during that time with its internal struggle, yet also a "training ground" for fighters

[@janewilson2421]

Anyone else getting an eerie sense of history repeating itself...

[@pop5678eye]

What this documentary is wrong about is stating that the Munich agreement, as unjust and brutal as it was to the Czechs did not buy time. Britain was not prepared for war in 1938. Britain did buy time... for themselves. The mistake was they did almost nothing to use that additional time to prepare for war whereas the bought time allowed Germany to continue to build up their forces even further. One of the very reasons Dunkirk became a disaster for Britain was because they procrastinated. Imagine a student who was already granted an extension on an assignment still complaining they 'didn't have enough time' to finish it.

[@dickmonkey-king1271]

It's VERY expensive to prepare for a war. Especially when you are not certain that it will happen. And, especially, when you are an island protected by the world's largest navy and have no need to 'prepare for war' until a war has begun. You don't just spend countless billions preparing for something that might not happen when you don't need to. We were already defended, and we knew that we could build up an attack over-time.

[@jefftube58]

It must be remembered that when Chamberlain returned to England saying "I believe this is peace in our time," he was acting as anyone would, from the small lens through which he could see the world in his day.

[@sven_86]

This was an excellent series to watch, there was so much footage I had never seen before and very balanced attention to detail. Thank you!

[@paulzellman9632]

The Polish-German non-aggression pact of 1934 bounded both parties to resolve territorial disputes by peaceful means. Port of Danzig with 90% of Germans was under international supervision since 1918 but later occupied by Poland. The Danzig dispute started Polish- German war in 1939 and WW2.

[@tomlxyz]

The attack on Poland started after the Germans dressed as poles and made attacks on Germany, as a justification to attack Poland. The poles actually held their military quite distant from the border so to not appear aggressive towards Germany (which was also beneficial for Germany when they attacked because the polish military couldn't immediately defend)

[@rosesprog1722]

@@tomlxyz Wrong, Poland declared war on Germany on the 31st, and Germany invaded the next day. Poland, assured of victory by the British and French promises to come help became arrogant and suddenly refused to negotiate with the Germans after keeping them on the line for five years. Then the Poles started to kill ethnic Germans, 58K of them missing by the time Germany invaded, the Gleiwitz incident probably never happened.

[@barrykevin7658]

Not many lessons seem to have been learnt from this period of history in today's world !

[@DataWaveTaGo]

Excellent writing & narration!

[@muscuut]

I have watched and saved all this episodes for future reference.Well done.👍

[@johnwright291]

This made me aware of something I haven't thought of. The Munich agreement was very much the same as the Soviet german nonaggression pact.

[@a.p.3004]

Excellent, with great depth, and analysis, and at the same time keeping in line with that well spoken english.

[@rogersledz6793]

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

[@nomanvardag1]

Well written and presented.

[@wilecoyote5757]

Thanks!

[@indie5621]

An excellent documentary. It would be even better if you provide subtitles

[@benitocamelo4143]

Those last few minutes of narration are chilling. Great stuff

[@ronaldsmith4153]

Britain was not ready for war. WW1 had bled Britain white and another war would tear their Empire apart. Chamberlain was in a difficult position.

[@dannybeun948]

Fantastic reportage 👌

[@pratibhasingh7684]

Incredibly amazing !!

[@maxheadrom3088]

This is series is good. I've seen some episodes and have found some inaccuracies but it's overall well documented using historic images, masterfully narrated by Charlton Heston and beautifully adorned by quotations from great personalities who lived those years. I think it's a good source for anyone who want's to know more about the period but I should remind that using more than one source and looking for different points of view is always the best road - with this and any other source in any media.

[@lorettacadman8466]

I love this series !! My friends laugh & say I should be knitting !!

[@marthae9338]

It is not Charlton Heston narrating; it is a British/Australian man., called Rod Mullinar.

[@jrmckim]

​@@marthae9338 regardless he sounds like an old British Tom hanks

[@icksv5529]

The fact that you pronounce it "Duci" instead of "Duce" like the second "e" of "even" as it supposed to be pronounced, it makes that word so funny and with a cuddle/snuggle fx that right now I'm having a series of jokes and comedy sketches in my mind about Mussolini.

[@daguard411]

I find the senator from Louisiana's statement to be quite odd in that the state had held on to several laws from its era of being a French colony. The most notable, in my opinion, was that the offspring of a free person and a slave was free. The outlandish part that everyone seems to have overlooked is that the freemen of New Orleans organized not for the Confederacy, but for defense of their city. Due to that the Confederacy was actually the first to have Blacks fighting for it, and the first to have integrated units.

[@Ikaros23]

He was a radical racist. They’re goal is always the same in the south. Return of Jim Crow, and to use blacks as slaves or cheap labour. And also as a scapegoat/distraction for the hatred of the whites who are losers in the system who feel a narcissistic/entitelment for supremesy based on genetics not merits or human rights

[@lars-goranwillny42]

Thank you for an excellent documentary. But, please , skip the background music when narrator or the interviewees are speaking. In my mind it is either speach or music - but not in the same time.

[@googiegress]

Right! The easiest method would be to drop the music volume during speech. It might be too much to ask for a score built specifically for the doc.

[@bst_aadi]

Love and support from India 🙃🙃

[@HappytubsDoncaster]

Great series. Mark Felton is also amazing

[@bripenniman9491]

Its incredible how much conflict was going on, between countries, and inside the civil conflict of their own countries. In school we were taught basic stuff..but never this much info. I love history, and i enjoy teaching myself cause school didn't do justice by me.

[@TheFtw85bossczar]

Just seeing if any of this plays into todays issues. Or aligns with Albert Pikes plans for WWIII

[@paulopheim4224]

Phenomenal series. Thank you! I never liked Churchill, and now I even more understand why.

[@gregorystarks2514]

Politics is a difficult task that politicians who are greedy , incompetemt and immoral are not able to fulfill !

[@anthonyconino4362]

Agreed. This turned out to be a good Doc. Pretty awesome in fact.

[@hankwilliams150]

Excellent and informative all around. Diolch yn fawr!

[@legacyxlove]

I just love this guy’s voice.

[@Butros1]

Dude the quality of thus channel , muah!

[@Butterratbee]

It’s nice to see some people who actually realize that the League of Nations wasn’t bad like everyone acts like it is

[@soniama5246]

We find ourselves at the cusp again that 'world's gone wrong '

[@kidmohair8151]

11:31 which one do you think set the pace there? it looks pretty fierce... and which one broke out in a sweat first?

[@bobbowie5334]

Good point- democracy doesn't *die in the dark-* it dies without the *gold standard.* 47:38

[@leedamato1597]

that doesn't make sense, the gold standard was a terrible and outdated system. The subsequent obstinacy of the US to limit how much money they spend on the New Deal directly led to the WW2. They wanted to keep gov spending as low as possible, so while the new deal proved a solution it was not good enough. 10 years later, the US would spend 5x more for the war. If the US spent the money it did in the war on the New Deal, depression in Germany/across EU would have been alleviated, and very likely, WW2 would have been mitigated or averted entirely.

[@alanjohnson5847]

Ive watched this over and over. The writing is superb. But can anyone tell me the order in which they are to be viewed? The titles dont give any sense of the proper sequence. For example 1 of 10, 2 of 10 etc.

[@larim4445]

America protesting discrimination in a segregated country was insane and quite hypocritical

[@garenbennett7565]

MS St Louis

[@bricaf]

Wow, that is the best defense for the League of Nations that I have ever heard, pretty interesting.

[@AFGuidesHD]

37:50 "British outrage over two states pledging not to go to war with each other" but why, isn't avoiding war not what Britain wanted ?

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

There actually wasn't outrage in Britain or in France. 'Astonishment' would be a better description of the response, combined with a realization that a European war was almost inevitable.

[@armstronggermany2995]

No we don't avoid war at all costs. Germany threatened us and the world. Be grateful for our sacrifice.

[@quintus920]

Because it was practically a declaration of war on their ally Poland who they had agreed to protect, and wholly unprovoked at that.

[@shibainu6087]

@@armstronggermany2995 you plank

[@arvidalexatsinch1163]

Nobody wanted peace besides one party

[@kidfox3971]

It wouldn't have mattered, 1938 or 1939 the Brits and French were such timid cowards that it would have made no difference. Just look at September to October 1939, why is it that over a hundred British and French divisions didn't smash into the German screen on the Franco-German border while Hitler's army and most of his airforce were tied up in Poland for a whole month? They were cowards waiting for daddy America, too scared to take any initiative without us as usual. "If we did not collapse already in the year 1939 that was due only to the fact that during the Polish campaign, the approximately 110 French and British divisions in the West were held completely inactive against the 23 German divisions." -Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command 1939 - 1945

[@dalphon987]

So, England promises to never go to war with Germany again and then a few years later declares war against Germany and no one sees a problem with this picture?

[@williamberry8895]

They would've obviously invaded England anyway Dolphus

[@ItssEthan00]

Peace is just the calm before a storm

[@alexhodskins8426]

Loved this series

[@Kb0montty2]

Thank you for uploading these!

[@stevejessemey8428]

Humans.. “ we come in peace “ . An advanced Alien civilisation, “ I think I will pass thank you “

[@universalsaltcompany8846]

You are great. Thank you

[@stanleywong58]

This documentary purveys what has come to be the accepted view that is 20/20 hindsight and patently unfair. Ordinary people were still very much affected by the Depression and Chamberlain thought for them. In a sense, both Chamberlain and Churchill were brinksmen. One thought for the people and was prepared to gamble everything for peace. The other was a right-wing belligerent, prepared to gamble everything for geopolitics and war. Who would you rather have as your leader at any given time ?

[@Crashed131963]

WW2 ended the depression in America. The US and Canada were the only two countries that came out of the war in better shape than going into the war.

[@johnnybaxter1953]

I’ll take the one that saved my country, lmao.

[@bill5328]

We switched leaders timeously but the Versailles treaty is the real culprit, how can a nation live with its life sapped out of it?.

[@Petal4822]

The French should have been grateful to the Canadians, British and the US for liberating their cowardly country.

[@bill5328]

@@Petal4822 The French suffered, their cities bombed, they never wanted another WW1 fought on their soil. We British were somewhat protected by the English Chanel or we'd have faced the wrath of the Nazis. France lost more people to allied bombs than Britain did to German bombing.

[@Wildchild7374]

Netflix for history huh? Favorite line. Riding that wave 🤣. Great docs tho.

[@chriswilde7246]

After watching this very interesting series, you wonder what's crazy things went on between 1930-39. Yet today; with everything that's happened in 2020 including all the hotspots around the world etc, it would seem just one spark and the whole lot will go up, due to the complexities of many of these situations, there will be no backdoor diplomacy, nations will not be able to back down, with this the world population is again, through the roof. Best we tread very carefully.

[@youtubehatesus2651]

this series is very interesting and the film footage is amazing. I pause the video, very often, and try to imagine living in these places. what must those huge rallies have been like?? Can you imagine planes flying over with Stalin's picture? Yikes.

[@narendradharra9373]

liked and now I'll start watching

[@DJS11811]

This is really great.

[@worldeconomicforumbarbie9323]

All the worlds a stage. We are merely players. Performers and portrayers.

[@joejones9520]

that is why i keep to myself as much as possible, solitude defeats that observation...

[@ChristineHarvey-k7c]

Excellent and informative all around. Diolch yn fawr!. An excellent documentary. It would be even better if you provide subtitles.

[@robertewing3114]

Except by the blind, he says, pointing at Chamberlain, well think of this for blind, the holding high of the document is described as waved by what Daladier called The Idiots - the blind, and Chamberlain was not blind. The one question that has to be answered is never asked, all the rest of the history is secondary - and we know the answer indisputably, the document held high as part of the game, and MI5 could tell you that.

[@1JamesMayToGoPlease]

This is great! Well-done, and thank you :)

[@robertewing3114]

No more Munichs for me said Halifax, he said Munich was the lesser of two evils, he did not say Munich was appeasement - this documentary is a perpetuation of myths in this regard, as is typical.

[@earle2436]

Damn 20 years of peace would be unprecedented today.

[@maxheadrom3088]

There's an interesting documentary that debates weather Hiroito, the Japanes emperor, was responsible for the Imperial Army actions. The interesting thing is why Japan decided to become an empire - it all started when Japanese leaders saw the Chinese subjugated by the British. China is the Greece of Asia - the most important source of culture and philosophy in the region - and seeing the Chinese under British rule made the Japanese so angry and in disbelief they decided to become the British of Asia.

[@christopherdelgaudio9484]

My lord! the footage is really amazing stuff!

[@Nobodimportan]

Funny how trying diplomacy and talking to one another in order to save lives is stigmatised as “appeasement”.

[@janiekcarney5482]

Speak softly and carry a big stick. Never forget to make the stick.

[@jukker95]

I think '''in the devils dance" would have been a better ending to that poets quote about "the blind leading the blindfolded" so that is how I am going to remember it.

[@gregcampwriter]

The moment World War II become inevitable: when the Versailles Treaty was signed.

[@aaronrocs]

IDK about that, there was a WHOLE LOT in between that in hindsight could have prevented catastrophe. But that was definitely the start

[@Crashed131963]

ww1 and ww2 were the same war with a 20 year ceasefire in between.

[@jdsiv3]

no. that is always the excuse. The problem wasn't the Treaty, but the thorough unwillingness to enforce its terms because of British unwillingness to back France.

[@gregcampwriter]

@@jdsiv3 The French demanded punitive measures against Germany, as if Germany were solely responsible for the war. The British should have told the French to shove it.

[@bri5490]

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was hardly benign either. Russia lost 34% of its population, 54% of its industrial land, 89% of its coalfields, and 26% of its railways. Russia was also fined 300 million gold marks. According to historian Spencer Tucker “The German General Staff had formulated extraordinarily harsh terms that shocked even the German negotiator." For the Western Allied Powers, the terms that Germany had imposed on Russia were interpreted as a warning of what to expect if the Central Powers won the war

[@adamstalilonis8787]

Very well done. Thank you.

[@jack.p]

Just finished watching this for the second time all the way through. Fantastic production.

[@rocknroll368]

How could Chamberlain in Britian give away Czechoslovakia which was not his? How arrogant.

[@ralphbernhard1757]

24th August 1939 Stalin, "the enabler" rolled out the red carpet...

[@jamesricker3997]

He would later regret that decision

[@OutragedPufferfish]

@@jamesricker3997 How do you know?

[@slypear]

Awesome reference to "The Lady Vanishes"! It's even up here on the KZbin for those curious.

[@AFGuidesHD]

"A farcical pretext" oh that's funny, I thought self determination was an important democratic principle worth fighting for, no ?

[@hunterwatkins714]

Since when does self-determination justify waging starting a War of Aggression?

[@AFGuidesHD]

@@hunterwatkins714 when you're a plutocratic state obviously

[@hunterwatkins714]

@@AFGuidesHD Well, considering what Germany and Hitler's regime did, I think it was certainly justified going to war with them over Poland. Poland and her people would have been wiped out (80% were to be killed under Generalplan Ost)

[@AFGuidesHD]

@@hunterwatkins714 You can't justify contemporaries with something in the future. Do you think general plan ost would have even been thought about if Poland gave back Danzig? Im not so sure. I'm sure, had Germany military guaranteed Ireland and then actively told them to fight Britain and had such a war broke out would it all be Britains fault ?. Of course it wouldn't. Yet that's what happened with Poland and Germany.

[@doaftheloaf]

@@AFGuidesHD what politicians say and what they mean are always two different things. germany always intended to invade poland. i'm not sure they wanted to go west but they were always going east.

[@kbram7363]

Timeline is amazing