Legia Warsaw

Originally Posted by Cream

Though if we're going to tie this in with the EU we should probably also note that the yanks demanded a strong Germany in the west, and a strong Japan in the east, to bolster the dollarisation of global capitalism under Bretton-Woods.

The French indeed wanted German industry destroyed again, and had to be placated with leadership of EU financial institutions.

Uncle Sam wins the war for the fatherland.

Varoufakis explains:

https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2014/...e-euro-crisis/

Actually, I was only doing it to wind lawless up, but whatever

Is there a significance of it being the 73rd anniversary? Seems like a pretty crap milestone.

Originally Posted by Albert Tatlock

The treaty of Versailles caused huge resentment in Germany, especially amongst the working classes as it caused severe poverty and starvation. The rich elite Germans who caused the great war were relatively cushioned from this by their wealth. This resentment led to the rise of Adolf Hitler.

As so often, it was the middle classes who were pivotal. Not just much of their wealth but their sense of stability was destroyed by the post-WW1 hyperinflation, and though they recovered with the economy later in the 1920s they never again felt secure.

When the economy crashed again post-1929, the consequences were all too forseeable.

There are certainly some possible parallels now, with the growing insecurity of much of the West's middle class and the rise of the "precariat" - is Corbynism et al really a surprise?

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

As so often, it was the middle classes who were pivotal. Not just much of their wealth but their sense of stability was destroyed by the post-WW1 hyperinflation, and though they recovered with the economy later in the 1920s they never again felt secure.

When the economy crashed again post-1929, the consequences were all too forseeable.

There are certainly some possible parallels now, with the growing insecurity of much of the West's middle class and the rise of the "precariat" - is Corbynism et al really a surprise?

He's already stated he isn't interested in learning new things, comrade.