Think Mrs May how Hitler came to power post 1918

I write as my wife goes off on a trip round WWI battlefields. For why I do not know. It was an avoidable  war our military political elite got us into. Ask how many politicians or Generals lost their lives in that conflict? Precious few compared to the million plus dead British squaddies and junior officers..

There was never a peace treaty signed. The German army was not a defeated force. The ordinary German soldiers felt they had been betrayed by their political and military leadership. Sound familiar? It does to me.

Post 1918 a German leader arose and harnessed the feelings of betrayal of the ordinary German people. He was helped by a French political desire to punish the evil Germans.. If you  replace the word Germans by Brits 2018 feels like a rerun of  1918.

An out of touch bullying Franco Prussian political class is not new. Hollywood made a great film about it in 1957, Paths of Glory,The story is summarised below

During World War I, commanding officer General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his subordinate, General Mireau (George Macready), to attack a German trench position, offering a promotion as an incentive. Though the mission is foolhardy to the point of suicide, Mireau commands his own subordinate, Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas), to plan the attack. When it ends in disaster, General Mireau demands the court-martial of three random soldiers in order to save face.

It was a great anti war film and so critical  of the French military  elite it was banned from being shown in France for 25 years.The French have not changed as Barnier displays today..

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