1. sillygoose

    If you told a German from May 1914 that 25+ years later, Germany would defeat France in a World War while failing to knock out Russia,what'd they say?

    They'd probably say that sounds about right. Remember before WW1 the French had been defeated relatively easily in 1870-71 while Russia was looking like a Steamroller by 1914. It was only after WW1 that the views of France and Russia flipped with France being seen as the major threat due to...
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