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The supreme irony of World War II-<strong>and</strong> its great lesson-
Is that the slaughter was brought on
by pacifism as much as by militarism .
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WORLD WAa n tsas bnth the mutt whenhemmmittedthecrucialviolanecesttmmdthcmustumteccssarvnf
donofthcTrexnofVersaillesin 1936
ssam.Itoasdcsperarelvimpoaantto by rcmiliraiizing the Rhind<strong>and</strong> He
win that war~rnd the Western de- said al ¢he rimc "We ehall now see
mocmcics came de,speratclv clnse to rvhedxr or nur the Fmnch has'e real
losing it-becauu the vierory of Hir- statesmcn ; ifsn thev will not give us
Ier<strong>and</strong>hisallieswottldhavemeantrhe mtte, <strong>and</strong> will tnll upon u .v° Hu
etdofnnythingwithanymotalprc- troopshadortlmmrctreatatd~elnsc
ten.ve to ivilir don, hmvever much sign of French ntilitary acdou, such
modern rechuolog?mitebt have stn- was the balance of miGtary powqat
vitrcd to sene such puq>oscs a mass the time . Hiders darotg gamhlq
extenninaGons of svhnlc pcoples, mhich visibly unnenA his urrm gen-
Yet World War If was unnecessary crals, was hased on his asscssment of
in
the sense in which Winston Chur- FmncYs lack nf wilL
cltill said of it at the end-"fhere o^ae The )apanesc were equallv aware
never a uvr in all Itisrarv wsier to thatrhevwerenomaechlitrrhe0uic
picrcntbydmclvactionrlnntheone cd States mllitanly when they
which h.is just dcsolated such great bombed &arlHarbur.Tlteygamblcd
areas of the globt ." The reason whv that Nneriqsns did not have what it
the war xzs not prevented had mudt takes m stay the comsc for a long <strong>and</strong>
to do with the reason why rhe West dilTicolt wa. A generation larcr, thae
ame so dosc ro losjng it . A svhole gamble might have paid off .
vision ofwar <strong>and</strong> peace waz involvcd The German remilicuization of
then, <strong>and</strong> that vision is still zlive <strong>and</strong> the Rltinel<strong>and</strong> in 1936 svas what
melltodav,unchasmnedbyitsmonu- madetherestoftheNaziprztgramof
mentalfsilurainthcycaisleadingup aggassinn possible . The Treary of
to the Sccond Wodd War. perlups Vermilles required Gennanv ro keep
thceupmmeironvofthanvarwasdtat all troops <strong>and</strong> milicin, insnllations
patiflsrnhelpedbringiton<strong>and</strong>invas outnfitsawnindusorialRhinel<strong>and</strong>,
linxlly ended hv the most desmucdvc as a wav of of}krting Gcrrn,rny's dcweapon
in history-thc atomic mographic, industrial <strong>and</strong> military
bomb-p'aluced because of aloci- advantages over France <strong>and</strong> odter
Iist,NbertHinatein- European nations . Wirh its ovm in-
Why was World War Il uuncces- duntrial heartl<strong>and</strong> defenseless, GerLftxsixrws, sapQ 13ecause
AilasP .
the nations anacked ntanv enuld uaer launch an attack
wimth.BuY had vasdv greater military potentP21 on Fl'ancq or on any uthcr country
oNCOm. .an . thanrheaggressornatiuns-<strong>and</strong>the allied with France, bevause the
tim.dntlnubt, aggressorswe,cwellawareofit .Rut Frcnch army muld inarch into thc
wwll«W .dwNh therveakness,vacillations<strong>and</strong>disar Rhind<strong>and</strong>unopposedaudparalpzc
matarmal .umn mament uf ehe democratie uadons Gcimau indusny . All sides mcng-
MruiJapennn convinced thc av.~rressor nations nizedthatrhiswasthekeptokeeping
tMd .ekdtha dmt drep could be eonquered ur the peam<strong>and</strong>thatremilitarizarionuf
0.5S .Mb .uud ncurmlizad be@o re they cntdd get the Lthincl<strong>and</strong> opened the road to
SOyeana6uMe . readytofight
y
mar,Thennlvqucst'iunsvaswhatthe
5.pt2. Hit'IcrlmdnoillusinnsthatGcrma- Westtvasguingmdoabuurit-
9r1"Imp, iiiiiiim
ne could hend off even Fianee adone ]he answer, a Hirler gueswd, wu
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