Comments by "Ralph Bernhard" (@ralphbernhard1757) on "Military History not Visualized" channel.

  1. Politicians can never admit they made mistakes, so they have to create abstractions to cover up their blundering... Europe was already set up to fail at Versailles. Because the policies of "balancing powers" were made in the back rooms... https://www.britannica.com/topic/balance-of-power That Germany was "allowed" to rearm during the 1930's (or "closing an eye to Hitler re-arming") was an effect of a policy dictated to the continent by London, and put into effect, yet again, at Versailles: Balance of Power. So the later Germany/Hitler re-arming and standing up to rising communism suited the lords in London just fine... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_five-year_plan [Note, the term "power" encompasses a wide range of qualities from population growth, level of education (including scientists, mechanics, and engineers), scientific advances, level of industrialisation, urbanisation/i.e. advanced society, infrastructure projects, increased GDP, and yes...soldiers, tanks, guns, airplanes...] As the SU grew, so did Germany. Perfectly fine, if you ask the lords... It was "allowed" to grow "balance out" communism. Why complain about it in hindsight?
    2