Comments by "Hermit Oldguy" (@hermitoldguy6312) on "TIKhistory"
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The Germans did go East - to Poland (1sep39), and France declared war (3sep39), attacked Germany (9sep39), withdrew (16sep39).
What's notable is that Russia did not assist her long-time ally, France, but either seized the opportunity to profit, or prepared for German attack, by invading
Poland (17sep39), Estonia (after 28sep39), Latvia (after 5oct39), & Lithuania (after 10oct39).
So the question of "what if Germany hadn't attacked France" is moot: France attacked Germany. The interesting "what if" is "what if France hadn't declared war on Germany?" They had several good reasons not to; the terrible losses from WWI, the lack of preparation for another war, the Maginot line, the incompleteness of the Maginot line, the West Wall, ...
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You question is better phrased as "how does one create wealth"?
1.Invest things that are cheap eg, time and skill, to transform low value items into high value items. Eg., take a lump of stone and hammer it into the shape of a building block.
2. Move goods from where they are common (low value) to where they are rare (high value). Eg, Spanish oranges to UK, African bananas to Norway.
3. Dig it out of the ground.Eg., gold, diamonds, oil, etc.
4. Get your friends to talk you up. Then you can ask a much higher price for your inexpensive goods. Eg., dresses, paintings, music.
Once you've created some wealth, you can invest it in more expensive ventures, eg smelting ore to make iron.
And invest those profits in even more expensive ventures, eg railways.
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