Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "Whatifalthist" channel.

  1. https://www.dw.com/en/how-germany-got-the-russian-revolution-off-the-ground/a-41195312 The Russian Revolution has gone down in history as the victory of the workers and peasants over the czarist rulers. Few people realize the German Kaiser was also involved: He gave aid to the Bolsheviks in 1917.
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  2. Date: Jan. 7, 2010 Yanukovych: Ukraine will remain a neutral state. "It’s certain that Ukraine was and will be non-aligned state… We strive neither to join NATO nor the [CIS]CSTO [Collective Security Treaty Organization]. We’ll maintain a neutral status," Yanukovych said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine newspaper. -------- Before Euromaidan, Russia, however, has successfully used political and economic leverage to dissuade Ukraine from signing the E.U. deal. In the months prior to the Vilnius summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a trade war with Kiev, blocking nearly all imports from Ukraine and cutting energy supplies to the country. In turn, this reduced Ukrainian exports by 25 percent and shrank the economy by 1.5 percent. Some trade background for the context From Tradebarrier Index (lower score = less trade barriers) New Zealand's tariff score is 2.92 Australia's tariff score is 3.03 UK's tariff score is 3.94 (after Brexit) Japan's tariff score is 4.05 US's tariff score is 4.54 Germany's tariff score is 4.88 EU's tariff score is 4.88 Russia's tariff score is 6.16 <-------- China's tariff score is 6.8 <------ Russia wants to maintain its higher trade protectionist policies. UK leaving the EU and joining CPTPP proves freedom of association. ------ According to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's constitution forbids the country from hosting foreign military bases after 2017. Yanukovych breached the Ukraine Constitution 1991, Article 17. In 2018, President Petro Poroshenko's constitution amendment allowed temporary foreign military bases.
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  3. USA production is more than 4 times since US was only nation to mass produced aircraft carriers. Germany Tiger I tank's 1,347 units x 44 tons = 59,268 tons Tiger II tank has 492 units x 68 tons = 33,456 tons Panther tank has 6000 units x 44 tons = 264,000 tons Panzer IV has 8,553 unit x 25 tons = 213,825 tons Total: 570549 tons Czech's Panzer 38(t) has 1414 units x 10 tons = 14140 tons USA 2,212 M26 tanks x 44 tons = 97,328 tons 49,234 M4 x 33 tons = 1,624,722 US has the following carrier production 24 Essex-class fleet carriers with 90 to 110 aircraft each. 650,400 tons for Essex-class. 21 Commencement Bay class with 228,900 tons 50 Casablanca-class with 390,000 tons. 45 Bogue-class with 747,900 tons 3 Yorktown-class fleet carriers with 59,400 tons Total: 3,798,645 tons For US, that's already 6.6X times over Germany's iron/steel tonnage extract/production. US is sufficient with oil and iron resources at 6.6X magnitude over Germany
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