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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (292)	9/1/1999 9:58:00 AM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1449

What you state is not the view of "any historian." Historian Christoph Kimmich, for example, argues that this "we oppressed poor Germany and Austria" after World War One is merely an "apologist" viewpoint for later German actions. Germans were angry at losing World War One to the inferior allies, and wanted their revenge. This type of "you won the last one, now let's see who wins the next one" cycle of war had been going on for centuries in Europe. World War Two was a continuation of World War One which continued the Franco-Prussian War, the Napoleanic Wars, the Hundred Years' War, etc. Indeed, many historians (including Kimmich) argue that the non-interventionist policies of Chamberlain et al. allowed Hitler to flourish, especially after he went unchallenged in re-arming and invading peaceful Czechoslavakia. The Hitler era is a lesson in the need for interventionism at the first sign of danger; but you seem to interpret it the opposite way.