History
Is Ukraine the New Poland?
Once upon a time, stop me if you’ve heard this story before, Anglo diplomats surveyed the ruins of a fallen empire, and hatched a nefarious plan. They insisted on the creation of a militaristic right-wing pseudostate, with borders drawn up in a way that would be deliberately provocative to her neighbors. Then the Western powers all swore that this weird artificial state had inviolable sovereignty and signed unenforceable mutual defense pacts with her. Just creating this imaginary country was a weird and stupid idea, and that decision was made even more weird and stupid by the following mutual defense agreements. Even a small border dispute would immediately and inevitably erupt into a world war, and of course that’s exactly what happened.
Why Did Hitler Declare War on the USA After Pearl Harbor?
this day 80 years ago, Imperial Japan dealt the US Navy a devastating defeat at Pearl Harbor. Four days later, Hitler declared war on the USA as well. This is widely considered his “most puzzling” decision in the war, but he had clear motivations. Our perception of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany says a lot about us.