He's very much to blame, however why sign documents like the Locarno pact and other bilateral treaties promising military action if there was never any intention of honouring those deterrents? It's a bit like today's arguments over trident.

A quote from Shirer:

"Chamberlain's stubborn, fanatical insistence on giving Hitler what he wanted, his trips to Berchtesgaden and Godesburg and finally the fateful journey to Munich rescued Hitler from his limb and strengthened his position in Europe, in Germany, in the Army, beyond anything that could have been imagined a few weeks before. It also added immeasurably to the power of the Third Reich."

German generals plotted to arrest and overthrow Hitler before the planned invasion of Czechoslovakia and tried to get the UK government to promise that they would come to the Czech's aid as the means for a justification to the German public. Churchill and others tried to see that this happened, but Chamberlain, his advisers and cabinet decided to do a deal instead.

Clearly history shows that the Tories have their fair share of ill-thought out pacts with despotic and questionable regimes. May continues that tradition, thinking of her own political career before the safety, security and prosperity of country. To throw round accusations that imply Labour are more guilty of this kind of thing is questionable to say the least! Politicians of all shades have been guilty of this for a long time.

Pretty much. As horrific as the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were, the cost in lives of a land invasion of Japan, would have been worse, both for Japan and the US. The Puple Heart medals that the US produced in planning for the Japanese Invasion, were finally exhausted during the Afghanistan war, around 2007-8. They expected to lose at least 1m troops in a land invasion of Japan.

A war between the UK, US against Russia, at the end of WWII would have almost certainly become nuclear, which with the benefit of hindsight, would have been a disaster for Europe, already badly f**ked by the conventional war. Its also would have been the economic death of the UK, Russia and the US.

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So what are you suggesting, you crypto-communist, that anyone to the right of you in political views is a fascist?

Edited by hedgehog50 (06 Jul 2017 5.18pm)

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

No, I'm suggesting that anyone fascist is fascist (like Brexit means Brexit if you want clarity) and these seem to be the sort (yes I accept I'm generalising a bit I know) that go on about how we defeated the Nazis .

Edited by nickgusset (06 Jul 2017 7.51pm)

What like anyone communist is communist you mean. The British, Commonwealth, American and Russian people defeated the Nazis - people with all sorts of politics - Enoch Powell provided good service in the war, no doubt you regard him as a fascist.

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

So you are saying anyone who is a bit right wing is a fascist....,so there fore anyone who are left wing are communists.

always a Norwood boy, where ever I live.