70 years ago today, His Britannic Majesty declared war on Hitler's Germany.
There is little doubt – if any – that the Great War and its aftermath were more or less the direct cause of the situation the world was in at the time.
The Great War put an end to the Old European Order, but we can also say that World War II cemented the new order and the end of the old world.
There is of course no doubt that the end of Hitler and his regime was a good thing – contrary to what can be said about the end of the regime the Great War gave us. However, not all is that rosy. One of the many things that arose out of the ashes of World War Two was that a large part of the former Habsburg Empire was left under the Stalinist boot.
Over at Taki's Magazine, Mr. Patrick J. Buchanan offers his perspective.
Over at the Beacon Blog, Dr. Robert Higgs does so too.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
World War II
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Might we not just as well say that the Great War came about as a result of the collapse the old order that was based upon Britain's global supremacy?
Might we not just as well say that the Great War came about as a result of the collapse [of] the old order that was based upon Britain's global supremacy?
Debatable, sir. I wouldn't necessarily say the continental old order was based on Britain's global supremacy.
On the other hand, the alliance of Britain and the revolutionary republic (France) doesn't taste much of old order.
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