Nein/11 confabulator's Ignorance List
This list compiles all major issues coming up in this discussion of which the OP turned out to be ignorant.
World War One:
- Zimmermann Telegram
Versailles Treaty
- Treaty of Frankfurt 1871 and its terms
- Demilitarization of the Rhineland
World War Two:
- Polish basic history, e.g., Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Polish Partitions
- Ethnic make-up of Poland inter-war
- Polish-Russian war and Peace of Riga
- The General-Government
- Generalplan Ost, both the plans and the executed mass expulsions
- Czech basic history
- Oderberg & Teschen were in Czechoslovakia, and had never been German
- Sudetenland never was part of Germany
- Nazi occupation of the Czech rump state in March 1939
- Operation Tannenbaum (invasion plans of Switzerland)
- British Press were neither controlled by nor sympathetic to the Jews
- ca. 6 million Poles deported by the Germans, roughly half of them not Jewish
- Vichy France occupied in November 1942
First, let's look at the reparations. Those were 20 to 25% of the French GDP (link) and had to be paid within 3 years - for a war that lasted less than a year and left both countries relatively unscathed.
By comparison, the German war reparations in 1919 amounted to 83% GDP that could be paid at a much longer term, for a war that lasted 4 years and in which Germany willfully destroyed French and Belgian industry and infrastructure, while Germany's own industrial base was unharmed. Really, I never understood the German whining about the height of the reparations.
Then there's the territorial changes. France lost 20% of its industrial base with Alsace-Lorraine. Apart from Upper Silesia, the territorial loss of Germany in 1919 had no big economic relevance.
Lastly, in 1871, Germany kept parts of France occupied until the reparations were paid. In this respect, Versailles was much more lenient. France only occupied the Rhineland after Germany defaulted on its payments.
Not relevant.
Lying for Dolfie, again?
Indeed, because of that new kid's Sonderweg.
Evidence for invasion plans, please? Only minelaying.
The Allied campaign in Norway during World War II took place from April 1940 until early June 1940. Allied operations were focused in two areas, in northern Norway around Narvik and in central Norway.
The British campaign was coincidentally commenced simultaneously with Nazi Germany's invasion of Denmark and Norway in Operation Weserübung of April 9.![]()
p277: Winston Churchill flew in person to Paris on the eleventh to inform the French government that his expeditionary force was to sail for Narvik on March 15. At 3:30 p.m. on the twelfth Hitler’s Forschungsamt intercepted an urgent telephone call from the Finnish envoy in Paris to his foreign ministry in Helsinki, reporting that Churchill and Daladier had promised him that if the Finns would appeal for help at once, British and French troops would land in Norway. That really put the fat in the fire. Hitler ordered all German invasion plans accelerated, and the forces to stand by for the socalled Immediate Op.. That
And what has this to do with Holland? Looking at a map, it doesn't lie on the route from Norway to Germany. Let's also add Belgium and Luxembourg to the list.
You repeatedly failed to give an answer to this. So, why a plan at all for invading Switzerland?
Fact of the matter is that Germany, after Bismarck's dismissal, wasn't ruled by talented people, but by a dimwitted emperor and militaristic types like Tirpitz who continuously veered to the brink of war.
Another one for the list. Under Versailles, the Rhineland was to be demilitarized.
And what language do they speak in Antwerp?
Nein/11 confabulator's Ignorance List
This list compiles all major issues coming up in this discussion of which the OP turned out to be ignorant.
World War One:
- Zimmermann Telegram
Versailles Treaty
- Treaty of Frankfurt 1871 and its terms
- Demilitarization of the Rhineland
- Polish basic history, e.g., Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Polish Partitions
- Ethnic make-up of Poland inter-war
- Polish-Russian war and Peace of Riga
- The General-Government
- Generalplan Ost, both the plans and the executed mass expulsions
- Czech basic history
- Oderberg & Teschen were in Czechoslovakia, and had never been German
- Sudetenland never was part of Germany
- Nazi occupation of the Czech rump state in March 1939
- Operation Tannenbaum (invasion plans of Switzerland)
- British Press were neither controlled by nor sympathetic to the Jews
- ca. 6 million Poles deported by the Germans, roughly half of them not Jewish
- Vichy France occupied in November 1942
- British Press were neither controlled by nor sympathetic to the Jews
Lie. I never said the British press, just the press. That could include the American press as well.
England did plan for an invasion of Norway to cut German iron ore supplies from Sweden. However, the Germans got there first.
Germany invaded Norway, then England retaliated.
(I wonder who the Norse would have rather had? The Nasties or the English?)
The matter was settled, however, before the OKW dusted off the Schlieffen Plan and decided to have another go at France. France and England had not entered Belgium at this time, again it was Germany who invaded first.
They didn't retaliate?No they did not, it was a disaster.
That is asking for this kind of operations.
Unless you're getting paid by the word there was no point in this, it just repeats what I said.As you admit yourself because of the iron ore, clearly directed against Germany.
She grabs for her pepper spray and uses it before he can do something.
Lie. We disagree about it's significance, not it's existence. I say it was the Balfour issue that brought the US in the war, not a stupid telegram the size of an sms. I agree that that the telegram was used a pretext.ddt said:World War One:
- Zimmermann Telegram
You admitted there you hadn't heard before of the Zimmermann telegram. So who his lying here?I never heard of it before. You brought it up, remember. I had a short look at the wikipedia entry and saw some interesting pointers. Then I tried to make you make positive statements about the telegram because I had an intuition as to what you were going to say. Then you stopped elaborating about it, probably afraid as you were to make mistakes.
So here the question to you: what according to you is the significance of the Zimmermann telegram for the US war entry?
You may use a calculator for this exercise.
Good luck.
It is relevant as comparison with Versailles. You should have known about its draconian conditions.Lie. Frankfurt Treaty is irrelevant for the discussion. The standard tactic for ddt is that he brings up a topic first (after he googled it up) and next proclaims 911 never heard about just because 911 did not bring it up first.
No you claimed that Poland was a fake state and had no history.Lie. I posted maps of Poland through the centuries.
And pretended that figure was relevant in 1939, when it was only 700,000.Lie. I came up with the figures of Schultze-R. of 2 million Germans in Poland. You with a different figure. Remains open.
No you claimed that (all) the Polish borders were determined at Versailles.Lie. The standard tactic for ddt is that he brings up a topic first (after he googled it up) and next proclaims 911 never heard about just because 911 did not bring it up first.
Which is true. And when I mentioned the General-Government, you asked where it was prior to Barbarossa. Which means: you didn't know about it.Lie to cover up ddt's erroneous suggestion that 300,000 Poles were deported during the Phoney War. Was not true.
You didn't even know about the plans, even less so about their partial implementation.Lie. I did not comment these expulsions, just the 300,000 figure mentioned.
No you claimed that CZ came out of thin air in 1919.ddt corrected me in that the country code was CS rather than CZ for Czechoslovakia. Conclusion: 911 knows nothing about basic history.![]()
Why Arnheim, Nimwegen, Lüttich, Prag, Warschau, etc.? None of them ever were German. But you didn't check it was historically part of Bohemia resp. Austria-Hungary.Let ddt explain why this town has a German name? I acknowledged that it probably was a mixed town. I showed you a quote (from a Jewish source) that refered to German settler's centuries ago.
Funny you always leave this "ethnically" out then. To quote Heine: Deutschland ist ein geographischer Begriff ("Germany is a geographical name").Lie. I was aware that that area was part of the Austrian empire. It was German nevertheless as in ethnically German.
You conveniently left it out where it was very relevant.Lie. I admitted that Schultze-R. was right when he said that the occupation of Prague was a mistake, causing mistrust under the allies.
You still have failed to comment on it. It wasn't just a plan on paper. Switzerland mobilized to counter the threat.True. It is true that I had never heard of it before (I am not a historian), but since it was merely a plan on a paper and never carried out, it is totally irrelevant. The British had plans to invade Ameland in 1940.
Prove it. And then show your statement did apply to the American press.Lie. I never said the British press, just the press. That could include the American press as well.
The statement should be a bit stronger: the Nazis murdered 3 million Jewish Poles and murdered 3 million non-Jewish Poles. The first were to be murdered to the last person. The latter mass-murder was aimed at decapitating the Polish nation of its leadership. All Polish intelligentsia was to be murdered. And take the word "intelligentsia" broad. That included the village vicar. Every highschool kid who has read a decent book on WW2 knows that.True for the simple reason that I have not yet looked into that subject. ddt googled that up and know presents it as his 'knowledge'. In 2010 it is irrelevant to have these figures in your brain when they are a few keystrokes away. Important is the big picture we are constructing here.
No, you clearly said that a part of France had never been occupied by Nazi Germany.Lie. I was referering to the situation of 1940 to illustrate the fact that Germany invaded Western Europe to prevent a British expedition force to land and stop the German invasion as it did in 1914. The reason why they occupied was the landing of the Allies in North Africa (Operation Torch) on November 8, 1942 (I googled that up).
Lie. Frankfurt Treaty is irrelevant for the discussion. The standard tactic for ddt is that he brings up a topic first (after he googled it up) and next proclaims 911 never heard about just because 911 did not bring it up first.
Ah, so because France declared war (and rightly so), Germany has the right to invade and occupy Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland? Strange logic.- France had declared war on Germany in 1939. That is asking for this kind of operations.
Aren't we forgetting the Altmark incident here?- France and Britain were preparing for a Norway operation 15 March, 3 weeks for the factual German invasion of Norway, see my Irving quote. As you admit yourself because of the iron ore, clearly directed against Germany.
You did read how few votes he got? And what happened to him after the war?Quisling would vote for the Nasties.![]()
Do you mean here "blond" as circumlocution for "stupid"? Anyway, the Norwegians weren't so stupid to believe in Hitler's racial nonsense. And being blond is not a prerequisite for being Aryan. E.g., Anni-Frid Lyngstad is not blonde, yet a certified Aryan.Oh, and Norway is very blond.
No you claimed that Poland was a fake state and had no history.
Or that a Pole managed it to Russian Czar. Was that the first or the second false Dimitri?Yeah, that's rich.
That it looked for a while in the Late 1500's and the Early 1600's that Poland, and not Russia ,was going to be the dominant power in Eastern Europe seems to have passed by 9/11 Investigator.
Invasion is a big word. All England planned was to lay mines in the Norwegian waters to disrupt the iron ore supply.England did plan for an invasion of Norway to cut German iron ore supplies from Sweden.
Fighting in Narvik continued well into June, IIRC.However, the Germans got there first. Germany invaded Norway, then England retaliated. (I wonder who the Norse would have rather had? The Nasties or the English?)The matter was settled, however, before the OKW dusted off the Schlieffen Plan
You did read how few votes he got? And what happened to him after the war?
Do you mean here "blond" as circumlocution for "stupid"? Anyway, the Norwegians weren't so stupid to believe in Hitler's racial nonsense. And being blond is not a prerequisite for being Aryan. E.g., Anni-Frid Lyngstad is not blonde, yet a certified Aryan.![]()
.Probably the same what happened to the NSB top brass in the Netherlands, as it should.
Yeah, that's whyBlond as you remember was the Nazi ideal.
Or that a Pole managed it to Russian Czar. Was that the first or the second false Dimitri?