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Plunder: The Last of the War in Europe, 1945

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Japan, Nazi Germany, World War I, World War II

By Max Hastings, an excellent book, I benefited from every page. One recurring theme is simply how hard the Germans fought on the way down, and how unusual that behavior was. Here is one interesting passage of many: In World War I, 150 German soldiers were sentenced to death for serious crimes, of which a…
*Plunder: The Last of the War in Europe, 1945*

The failure of the League of Nations.

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War I

The failure of the League of Nations is one of the most significant geopolitical collapses of the 20th century. Established after World War I to prevent another global conflict, it ultimately proved powerless against the rise of aggressive militarism in the 1930s. Historians generally attribute its collapse to four interconnected fatal flaws: Furthermore, other crucial […]
The failure of the League of Nations.

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, economic history, International law, war and peace Tags: Germany, World War I, World War II

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Why did Austria-Hungary do so poorly in World War One? (Short Animated D…

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I

Armistice – But Peace? I THE GREAT WAR Week 225

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War I

Revolution in Germany – Armistice in Austria I THE GREAT WAR Week 224

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I

Revolution in Germany – Armistice in Austria I THE GREAT WAR Week 224

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Austria-Hungary Disintegrates – The Ottoman Empire Leaves the War I THE …

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Italy Attacks – The Battle of Vittorio Veneto I THE GREAT WAR Week 222

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I

The Battle of the Selle – Ludendorff Resigns I THE GREAT WAR Week 221

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War I

The Hindenburg Line Breaks – The Lost Battalion Returns I THE GREAT WAR …

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War I

Germany’s Reckoning – Bulgarian Armistice I THE GREAT WAR Week 219

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: World War I

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive – Bulgarian Collapse I THE GREAT WAR Week 218

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I

The Battle of Saint-Mihiel I THE GREAT WAR – Week 216

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I

Red Terror in Soviet Russia I THE GREAT WAR Week 215

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: Russian revolution, World War I

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