Where did France and the UK fuck up? They supposedly "won" WWII and compared to Germany suffered far less physical damage and deaths, yet they fell behind Germany in every metric (economy, quality of life, even safety or education)
What gives? Why did the UK drop so badly, when it used to rival Switzerland in GDP per capita? How the fuck did tiny countries like Denmark and Sweden, desolate and cold, improve so much and outperform the two ex superpowers of Europe? What the fuck was France and Britain doing?
It all went wrong when Britain and France decided to let WW2 happen. There were many things they could've done; namely, stop being such lenient cowards in their treatment of Germany. Had they listened to Ferdinand Foch(pic related), the French general who led the Hundred Days Offensive and wanted to dismantle Germany into several client states each administered by a great power with the Treaty of Versailles, they could've prevented WW2. Had Daladier not listened to Chamberlain and let Germany annex Sudetenland, Hitler wouldn't have been as bold in his moves, and maybe he would have reconsidered declaring war on Poland. But WW2 happened, Britain and France both lost their empires and ethnic nationalism became a prohibited ideology, even though it is natural to identify with those who share your paternal blood and your language.
Léon Degrelle, a Walloon Nazi supporter had some pretty great things to say about this period. I won't bother translating it though; learn French. youtube.com/watch?v=47JRajorwAI
>I won't bother translating it though; learn French. faggot
Hunter White
Short form translation: He regrets that the nazi ideology of white supremacy and a unified Europe failed, the victors [of WWII] have ruined the world, causing the death of morality and family, ushering in a sad age of consumerism. He will fight to the end in hopes that the nazi vision will be reborn.
Brayden Bennett
>dismantle Germany into several client states each administered by a great power and you think things like this would have worked out in the long run?
I blame the UK for not letting Germany reaching its position as the dominant power in central Europe
Ian Long
what a faggot gotta take the Kaiserpill that Germany should've won WW1, not WW2 but Wilhelm II was too much of a faggot to make that happen
"And when I recapitulate, I only have one feeling, one of immense regret, regret that we didn't succeed, that we didn't succeed in creating this European world that was the master of the universe forever, that ensured to the White Race, the first of the races, the great domination of the spirit. And when we see what's on the other side, what thirty years of victory of the others gave us, this anarchy in the world, this stampede of the White world, this desertion through the universe; when we see in our own countries the decomposition of morals, the downfall of the fatherland, the downfall of the family, the downfall of the social order; when we see this appetite for material goods that succeeded to the great flame of ideals that enlivened us, well, really, between the two we had chosen the right side. This little miserable Europe, with its scrimpy single market can't bring happiness to men. Consumerism is rotting humanity instead of improving it, so we dreamed of something grandiose, and we only have one wish, that this spirit re-emerges, and with all my power and until the last moment of my existence, I will fight for this, for what once was our battle and our martyrdom is one day..."
Then the music gets too loud at the end and I can't make out the last word. But here you go.
Yes, it would have worked. There were more than enough great powers to keep you in chains.
