Thursday, October 28, 2010
Hitler goes to Disneyland?
So the other day in class, we were talking about how Hitler drew some Disney characters and someone asked if it was true that he tried going to Disneyland. This kind of interested me so I decided to look it up. It turns out that Disneyland did not open until 1955. Hitler killed himself in 1945, so there is no way he could have gone to Disneyland. Disney World also did not open until 1971, so he could not have gone there either.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Check it Out!!
Hey! I don't know if I'm allowed to post this, but there's an awesome website about hitler that you guys should check out!
It's called Hipster Hitler and it just has comics of hitler where he is depicted as a cool kid from our time now.
It's kind of inappropriate, but I thought I'd share anyways.
The best part is defnitely the t-shirts that hitler wears.
Has anyone seen this site before? I know not many people have, but one of my friends is going to be hipster hitler for halloween
It's called Hipster Hitler and it just has comics of hitler where he is depicted as a cool kid from our time now.
It's kind of inappropriate, but I thought I'd share anyways.
The best part is defnitely the t-shirts that hitler wears.
Has anyone seen this site before? I know not many people have, but one of my friends is going to be hipster hitler for halloween
Thoughts on the Treaty of Versailles
I think that the Allies went completely overboard with the Treaty of Versailles. It is certainly understandable that they, and especially France, are angry at Germany and want revenge, but they took it too far.
The part about limiting Germany's army and navy, and not letting them have any heavy artillery is pretty reasonable. The Allies want to make sure that Germany cannot attack again in the future with such force as they did in WWI. Although, to Germany that must have been pretty degrading. It is like they are a child who is being punished; they had this toy (their military) and they misused it, and now it is being taken away from them.
Also, taking away a lot of Germany's land is somewhat understandable. If it is land that they took during the war, then yes, they should give it back. It only makes sense. Not allowing Germany to have any colonies is a bit harsh though. I cannot see any legitimate reason France or Britain would not want Germany to have any colonies, other than the fact that they want the land for themselves. And in that case, it is completely unfair to the citizens of those lands to have their country's ownership negotiated over without them ever having a say in the issue. That was completely unfair of France and Britain, not so much as from Germany's point of view, but from the view of the colonies.
One section of the treaty that is unfair to Germany is the "Guilt Clause". I think that it is mostly Germany's fault that the war was as horrible as it was, because they were the strongest force of the Central Powers and did the most damage, but they are certainly not to be blamed for the entire war. First of all, this whole thing started with Serbia and Austria-Hungry. Austria-Hungry was first to declare war on Serbia. Sure, Germany gave AH the "blank check", saying they would support AH unconditionally, but that does not mean that Germany started the war. Austria-Hungry did. And therefore, Germany should not be blamed for the entire war.
The most ridiculous portion of the Treaty of Versailles is definitely the financial part. The Allies set an impossible cost on the war that Germany was expected to pay. There is no way that any country could have been able to pay that. And even if they could, they would be so utterly broke afterwords that the country would collapse. I know Germany had a lot of problems after the war, but I am surprised that they even survived at all. That was probably the intention of this part of the treaty though, to destroy Germany.
I don't understand how this treaty was actually approved. France and the other Allies definitely wanted their revenge, but how did they get away with it? Shouldn't someone have stood up for Germany? I know Woodrow Wilson didn't think Germany should be punished like that, but why did no other country realize how unfair the treaty was and try to change it? Or did they and then the Allies stopped them? It just seems crazy to me that this happened and no one stopped to think of how unfair the treaty was or how much damage it would actually do to Germany and its citizens. Because that is who the treaty was hurting the most, Germany's citizens. Not its leaders or war generals like it should have, because that is who the revenge should have been aimed at.
The part about limiting Germany's army and navy, and not letting them have any heavy artillery is pretty reasonable. The Allies want to make sure that Germany cannot attack again in the future with such force as they did in WWI. Although, to Germany that must have been pretty degrading. It is like they are a child who is being punished; they had this toy (their military) and they misused it, and now it is being taken away from them.
Also, taking away a lot of Germany's land is somewhat understandable. If it is land that they took during the war, then yes, they should give it back. It only makes sense. Not allowing Germany to have any colonies is a bit harsh though. I cannot see any legitimate reason France or Britain would not want Germany to have any colonies, other than the fact that they want the land for themselves. And in that case, it is completely unfair to the citizens of those lands to have their country's ownership negotiated over without them ever having a say in the issue. That was completely unfair of France and Britain, not so much as from Germany's point of view, but from the view of the colonies.
One section of the treaty that is unfair to Germany is the "Guilt Clause". I think that it is mostly Germany's fault that the war was as horrible as it was, because they were the strongest force of the Central Powers and did the most damage, but they are certainly not to be blamed for the entire war. First of all, this whole thing started with Serbia and Austria-Hungry. Austria-Hungry was first to declare war on Serbia. Sure, Germany gave AH the "blank check", saying they would support AH unconditionally, but that does not mean that Germany started the war. Austria-Hungry did. And therefore, Germany should not be blamed for the entire war.
The most ridiculous portion of the Treaty of Versailles is definitely the financial part. The Allies set an impossible cost on the war that Germany was expected to pay. There is no way that any country could have been able to pay that. And even if they could, they would be so utterly broke afterwords that the country would collapse. I know Germany had a lot of problems after the war, but I am surprised that they even survived at all. That was probably the intention of this part of the treaty though, to destroy Germany.
I don't understand how this treaty was actually approved. France and the other Allies definitely wanted their revenge, but how did they get away with it? Shouldn't someone have stood up for Germany? I know Woodrow Wilson didn't think Germany should be punished like that, but why did no other country realize how unfair the treaty was and try to change it? Or did they and then the Allies stopped them? It just seems crazy to me that this happened and no one stopped to think of how unfair the treaty was or how much damage it would actually do to Germany and its citizens. Because that is who the treaty was hurting the most, Germany's citizens. Not its leaders or war generals like it should have, because that is who the revenge should have been aimed at.
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