My name is Mussolini. Benito Mussolini.

[MRT144]

If it wasn't for the appeasment, Britian never would have had to fight Germany period.

BTW, the prospect of Britain and France beating Germany got worse the longer they let it rearm.

A preemptive strike would have been a disaster.

[BlackCat]

There's no shortage of people I want to hang for this failure.

Do you have some ancestors that had lots of work to do back in 7.-10. november 1520 ?

[Berzerker]

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[a.kitman]

"I have no evidence to prove it, but I suspect that Mussolini, who was a noted womaniser, also spent a good deal of the money on his mistresses."

i like how that is just spliced into the article out of nowhere. should i be angry that not all of the money went into beating hippie peace protestors or happy that not all was used to fund his rise in power?

[germanos]

If it wasn't for the appeasment, Britian never would have had to fight Germany period.

BTW, the prospect of Britain and France beating Germany got worse the longer they let it rearm.

A preemptive strike would have been a disaster.

The appeasement was a great succes. Germany's expansion continued eastwards away from Britain and France and, equally important for them, it moved towards the evil Communists. Stalin thought probably: "two can play that game" and arranged the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. That was the Joker France and Britain hadn't counted on.

[Kitschum]

Do you have some ancestors that had lots of work to do back in 7.-10. november 1520 ?

It is possible, and doubly so, since my ancestors were most likely on your side back then. I'm considering following in their footsteps next summer - well, except for the bloodletting. Unless of course you want me to off J-D Tomasson, because I can do that for you, he annoys me a great deal.

[Theben]

A preemptive strike would have been a disaster.

Err, up until the end of 1939 France could've walked across the Rhine to Berlin.

[MRT144]

Err, up until the end of 1939 France could've walked across the Rhine to Berlin.

Pish Posh, they would have been easily routed by Germans in any war engagement.

[axi]

History remembers Benito Mussolini as a founder member of the original Axis of Evil,...

This Bushism looks like one we'll be stuck with forever. Before Bush, no historian or journalist would refer to the Axis as "Axis of Evil" (capitalised nonetheless).