I watched the tributes on Passchendal. Couldn’t help but wonder what all that loss did to Europe. They’ve been sitting ducks ever since.
You are much the better historian than I but it is hard to argue with your premise. Such smart people. Such foolish wars. And unmeasurable damage to a people and their culture.
“I watched the tributes on Passchendal. Couldn’t help but wonder what all that loss did to Europe. They’ve been sitting ducks ever since”
Between WW1 and WW11 Europe lost the flower of the male gene pool. This is what we have left.