To: CougarGA7
This is the Czech's view on the situation. That is haunting. It is a little hard to make out in places but I played it twice and got most of it. What a helpless postition those people were in. But they were the only ones to act honorably in the whole sorry affair.
25 posted on
09/16/2008 9:08:35 PM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
(How do I change my tagline?)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
That's the real tragedy of the ordeal. They were adamant that they would not cave to Hitler and were willing to fight to prove it. The Sudetenland was mountainous and well defended and they would have held out pretty good on their own, but had to have allied support in order to persevere.
Then along comes Chamberlain and he just sells them down the river. In many of the negotiations Honza was not even allowed to attend. After their defensive positions were given away by Chamberlain, it was just a matter of time before the rest of the country fell to the Nazis.
27 posted on
09/17/2008 5:45:39 AM PDT by
CougarGA7
(Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
To: Homer_J_Simpson; Calpernia
Bump.
Thank you for all your work on these threads.
28 posted on
09/27/2008 7:24:58 PM PDT by
nw_arizona_granny
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