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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by autokad on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @05:10PM (#14151811)
England definitely slowed Germany down but Germany was decidedly winning.

Prior to US involvement, the front line was quite close to Paris. After, it was just over the border of Germany, and then as you said, they knew it was over. US' involvement was huge.

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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by jonathonf on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @05:33PM (#14152001)
> England

Britain. Along with contingents from most of its Empire.

(Saying "England" when you mean "Britain" is like saying "Texas" when you mean "U.S.A.")

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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by flukus on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @08:17PM (#14152949)
Not during WW1 it wasn't, calling a Scotsman English wasn't an issue at the time.
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by afarrell on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @08:48PM (#14153098)
Really? When did the Scots start to develop a notion of having a unique national character that made them non-English?
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by flukus on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:02PM (#14153167)
Well, obviously it was centuries ago but it has ebbed and flowed since then. For the 20th century though a lot of Scottish nationalism originated in the Scottish renaissance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Renaissance).
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by foobarian on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:00PM (#14153155)
Serious question, what would be the analogous comparisons for "Great Britain" and "United Kingdom?"
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by aninhumer on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:14AM (#14154586)
I guess an analogous comparison would anything that forgets that Hawaii and/or Alaska exist when referring to the US.
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by rmckayfleming on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:29PM (#14153263)
Great Britain is the island. So an analogy would be North America and United States of America. Roughly of course.
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by caf on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @08:13PM (#14152937)
It's said that the first shot fired by the British Empire in WW1 was from Fort Nepean, Australia.
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by hardlianotion on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @08:54PM (#14153125)
No, the US broke a stalemate. The Germans were near Paris for most of the war - the location of Paris is what makes the Schieffen plan attractive. The US took a year or so to get onto a War production footing, but then her production started to force the issue. In combat, US helped to stem the German 1918 spring offensive, and were most decisive in the final offensive.
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