Peter Hitchens

@ClarkeMicah ↗

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Yet again , my book is not called The Phoney War nor is it about that fascinating episode. It is called The Phoney Victory. Roberts’s contention does not impact my argument. After Hitler entered Prague, Halifax and Chamberlain actively sought war. — PolitiTweet.org

@admcollingwood @WomBat21204089 Peter Hitchens makes this argument in The Phoney War but in his Churchill biography… https://t.co/wKUKxcXKYl

Posted Dec. 15, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@swanpatg It very nearly worked, just as paying Lenin almost worked. Germany’s Spring 1918 offensive, made possible by the Bolsheviks pulling Russia out of the war, nearly beat us. — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah @MSchreckenstein Correct. Germany provoked it as they believed they could steamroller it. Deluded but anticipated short war.

Posted Dec. 15, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@RussellfClinton. The British view of WW1 is more or less confined to Mons, the Somme and Wilfred Owen. And now, Blackadder. Virtually ignored the Eastern front and is ignorant of our ruthless blockade and its impact. — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah @swanpatg Indeed. My great uncle was killed in 1918 during Germany's spring offensive - their last thr… https://t.co/QAOE3poxtT

Posted Dec. 15, 2022