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I don't understand Lloyd George (or Ford's logic) I get where they were coming from as in 'this is what they thought', I don't get how they continued to think this given that both of them had lived through 1914-1917. The whole fucking 'oh if everyone is trading with one another ideology is irrelevant and we won't have wars' like I understand George didn't want to spend money on the army and he wanted free trade and stuff I don't fucking understand why the hell he thought that was going to work given that is precisely what didn't stop WW1 from breaking out in the first place.
Like Germany and France and frankly eveyrone else were interconnected going to war fucked with everyone's economy its like Lloyd George you were in government in 14 -15 you got to see this up close why did this [this line of thinking] continue [to hold sway]? Ford at least wasn't in Government but still he he had enough exposure to the war thatholy fuck he should have added up 2+2 and gotten four.. Trotsky was popular with what we would call latte liberals these days (or some equivalent now, if thats fallen out of fashion) there is a prevailing idea in government and in the economic sector that no this time will be different.
Merkel more recently is an excellent example of this, as are her precursors ... of trade will civilize them and they won't start wars because thats 'illogical'.
anyway I'll put the first Romanov Rescue set up shortly.
As for the lenin assassination thing, its funny Allen says what he says... because supposedly the british were planning to assassinate Lenin through a network organized by Sidney Reilly but then Kaplan botched her shot in the train station and the GPU just started purging people left and right and that headed off any planned putsch organized by Reilly. [and of course coups being what coups are claiming you have X and having X guys show up at zero hour are often two different things]
Indeed.I hear about some book from 1913 which very logically proved,that world war is impssible becouse al economies are connected.And,it was right.
Logical leaders would never started WW1,sadly,we have no such leaders then.
Forget title,as usual.
About Lenin assasination - i read few theories about it,one was that Kaplan really did it,other that it was other soviet,namedSwierdłow,who try kill Lenin,and become next leader.
Becouse he was murdered after that,it is possible.
About Riley trying to buy Latvian - i also read confusing things,one that it was real,other that soviets from the beginning knew everytching.
Pity,that Moscov hide CZK papers again - till archives would be open again,we could only quess.
About new chapter - soviets were certainly not elite fighters in 1918,and CZK and later NKWD and KGB NEVER were elite fighters.
Strange,considering that SS were elite fighters,at least german units.
Interesting why germans could turn secret police into elite units,and soviets could not.
About silent weapons - you certainly have chineese who still knew how to use bows,use them for that.Bow used by nomads had 320m effective range,enough for removing people in night.
Also,try to keep soldiers send to attack in dark room day before - their eyes would see better in dark.Soviets actually used that trick during WW2.
Last idea - i read,that small polish elite unit in 1920 who removed soviets during night attacks using cudgels and Mauser bayonets painted black.
Cudels in the end had place to put bayonets there,so it could be used as short spear.
Dunno,if it is true,or urban legend.And,if it would work or not.
But,trench maces certainly worked,and both germans and french used it.Your chineese could do so,too.