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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;quick dog, post: 81728, member: 4093&quot;]I have thought about this a lot, and I can&#039;t help but wonder if the wrong side won in 1918.&nbsp; Or better yet, what would have happened in Europe had Germany largely ignored the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand?&nbsp; The German decision to start WWI had to have been one of the dumbest ideas in human history.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there had been no WWI, would there have been a WWII?&nbsp; I doubt it.&nbsp; Would the Soviets have controlled eastern Europe for 40 years?&nbsp; I doubt that also.&nbsp; WWII was arguably the worst series of related events in human history.</p><p><br /></p><p>That little bronze coin was in the middle of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of my wife&#039;s grandparents and great-grandparents escaped Russia and Germany to avoid the endless succession of European national conflicts. Smart moves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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