Comments on: Ein kleinstaat bedroht Deutschland

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:10:37 +0000

I should note that in 1934, Germany officially had no air force, so even Luxembourg could have been deemed threatening if it owned any aircraft at all. Which it probably didn’t (it doesn’t now). Hmm … New Zealand — dagger aimed at the heart of Antarctica or the Luxembourg of the South Pacific?

I’m really only worried about the reunification of Czechoslovakia insofar as it presages the resurrection of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Those Hapsburgs have been nursing a grudge for close to a century now, and their vengeance will be bloody. Remember Sarajevo!

By: BreathingHistory

BreathingHistory — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:38:58 +0000

I love maps and must admit I was inspired by your previous posts.

Strange maps is a great blog and one for my RSS feed.

By: Christine Keeler

Christine Keeler — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:58:38 +0000

Quite so Russ. I think on the basis of the above projection we could frighten the buggery out of our SE Asian neighbours with a map and about a dozen Swordfish biplanes.

Jets? Who needs ‘em?

By: Russ

Russ — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:19:54 +0000

Isn't Strange Maps a fantastic site? Glad you could find it via The War Room! Beware of the threat that is a re-unified Czechoslovakia ;)

By: Christine Keeler

Christine Keeler — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:05:54 +0000

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. The Czechs had WMDs and the invasion was a pre-emptive strike.

“Hitler described Czechoslovakia as a dagger aimed at the heart of Germany.”

Which calls to mind Kissinger’s (apocryphal?) ironic reference of Chile (or NZ if you believe others): “A dagger aimed at the heart of Antarctica”