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Old 03-03-07, 03:01 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey
I studied it at A-Level I can't "document" it, Im recalling stuff I was taught, and even if I could there would always be a doubting Thomas somewhere to question it, the whole purpose of "peace in our time" was just to buy time so the UK could try and ramp up its military capacity in order to be in a better position to fight the third reich. The British Government knew it was a load of nonsense and that Hitler had no intention of honouring that agreement.
Not to harp on your teachers or anything, but this to me seems like a case of your teachers trying to shed history in a better light than it truely was. This is a sad day if this is what they are teaching in schools.

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