Talk:European History/Europe: 1918 to 1945

Problems in Weimar Republic
Very impressed with the wikibook in general, but I thought this bit was vague: "The Spartacists, or communists, challenged the authority. The Freikorps, a band of paramilitary soldiers that were left demobilized and unemployed after the war, caused additional problems for the Republic. Finally, the Brown Shirts, the reactionary conservative group, also created problems for the government." Just saying that these groups 'challenged authority' or 'caused problems' for the Weimar government doesn't seem very clear. If you like I could have a go at changing it (I was thinking of just mentioning the Spartacist's attempted uprising c.early 1919 and the Freikorps' involvement in the Kapp Putsch) but I thought I'd check here before I went about altering your lovely book. Also, nitpicking, but shouldn't we say 'Sturmabteilung' instead of 'Brown shirts'? It would seem more consistent with the use of the German names for the Freikorps and such. Anyway, those are my thoughts. If nobody has anything to say on the matter I'll go ahead and change it myself.--AsaRoast 13:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Holocoust
I believe that mentioning of WWII without mentioning the Holocoust or the extermination of 6 million Jews is a real problem. Dror Kronstein 01:02, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Too true, there should be something about the Holocaust here. I think there should be mentions about how many lives were lost (Jews, non- Jews) in total because of the WWII (both in battle and in camps: Nazi camps and in Soviet camps). That's one of the things that have to be remembered about WWII, the scale of it and how much it changed the whole Europe.

Russian Losses
Well, 6 million Jews were lost, but I don't hear anybody willing to talk about 20 million Russians who were lost...
 * That's a good point. Why not be bold and add this information to the article. I look forward to seeing what you have to say about the topic :) Reece   (Talk)   (Contributions)  18:39, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Bias
The part about Wilson's suggestions being perfect and the Treaty of Versailles being evil is ludicrously biased.--219.78.47.79 06:58, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Expansion
I think Expansion is needed on WWII. If you look at WWI, it is much, much more detailed, and WWII seems to be just a brief overview. Red4tribe (talk) 14:06, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

World War II
I think world war II should have its own page due to its signifigance.

Turkish War of Independence
I think it was a very significant event in the history of Europe. Though the "borders" of Europe come into question for something like this, I believe the wars of 1918-1923 greatly influenced Europe at large. The Megali Idea died in Greece, the Turkish Republic became the first ally of the Soviet Union and a great power was lost to history. I'm not sure if the Caucasus counts as a region of Europe, but the Turkish War of Independence (particularly regarding Armenia) and the Russian Civil War caused sweeping changes in terms of ethnicities in the region.

I will write a brief overview of the war if people think it is appropriate for the topic of European history, or appropriately influential. What are your view on this? Johnanth (discuss • contribs) 14:38, 27 May 2012 (UTC)