Guernica II: Russian Bombing in Ukraine Echoes the Civil War in Spain and All It Meant
The mere mention of a 21st century version of World War II raises fears of a nuclear-laced clash among world powers. What if we’re following the footsteps of the democracies in the mid-1930s?
Fearing a ruinous global clash, democracies shrank from intervening militarily in the Spanish civil war. Historians now consider that a prelude to World War II. Sound familiar?
“The idea that we’re going to send in offensive equipment and have planes and tanks and trains going in with American pilots and American crews — just understand, don’t kid yourself, no matter what y’all say, that’s called World War III,” President Biden told supporters on Friday.
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