Cartoon Demands the government take over of businesses to do war crimes
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I'm sure you'd be saying the same thing if roles were changed, right? Look, I get that WW2 is much more complicated than the history they try to sell us, I'm not cucking for The Narrative or anything. But switch things around. If you're American, imagine they'd invaded Mexico, or Canada, or even somewhere in South America, then asked for peace. We also would have told them to pound sand. It's one thing not to get involved, it's another to legitimize the violent expansion of a rival. It's easy to say they should have accepted peace, but there's a very real concern that that peace wasn't offered in good faith, and they'd be next.
No matter how you feel about the stunning and brave national socialists, I can see why European powers weren't interested in playing nice. And other foreign powers using underhanded tactics to take out sovereign countries isn't great either. Too bad it's so popular, even today, but that's another matter.
Another thing that comes to mind is Neville Chamberlain's "peace in our time!"
Edit: meant to respond to u/Kienan
I can both criticize the evils of the Nazi regime and claim that the unilateral -- and not uncontroversial at the time -- UK/France defense pacts with Poland were the primary cause of the broader Second World War. The modern equivalent of Halifax's agreement with Poland would have been Victoria Nuland creating an agreement with Ukraine that obligated the US to put troops on the ground in the event of a Russian invasion, without the approval of congress.
The history of the Free City of Danzing and the German population of Poland should be understood here. In Danzing, Germans were being deprived of rights and property under the Polish government, a situation that accelerated after Halifax's agreement with Poland. Why not ethnically cleans Germans if Britain will come to your aid if Germany tries to prevent it?