is one of those phrases that crops up again and again in European history, both colonial and continental. It's practically asking fate to guarantee a years-long conflict.
it was a reasonable assumption at the start of ww1 as the thinking was that Germany would run out of nitrates for explosives. Then Haber comes in and figures out how to make nitrates artificially at about the worst possible time for everyone in Europe
We'll be home in time for Christmas!
is one of those phrases that crops up again and again in European history, both colonial and continental. It's practically asking fate to guarantee a years-long conflict.
Covid will be gone by Easter, like magic
:inconceivable: you fell victim to one of the classic blunders
it was a reasonable assumption at the start of ww1 as the thinking was that Germany would run out of nitrates for explosives. Then Haber comes in and figures out how to make nitrates artificially at about the worst possible time for everyone in Europe