On Feb 7, 2012, at 4:56 PM, Wojtek S wrote:
> One of those less salient factors was the
> mobilization of the demobilized WW1 military for the political cause.
On the contrary, the Freikorps was the original form and heart and
soul of Hitler's Nazism *whose figurehead was von Ludendorff*.
> The Bolsheviks did it and won the revolution.
The Russian soldiers were never demobilized: they made the revolution
during the war by going home and taking the land.
> The Italian fascists did it and successfully grabbed power.
correct for once
> Ditto for Spanish fascists.
Spain was neutral in the war so nobody was demobilized. The dual cores
of Spanish fascism (phalangism) were the Church and the colonial army
in Morocco that had been beaten by Abd-el-Krim (until the French saved
their bacon) but never demobilized.
Shane Mage
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kindling in measures and going out in measures."
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