We know how it turned out, but back then this prediction probably did not seem all that inconceivable.
For lack of better word, his "whining" that Britain and America turned against Germany, is also interesting, e.g.:
> A tiny extension of Germany into purely German territories to the East was sufficient ground to see a threat to the European balance of power.
I'm not sure where to begin.
We know how it turned out, but back then this prediction probably did not seem all that inconceivable.
For lack of better word, his "whining" that Britain and America turned against Germany, is also interesting, e.g.:
> A tiny extension of Germany into purely German territories to the East was sufficient ground to see a threat to the European balance of power.