Talk:British Legion Volunteer Police Force

Apologist?
Is it just me or does this sound like somebody is making excuses for this pro-Nazi organisation: "To set the formation of the British Legion Volunteer Police Force into context it is necessary to briefly mention the International affairs on the go at that time." Surely this is against some Wikipedia rule about impartiality? 109.77.49.209 (talk) 17:45, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

I know little about the BLVPF, so I've no idea. Lots of right-wing people in the 1930s thought Hitler was preferable to Stalin, a not entirely stupid position considering how many Stalin killed. More to the point, lots of decent people disliked Hitler but thought that it was worth trying to reach a settlement with Hitler - including letting him have the German-speaking Sudetenland - to avoid the horror of another war. You can't declare war on every odious regime. After Hitler tore up the Munich Agreement and marched into Prague in March 1939 it was obvious that he was a maniac who would ever honour any treaty, and that war was now only a matter of time - but that was in the future.CaraPolkaDots (talk) 14:38, 31 May 2012 (UTC)