kdogg2077
kdogg2077 t1_iy10n13 wrote
Reply to On April 2, 1941, a Japanese foreign minister asked Pope Pius XII to speak to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, so as to avert "a war of mutual destruction” by marketrent
I think another Japanese minister tried to broker peace talks with the USA, but none of them had the backing of Tojo and the Japanese cabinet, so it was meaningless.
kdogg2077 t1_j0gazpt wrote
Reply to Drought encouraged Attila's Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest by ArtOak
Did Attila need some out of the ordinary reason to attach the Roman Empire? They were wealthy but declining. They would have been a perfect target for Atilla. It's not like he was normally peaceful.