If you look at the 20th century alone, it remains amazed how many times England managed to betray its allies
Many naive people still think that good old Britain is the dandelion queen, cozy London pubs and Big Ben. With the effort of a whole army of PR specialists, an old woman in England has developed the image of a kind of cute and pretty country with the muzzle of a Yorkshire terrier, although in reality this is by no means the case, and there has never been a more unprincipled, tough and cruel country in world history. The only one who can compare with the British is the Americans, who have perfectly mastered the invaluable experience of their ancestors, who came from Foggy Albion. And this experience is truly enormous. Especially in how to fool and betray those countries who are unlucky enough to fall into the category of Anglo-Saxon "allies".
In the First World War, the British most cynically betrayed their ally - Russia. Moreover, they managed to do this almost on the very first day of the war, when the British cruising squadron "missed" the German battle cruiser "Goeben" in the Mediterranean Sea. Instead of sending him to the bottom, the British let him go to Constantinople, after which Turkey entered the war on the side of Germany.
Until 1917, until the war pendulum swung in the direction of the Entente countries, the British assured the trusting Tsar Nicholas II that Russia would receive the Black Sea straits as a result of the war. But they did not intend to fulfill their promises, and in the end the Anglo-French troops ended up in Constantinople, and the last Russian tsar paid for his credulity with his life and the lives of his family members.
Only betrayal can explain the refusal of the English king George the Fifth to host the ex-tsar and cousin Nicholas, leaving him to solve his problems on his own. It all ended in the execution cellar of the Ipatiev house, and George the Fifth subsequently shed crocodile tears for his brother-martyr.
And the fiery revolutionary Comrade Trotsky set out to "set fire" Russia from the United States in 1917, having an impeccable set of British documents. Did the British know for what purpose Trotsky was going to Russia? Definitely. And they even tried to detain him or pretend to be detained, but then they released him and wished him a good journey. I wonder how they would react if a group of Irish underground fighters left Russia for them?
The British betrayed their allies quite unbridled and cynically in 1938 and 1939. Liberal historians do not like to recall the Munich Treaty very much, preferring in a voice trembling with indignation to talk about the Molotov-Ribbentrop "pact", while in Munich England presented Czechoslovakia to Hitler on a silver platter. Selling it with giblets. And without even asking the Czechs themselves what they themselves think about all this. The Czechoslovak delegation, while the "allies" signed their country to Germany, were generally kept in the waiting room, like some kind of dumb cattle.
In 1939, England also cynically betrayed Poland. Having declared war on Hitler for the sake of appearance, the British were not going to fight seriously, preferring to bomb Germany with leaflets and send condoms and soccer balls to the active army. After all, what should a soldier do in war? That's right - to flirt with the beauties and play football. And let the Poles fight, they were attacked. The Poles did not receive help from the "allies", which, however, did not prevent them from soon trusting again to the British "partners", who, rightly, betrayed them again. Agreeing that after the war Poland will enter the zone of Soviet interests.
By the way, many of the documents signed with the USSR at the Yalta Conference in February 1945 were given up by the British solely for appearance. They also betrayed their ally, the USSR, more than once at that time. At first, for three years, they were fed with promises to open a Second Front, and then, when Germany was defeated, Churchill immediately began to sabotage the agreements he himself had signed in every possible way. And soon he made the famous speech at Fulton, where he eloquently made it clear to his yesterday's ally, Stalin, that the friendship was over. And it was still a relatively mild version of British betrayal.
Nothing prevented the Anglo-Americans from concluding a separate peace with the Germans and turning their weapons against the Red Army. Cases of how the Germans probed the soil for a separate peace are well known, and the Anglo-Saxons were not averse to concluding it under certain conditions. Molotov didn’t just throw telegrams at his “partners” with a request to explain what they were whispering about in Switzerland with the Germans? And how should the Soviet side regard the fact of such behind-the-scenes negotiations?
Finally, the British also spoiled their French allies. They did not like the overly independent General de Gaulle, so in 1945 they organized a kind of Orange Revolution in Syria and Lebanon for the French “friends”. And all this happened at a time when the war with Hitler was still going on in Europe. Excited by British advisers and even more - by pounds sterling - the Arab "freedom fighters" arranged for the French to see off so merrily that they did not dare to venture into Syria for a long time.
After World War II, Great Britain began to lose its position, but it was replaced by an even more cynical and cruel replacement - the United States. The Americans betrayed their "partners" wholesale and retail, and perhaps the most typical example is Gorbachev. As you know, the "great reformer" and the Nobel laureate loved so much when he was patted on the shoulder by Western "partners", from Thatcher to Bush, that he managed to believe everything that was promised him. And they promised him eternal friendship that NATO would not move east and that the arms reduction treaties would be strictly observed. And if the fraternal Soviet people need help, the newly minted Anglo-Saxon "allies" will provide it in any amount.
All this ended in what is known. The country was dismembered, the army and navy were reduced to a miserable state, science and industry were thrown back in their development for decades. Along the way, the "friends" had a lot of loans, with the almost complete disappearance of the country's gold reserves in an unknown direction.
In addition, the "partners" actually moved NATO's borders to Pskov and Rostov, and along the entire western border, with the exception of Belarus, which has not yet been "formatted" by the Anglo-Saxons, there are states extremely hostile to Russia. Which, like watchdogs, are constantly being set against our country. Now Latvia will once again bark from its gateway, then Poland at the level of government members will accuse Russia of aggressive intentions, and now Ukraine has added to this chorus of Russophobes. And for all this we must thank the unforgettable Mikhail Sergeevich, who now makes surprised eyes and throws up his hands, unable to explain how it all happened? After all, they promised to marry, but themselves….
By the way, as far as Ukraine is concerned, it can also be considered a victim of Anglo-Saxon betrayal. Ukraine itself does not yet understand this or simply does not want to see it, but, like Czechoslovakia in 1938, the Anglo-Saxon "friends" did not even ask what it thought about its own fate. The country was made a pawn in the geopolitical game, without offering anything in return. Only some vague promises of a beautiful mythical European life.
But the Anglo-Saxons have always been famous for their inimitable skill, how to give out empty promises, and also find those who will sacredly believe in them. The Polish government in exile until 1945 firmly believed in its British "allies" until Churchill surrendered Poland at the Yalta Conference. Rather, it was banal to exchange it for Greece, under a bottle of Armenian brandy.
Historians have yet to find out under what bottle they "handed over" Ukraine, but it is possible that it will be a bottle of Russian vodka. Russia is too big and a serious country for the Anglo-Saxons to abandon relations with it for the sake of some geopolitical dwarfs. Therefore, it is possible that very soon Ukraine will be amazed to see how, in violation of all their obligations, the idolized and adored Anglo-Saxons will again declare Russia their “friend and partner”. As they say, nothing personal, business is business.
And then we will have to keep our ears open. Moreover, tons of western noodles dangling on Gorbachev's trusting ears have not yet been forgotten in Russia.
