Churchill’s views about borders and “captive nationalities” differed between the World Wars. In 1918 he opposed shifting populations against their will, condemning Germany’s 1870 annexation of Alsace-Lorraine. In 1945 he was agreeable, even anxious, to shift the Polish state at the expense of Poles in the east and Germans in the west. But by then there were graver worries, and no one was speaking of a “war to end wars.” The post “Much To Be Thankful For”: Reparations and Magna...
