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...Serbia continued to resist, helped by Austria or Russia, who valued the Balkans as a buffer against the Turk, or betrayed them if it suited their purposes. Early in the 19th Century the great Serbian King Kara George fought Turkey with Russian aid, got a limited autonomy with Turkish garrisons still in Serbia. But Napoleon's advance on Moscow drew away Russian support, and the Turks pressed Serbia hard again. This time Serbia's Milos Obrenovich made a deal with Turkey for recognition. The deal included the assassination of Kara George, and thus started an Obrenovich-Kara George...
...Value of Petain. In the beginning, Marshal Petain had been a natural for Hitler. The old man was a totalitarian and a collaborationist who was also known to many Frenchmen as a French patriot. With his help the French Fleet and the French African bases were neutralized, forming a buffer between Britain and Axis operations in the Mediterranean. With his help democrats were purged from the French Navy, Army and police - a purge which Laval may find very handy...
...help of European and Asiatic allies. The other theory is isolationism, which maintains that the U.S. can retire behind its oceans and fight off all aggressors with the help of its hemispheric allies (Latin America). The question for Americans: Shall the U.S. dominate the world or become a buffer state between Germany and Japan...
...Japanese gave Mongolian nationalists a high-sounding Mongolian United Autonomous Government. They introduced a "planned economy" to exploit herdsmen and coolies, to loot mines and resources. The arrangement was eminently pleasing to the Japanese. Not only did they drain Inner Mongolia's wealth, but they had a vast buffer state against Russia and a Mongol army which kept the peace. Last week the army was gone...
Turkey is an obvious hot spot for 1942. Adolf Hitler needs Turkey if he is to close out U.S. and British aid to Russia when he strikes again for the Caucasian oilfields. The United Nations need Turkey as a buffer for both the Caucasus and the Suez Canal-and some day, as an invasion point into Europe...