During the 1930s, more and more political and military leaders foresaw a great war being fought in Europe. In 1919, one Dublin man, S.M. Alsup, predicted another world war, twenty years before it happened. S.M. Alsup was a clerk with the American Forces in Treves, Germany. On February 2, 1919, Alsup wrote a letter to his wife. Alsup talked with German citizens and observed what was going on around him. Alsup predicted "that if Germany is allowed to run her manufacturing plants and other industries to the extent of making it possible for her to pay the huge debt that she is supposed to pay, she will be on top again before we know it; at which time the war of all wars will be fought." Alsup went on to write, "I certainly hope I am wrong, but my opinion is that in 1940 there will be another great war, if not earlier." Alsup's prediction was right on the money - twenty years before Great Britain declared war against Germany and World War II began. Dublin Courier Herald, June 20, 1940.
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