donegaLroad wrote: » Also, the US sold strategic materials to the Nazis in 1941, in order to help them defeat the Russians. The Nazi's were funded by large American banks, and supported by American companies such as IBM and Standard Oil.
rustynutz wrote: » Id say we'd be all speaking German if America never existed
the_syco wrote: » We'd be all speaking German, and wouldn't think anything of old people and anyone with autism being turned into ashes as part of the final solution?
Skylinehead wrote: » What? That's not even close to being true. Lend-lease was in full effect in 1941, before America even entered the war, delivering supplies to the USSR barely a day after the Germans invaded. Where did you pull that from?
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doolox wrote: » We would probably be a nation of impoverished, badly developed and badly educated people without American support throughout our recent history.
doolox wrote: » .....a lot of Irelands route to freedom was from considerable assistance and support from America. Contrast Irelands demise after the 1798 rebellion with relative success in 1919-1922. Because of US support and Britains unwillingness to upset American political opinion Ireland achieved a partial amount of home rule and was able to go much further than in previous attempts to gain freedom in 1641,1690,1798,1803,1848 and 1857.....the six attempts at freedom taking mentioned in the 1916 proclamation The Good Friday agreement and modern peace in our time was made much more possible with US support. We would probably be a nation of impoverished, badly developed and badly educated people without American support throughout our recent history.
donegaLroad wrote: » eeguy wrote: » Don't understand this "We'd all be speaking German". Sure the Germans were defeated and they don't all speak English or Russian It is a popular claim as an alternative ending to WW2, had the Allies not defeated the Germans, the Nazis would have continued their takeover of Europe and as a result, we would all be speaking German. What is not mentioned though, is that Russia played a very large part in defeating the Germans before the Allies ever moved in. The Russians lost over 8 million soldiers during WW2. By one calculation, for every single American soldier killed fighting the Germans, 80 Soviet soldiers died doing the same.... the Germans suffered 75% of their wartime losses fighting the Russians. Also, the US sold strategic materials to the Nazis in 1941, in order to help them defeat the Russians. The Nazi's were funded by large American banks, and supported by American companies such as IBM and Standard Oil.
eeguy wrote: » Don't understand this "We'd all be speaking German". Sure the Germans were defeated and they don't all speak English or Russian
branie2 wrote: » On the bright side, we wouldn't have Bible Belt fundamentalists
A Little Pony wrote: » Heh, you got whipped that day. 8-)
A Little Pony wrote: » Should we be impressed that Stalin treated his army worse than dogs? The Russian losses are down to the Russians themselves with the tactics they employed. Nazi Germany would have stood a great chance of beating them if D-Day didn't happen. The suffocation effect is what destroyed Nazi Germany, once the Allies landed they didn't have a chance, it's impossible.
Pugzilla wrote: » A Little Pony wrote: » Should we be impressed that Stalin treated his army worse than dogs? The Russian losses are down to the Russians themselves with the tactics they employed. Nazi Germany would have stood a great chance of beating them if D-Day didn't happen. The suffocation effect is what destroyed Nazi Germany, once the Allies landed they didn't have a chance, it's impossible. 80% of German forces were devoted to the Eastern Front. Allied strategic bombing and landings in France and Italy only shortened the War. All the decisive battles were in the East. Germany lost the war in 1941 and 1942. Failure to capture Moscow in Operation Typhoon was the first major failure. Hitler squandered any remaining chance of victory by fixating on Stalingrad, a city of no major strategic importance. Even with a victory at Kursk, Axis defeat was inevitable. Germany could never hope to beat the USSR in a war of attrition. It didn't have the manpower or resources.
A Little Pony wrote: » If Britain and America wasn't involved in the war Germany was certainly capable of holding off the Soviet Union, maybe to take over the country is up for debate, not even the great Napoleon could do that and he was a genius military commander. But because D day was a success it meant it was over for Germany. Losing ground in the war against the Soviet Union from not capturing Moscow (of which they really should have done) and then losing the battle of Stalingrad doesn't mean Germany would have capitulated as they ended up doing in 45. I think if they reinforced themselves in (remember US and Britain not involved here) then they could have fended them off and possibly a truce agreement.
Skylinehead wrote: » A Little Pony wrote: » If Britain and America wasn't involved in the war Germany was certainly capable of holding off the Soviet Union, maybe to take over the country is up for debate, not even the great Napoleon could do that and he was a genius military commander. But because D day was a success it meant it was over for Germany. Losing ground in the war against the Soviet Union from not capturing Moscow (of which they really should have done) and then losing the battle of Stalingrad doesn't mean Germany would have capitulated as they ended up doing in 45. I think if they reinforced themselves in (remember US and Britain not involved here) then they could have fended them off and possibly a truce agreement. The war was lost well before D-Day. Some say Kursk, I'd personally say it was lost by Stalingrad. Now that's not to say that the western Allies didn't help there, they certainly did with massive amounts of materiel and Operation Torch, but D-Day as the turning point is nonsense. It sped up the wars end, but it did not decide it.
A Little Pony wrote: » Depends what you mean by lost. Taking control over the Soviet Union maybe but if they hadn't been at war with Britain and the US I don't see any reason why they could not reinforce themselves with more men closer to home and bed themselves 'in' and not be so stretched which is what ultimately destroyed them. Hitler was a moron for declaring war on the US, opening himself up to shared air raids by both Britain and the US and obviously all the US manpower and material.
begbysback wrote: » No America then no hot dogs, no no country for old men, no cowboys and Indians, no friends, no Silicon Valley, no awesome, no bad boys bad boys whatchya gonna do, no Christopher Columbus, no mini league baseball, no ice hockey players fighting, no Martin Luther king, no Forrest Gump, no driving on the freeway and no parking on the driveway, no sopranos, no simpsons and no Tommy Hilfiger jumpers.
OnDraught wrote: » Absolutely everything on this list is muck. Apart from the Sopranos.
