Harry Pollard wrote: > You said: > > " The USA "escaped fighting Hitler" for 3 years after he invaded > Poland, even waited for Hitler to declare war to them, and only > entered troops after watching Russia sacrifice almost 20 million > of its people, when it started to look like Russia could win the > war and march on to the Atlantic -- can't allow that to the evil > commies!" > > Unbelievable nonsense - Poland was invaded in 1939. Pearl Harbor > was attacked in 1941 about 6 months after the invasion of Russia. > That's 2 years after Poland, 6 months after Russia, but maybe you > can't count.
The US troops landed on European beaches (Italy) only in July 1943. That's _3_ years (and 10 months) after Hitler invaded Poland (and 4.5 years after he occupied Czechoslovakia). > The Brits and French tried to pacify Hitler because they didn't > want war. If they didn't want war, then why did they make the Versailles treaty? Marshal Foch told his fellow Frenchmen in 1919 that this treaty would be the sure recipe for war, and Lloyd George told the Brits the same in advance (before Versailles was signed). Alas, in your Hollywood version of history, the war began in 1939 so Versailles doesn't exist. > From 1934 to war in 1939, there wasn't much time for Hitler to be > a "bulwark against communism". You must have added propaganda to > your history books, His domestic cleanups and corporate policies clearly showed he was one. > [...lots of silly old stereotypes clipped...] > while American sailors in the Pacific were being eaten by > sharks in feeding frenzy, you were busy making watches for the > Russian Front. I wasn't aware that watches are mission-critical weapons, certainly not as much as Swedish steel and Czech-made tanks... > Yet, you were quick to blame Sweden and Czecho for helping the > Nazis. Well, they were trying to save their necks - something > that you didn't need to do with your 600,000 army. We just can't do it right for you. First you objected that Hitler could have "rolled over Switzerland in 15 minutes", and after I debunked that, now you object to our 600,000 army. Czechoslovakia had a larger army (and 2.5 times more people than CH), but didn't dare to use it for defense, thus inviting Hitler to occupy the country and take their tanks and tank factories to use them for other invasions. According to Churchill, from August 1938 to September 1939 the Czech factories produced almost as much as the whole British arms industry -- but for Hitler! And you complain about Swiss watches and chocolate bars. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
