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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence

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To: Qone0 who wrote (4921)	9/23/2001 11:22:54 AM
From: PJ Strifas	Read Replies (1) of 27666

Yes but was Britain prepared for a war with Germany in 1939? Have to read up on Dunkirk? So while Germany wan't "planning" according to Hitler's plans, neither was Britian at any time prior to the US's involvement. My point was the WWII could have been prevented if countries stood up to the Germans in the mid-1930s using diplomatic, economic and military pressure. Instead, countries were not prepared to do so in fear of being attacked. This bought the Germans time to build up a military that could actually back up that preception. By the way, Hitler's fatal mistake IMO was attacking Russia. If he had just sat still in 1940-41, regrouped, rested and re-armed his military during the next year - he could have attacked Britain as early as 1943 with some success. While a naval blockade was the strategy of the day at the time, air superiority (with long-range and medium-range bombers) would have sufficed to lay seige to the island nation of Great Britain long enough to weaken her into a possible negotiated "peace" if not invasion. Of course, this is just speculation but still serves as a history lesson to us all.

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