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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (4914)	9/23/2001 1:52:37 AM
From: Qone0	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27666

That is one perspective. Another perspective is that if Britain and the U.S. had jumped into the war a few years earlier, they would have been slaughtered. The extra prep time helped them build up a big enough force to defeat the Nazi army. If I recall right Britain declared war on Germany as soon as they invaded Poland. Germany declared war on the US after pearl harbor. Not the other way around.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (4914)	9/23/2001 10:00:02 AM
From: PJ Strifas	Respond to of 27666

You are correct. It took the US & GB until 1943-4 to amass enough war materials to make it feasible to attack "Fortress Europe". And then several factors coming together to get us to victory such as the German army being ground up on the Eastern Front and continued bombing raids into their industrial heart. In my perspective, I'm wasn't talking about only military action - just calling the Nazi "bluff" say in 1934-5 or even enforcing the treaty signed at the end of WWI regarding building of military assets. That would have taken a diplomatic press with some military moves designed to influence their perception of our resolve. Then again, back in those days, intelligence was done by humans and both sides were working that angle hard so I believe the Germans knew enough to make their moves knowning the path to "success" was easier than it should have been. Regards, Peter J Strifas