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Originally posted by Souljah
Now, Now. Easy Boy - if you are going to carry all the burden on your shoulders only, you are going to break your back! I really like it when running out of Arguments, you quickly turn to the good old "we saved you in the WW2" speech. Like US soldiers were the ONLY ones to Sacrifice their lives in this War.
Originally posted by dbates
Good grief! Do you actually read what others post or do you just skim the text and fill in the blanks with your agenda?
I simply said that the count of 2,000 soldiers lost is a far cry from the thousands lost in WW II when people let the evil get out of hand before taking it on. No one (Except you) claimed that the US carried the world on it's back. I clearly stated that the number lost was a little over 400,000 and that the number was even far greater when all countries fatalities were counted.
Originally posted by devilwasp
Soljah , how many sides are in your version of the iraq war?
The US and insurgents?
The US alone?
The Coalition?
Originally posted by Souljah
There are TWO sides in every War:
- the Attackers or the Occupying Army
- the Defenders or the Rebel Army
Originally posted by Souljah
Well trust me - it happens all the time on this Board, that the pro-war crowd starts to bring out the guns with the "we-saved-your-butt-in-ww2" speech, and that if it wasn't for the US we would all speak German.
Originally posted by rogue1
LOL, without the US's help, you would certainly be speaking German. After all the US was the arsenal of democracy - without that Europe would have been under the yoke of the Nazi's. You can't dispute that unless you ignore the facts.
The Eastern Front was by far the largest and bloodiest theatre of World War II, and indeed has little parallel in the history of human conflict. It involved more land combat than all other World War II fronts combined. The Red Army and other forces of the USSR inflicted about 80% of losses suffered by German land forces (Germany's strongest armed force comprised of the Heer and the Waffen-SS) in World War II or about 3 million soldiers. The USSR, for its part, lost as many as 25 million lives.
The Eastern Front was unparalleled for its high intensity, ferocity, and brutality. The fighting involved millions of German and Soviet troops along a broad front. It was by far the deadliest single front in World War II, with over 4 million deaths on the Axis Forces, Soviet battle deaths were about 7 to 8 million, and civilian deaths were about 14 million.
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by rogue1
LOL, without the US's help, you would certainly be speaking German. After all the US was the arsenal of democracy - without that Europe would have been under the yoke of the Nazi's. You can't dispute that unless you ignore the facts.
Originally posted by devilwasp
Originally posted by rogue1
LOL, without the US's help, you would certainly be speaking German. After all the US was the arsenal of democracy - without that Europe would have been under the yoke of the Nazi's. You can't dispute that unless you ignore the facts.
And with out the european allies you wouldnt of had a base to take europe...
Originally posted by Souljah
Originally posted by rogue1
LOL, without the US's help, you would certainly be speaking German. After all the US was the arsenal of democracy - without that Europe would have been under the yoke of the Nazi's. You can't dispute that unless you ignore the facts.
Hmmm... I think the Soviet Union was pretty close to Defeating the Germany Army all by themselves, and if you ask me, they are the REAL Liberators of the Larger part of Europe. But it is only Natural for Every American to think, that without USA Help we would all speak German here - your EGO lets you do that.
Originally posted by rogue1
LOL, European allies ? I thought only one European country stood alone in 1941 - Great Britain - well several I guess, but Wales and Scotland were piddly.
Hell the Soviets ( with US supplies ) were largely responsible for taking on the Germans, not the West Europe would never have been taken if the Soviets weren't involved. The West contributed less than 20% to the German defeat.
Anyway if the US had to start from nothing we'd probab;y be calling the EU the USE - United States of Europe.
Originally posted by devilwasp
Nope, german U-boats most likely would have sunk the fleet and the german lufftwaffe would have laid siege to the fleet..
Unless your trying to say that the US carrier fleet alone had more aircraft than the german lufftewaffe...
Originally posted by rogue1
Well, I wouldn't expect the US to invade england directly. I would expect an Operation Torch style landing in North Africa. A place where they could build up forces. Also the US thought GB was going to capitulate so that's why they ordered the massive B-36 bomber.
IMO, I think the US would have just written Europe off and forged ties with the new master of Europe Actually I'm sure they would of, especially with some key americans having major investments in Germany.