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In reply to the discussion: Related to another OP, should the US have entered World War II earlier than it did? [View all]Pararescue
(131 posts)25. I thought the ending sucked also.
If the Nimitz had been able to wipe out the Japanese Fleet, the whole course of history would have been changed.
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Related to another OP, should the US have entered World War II earlier than it did? [View all]
pampango
Mar 2013
OP
I wouldn't say I studied it closely but my understanding is that we realized limited benefits and
Cary
Mar 2013
#24
I think history shows that bombing civilians increases their hatred and will to fight rather than
pampango
Mar 2013
#29
I agree. In fact I posted that FDR had no choice given the sentiments of the time.
pampango
Mar 2013
#7
We should have at least used the Neutrality Act to prosecute Prescott Bush and other Wall St
leveymg
Mar 2013
#5
That's an important quote, but it was Sen. Borah who said it, according to Rob't Parry
leveymg
Mar 2013
#17
All very interesting and plausible possibilities. Just goes to show how unpredictable war
pampango
Mar 2013
#23
The Czarist Okhrana precipitated the assassination plot of the Austrian Archduke in Sarajevo.
leveymg
Mar 2013
#19
That's a toughie, but a big part would be to render Archduke Ferdinand's killing irrelevant
Taverner
Mar 2013
#35
There is no guarantee that an earlier entry to the war would have helped the allied cause.
JVS
Mar 2013
#16
I think you are right. It took us a long time to crank up military production and draft and train
pampango
Mar 2013
#26
I agree that we were not ready - even in 1941. France and Britain were not ready either but
pampango
Mar 2013
#36
If France & England had been smarter they would have beaten Germany in 1940.
GreenStormCloud
Mar 2013
#37
Actually, had Hitler not declared war on us, it would have been a hard sell to fight him.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2013
#33
What if we had had a strong army in 1939? Would entering the war at that point have been
pampango
Mar 2013
#38
I'm fundamentally an isolationist, but in the case of WW-II we royally screwed up.
talkingmime
Mar 2013
#39