Comments by "" (@BasementEngineer) on "The Armchair Historian" channel.

  1. With good reason. Over a period of 400! years, France invaded German territory 40 times.
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  2. Rubbish.
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  3. You are probably right, but not for the reason you think. France, Britain, USA defacto, were going to war against Germany come hell or high water.
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  4.  @NewsRedial  Well, over a period of 400 years, the French invaded German territory 40 times, pillaging and looting along the way. Perhaps the Germans had a reason to be pissed off?
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  5.  @brucemarsico6  Britain got into WWI for economic and world trade reasons. Read "The Pity of War" by Niall Ferguson.
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  6.  @kjrom  The Soviet Union prevailed because the USA shipped millions of tons of war material, including 450,000 trucks and US dollar printing plates, to the Soviet Union. With the result that eastern Europe was under the communist yoke and we had the cold war after the cease fire. About that "crushing". Please explain why German productivity and standard of living became so much better within 20 years after the war, than the Soviet Union ever achieved. 60 or so years Germany became the greatest exporting country in the world, beating the USA which had 4x the population of Germany. China finally got that rank of largest exporter,with a population of 4x that of the USA. Yes, brave Germany was defeated by the combined efforts of the entire communist and capitalist countries with a population advantage of almost 10 to 1. And it took them 6 tears to do it.
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  7. Fact is, over a period of 400 years, France invaded German territory 40 times. Perhaps the Germans were just a little miffed at the French for this?
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  8.  @mrworldwide7387  Doubtful.
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  9.  @mrworldwide7387  In both WW the USA was in it from day one, even though it was officially neutral.
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  10.  @mrworldwide7387  I never went to any American school or university. My information is obtained by voracious reading. Try it. Eg.: The Pity of War. Churchill and Hitler, the Unnecessary War. Germany's War. The Myth of German Villainy. Polish Atrocities Against the German Minority in Poland. Many more. Enjoy.
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  11. Who, pray tell, were the British reinforcements? Where did they come from?
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  12. Partisans are legitimate targets for execution. Murdering civilians by the millions was an allied thing. Hamburg and Dresden spring to mind.
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  13.  @HellStr82  So what?
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  14.  @HellStr82  She is indeed.
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  15.  @helilivesmatter1075  These countries were invaded because they murdered German expatriates in great numbers, sided with Britain for whatever reason, declared war on Germany,or was asked by their government for German help to resist the communists. A modicum of searching on the 'net would show the veracity of my statements.
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  16.  @JacquesRoux1918  Any authenticated proof?
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  17.  @JacquesRoux1918  So? Bombing civilians from 20,000 feet is acceptable? The Geneva Accord allowed for reprisals for guerrilla war fare.
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  18. Pure and unadulterated rubbish! Perfidious Albion indeed!
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