Now, I know this will start a flame war that will make Dresden look like
a Fourth of July cookout, but:
A couple of things have always puzzled me:
1) Why Germany and Japan never really co-operated, the same way the
Allies did
2) Why England didn't see ( and the U.S, as far as that goes) that
her/our national interests were more closely alinged with Germany than
with the USSR. The Germans were thinking all through the war that
England and Germany were natural allies, and that any day England would
wake up and come to her senses.
Please don't give me the stuff about Hitler killing the Jews. Stalin
made Hitler look like a rank amateur in killing Jews; then he took up on
his own countrymen. I want logical arguements please.
3) Why the Japanese couldn't get it right on The Greater East Asia
Co-prosperity Sphere, and Asia for the Asians, instead of whacking away
at all the native populations they had under their control. Their
propaganda makes a whole lot more sense than Asia as a European Colony.
War is hell, I hope neither I nor my family or friends ever have to
fight another. There were heros and cowards on all sides, and history
is written by the winners. To get the facts, you have to read between
the lines, and only by understanding history will we have the slim
chance to avoid repeating it.
John
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