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Old 03-06-2006, 12:45 AM
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even if Germany was defeated in world war II, Germay troops was the strongest in the world.







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If the British hadn't got involved, then the Germans would have won the war. The Russian and American troops were suffering massive casualties and the Americans were on the verge of pulling out when we joined in.

At that time, the British Empire was a bigger super power than the USA.
Let's backtrack a little to Spring 1942 which is really when the US stepped into the foray (and even then, they took almost 2 years to fully mobilize) the UK was on its heels when the US entered the fight. The Africa and Southeast Asia campaigns were going badly for the UK and German bombings were taking a toll on the military industrial complex in England. It was American logistical support of England that kept it afloat until the US was able to get it's act together. Years of economic depression and downsizing after WW I had decimated the American military. Macarthur even ranked the US Army 16th after Portugal (ha).
To tell the truth, WW II was an ALLIED effort. No country lost more troops than the Soviet Union. Their casualty figures are horrendous. Credit has to be given to all the allied nations. To say the British were the ones to save the US and the Russians is historically inaccurate. It's quite the other way around. In fact, if it weren't for Chamberlain, it's possible Hitler could have been contained earlier.

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even if Germany was defeated in world war II, Germay troops was the strongest in the world.
That's what the Germans thought too. So they were defeated by an 'inferior' hodgepodge of non ethnically pure people. :P That's irony and proof that they weren't the 'strongest in the world'

shsong, I'm sure you're trying to edify yourself about World War II, but I think you're possibly glorifying them (Nazi German Army) a bit too much. They were not Nice People. They butchered MILLIONS of innocent people. It's like showing admiration for the Japanese Imperial Army who were also guilty of some horrific atrocities. They had a strong army too. Are you going to boast about their strength?
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