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Pabst Blue Democrat (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 10:47 AM Original message |
World War 2 |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. Was Zinn opposed to the war? |
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Pabst Blue Democrat (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I believe he served in the Air Force..... |
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T Roosevelt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. The problem is... |
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NWHarkness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. You are forgetting Lend-Lease |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. We had many of our merchant marine ships attacked and sunk by Germans |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Based on a 1939 Fortune Survey |
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Pabst Blue Democrat (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I don't buy that.... |
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T Roosevelt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I did say "officially" |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 01:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. Learn your history.... |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. if hitler and japan |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I don't think the Whermacht could have pulled it off |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. i think that if the Luftwaffe |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. But there was not enough capacity to project the stragegic power |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. this is assuming the US diddent get involved |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That is an interesting point you make. |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. i think the japaneese forced hitler |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 12:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I honestly wonder if Hitler had won in Russia |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 12:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. would he have stopped? |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. But could we have trusted them? |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 01:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. probably |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. But we were not ayrian back then either. |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. no |
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Pabst Blue Democrat (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. A US/Germany alliance..... |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. probably |
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TO Kid (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. With Japan it could have worked |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. As I've understood it... |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Henry Ford admired hitler so much |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. There was good cause to go to war during WWII |
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Jerseygirltoo (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. Zinn |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. War |
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Pabst Blue Democrat (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Can we ever really say for sure that it was the right thing? |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Nagasaki |
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Pabst Blue Democrat (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. You're giving a narrative of what happened..... |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. justify |
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Pabst Blue Democrat (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Japan had offerered to surrender |
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TO Kid (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Nagasaki sealed it |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Not only that - |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Oh, so you're a history buff. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 01:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. History buff |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 01:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. ...in fact there was a nearly successful coup attempt |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 12:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. One other consideration for the Bull Halsey's speedup equation |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Admiral Halsey |
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evil_orange_cat (910 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. There's no doubt there were atrocities commited by both sides... |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
16. DEFINITELY WORTH FIGHTING! The German Busheviks of 1942 |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. A very large American corporation helped Hitler exterminate Jews |
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Charlie Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
34. If there was ever a just war |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. In my opinion, Yes |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
41. Lets not forget Dresden either. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 02:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. That was the Brits though (nt) |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. It was both of us. |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. A necessary war, with caveats. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. American and British businessmen supported Hitler's rise to power |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
51. Think of the horror. If Hitler had won, he might've installed one |
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