Contrary to the bumper sticker that proclaims otherwise
Thanks to all those young men who faced their fears and did their duty 70 years ago on the beaches of Normandy.

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I've often thought about making up some stickers of my own:

"Well then, who sang that song Lowrider?"

"Why can't we be friends?"

And then putting them on the backs of cars with the other stickers... But I would never go around putting stickers on others vehicles, so I drop the idea again...

MV

And sometimes, it isn't. If we hadn't been so pig-happy to trade with the Germans in the 1930s and didn't turn a blind eye to the horrors going on there, maybe the situation wouldn't have progressed as far as war. Sadly, there were a lot of Nazi sympathizers in the US prior to 1941.

Sometimes it is difficult to see the real facts in the midst of confusion. Germany was doing fine right up until the German people gave political and military power to Adolf Hitler. Once he and his Nazi party rose to power, NO ONE could oppose him or the Nazis. They became way too powerful and dissent by any German was not tolerated.

That said, there was dissent because there were over 40 attempts on Hitler's life by his own military. It seems some of them hated his guts and were willing to do anything including assassination to get rid of him.

The German resistance reached out to the Allies (England and the United States) for help in planning and carrying out the assassination of Adolf Hitler. The Allies refused to provide any assistance of any kind to the German resistance. Can you imagine? Had the Allies helped coordinate and plan the assassination of Adolf Hitler along with the German resistance, WWII would have ended FAR EARLIER and many many lives would have been saved ON BOTH SIDES.

Sad story.

Germany was relatively resource-poor. Had Hitler's state been strangled at birth via embargo, war may not have been needed.

Are we seriously going to have an argument about how WW2 started ? I love Mercedesshop/Peachparts


Yes, sometimes war is the answer. Sometimes it isnt. All I can be sure of is that people 70 years ago had a much worse life, and much more apparent resolve than I've ever seen in myself or my peers.

I ask them to accept that their sons and daughters have the watch, and to rest in peace.

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^^^ Well said.

Did I say that war was always the answer? Why not just spit on the graves of those who died in the effort to destroy the grip that Nazi tyranny had on Europe

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Germany's economy was booming. Still is.

Some time ago, one of our forum members mentioned that since the Allies had bombed most of Germany's petroleum resources, the Germans needed a replacement for petroleum based motor oil Thus, they created synthetic motor oil for use in German war machines. That is why you and I can waltz into our local auto parts store and purchase Mobile 1 and a whole slew of other synthetics......

Mercedes created the world's first automobile, German minds created Synthetic motor oil and there exists numerous firsts created by Germans and German companies. They turn out quite a few innovative products for such a small country.

Wasn't in the 1920s and early 1930s. One of the reasons why the Germans were disillusioned enough to support a dirtbag like Hitler.

My grandfather died fighting in the Polish resistance. I'm not spitting on anyone's grave, Mr. Thinskin.

I'm not so sure the U.S. showed up to 'destroy the Nazis' as D-Day was seen as a repayment for what France had done for America in it's war for independence against the British (George Washington and the First Continental Army). Of course, liberating France from the Nazis would go a long way to settle the debt.

. . . and we gave the Jerry Lewis and named pomme frittes after them . . .

Exactly, thats why we have the war on Christmas every year. Its a war worth fighting.

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Isn't "What was the question" just as important?