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Originally Posted by spdrun
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.
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One of the big things going on then was the Depression. That means someone willing to buy from your Country is a good thing.
The other thing is that Hitler was Anti-Communist. And, back then those 2 items were extremely important.
If anything it was the Europeans that were responsible for stopping Hitler’s rise since they were the ones that were directly effected by that.
I believe the Country that really dropped the Ball was France; who was right next door.
The French had a bigger Army then the Germans and was reasonably well equipped but apparently extremely disorganized and did not make a reasonable effort to prepare for War and their Army fell apart during the invasion.
The fact is that Europe went into a Depression right after WWI and only the Attacker spent much Money on the Military.
WWI also inflicted a terrible psychological blow on any willingness of Nations that wanted Peace to get involved in other Wars.
So there is a lot more to the situation then you think.