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.

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If only the US participated in an Embargo one of the other Money Hungry Depression ridden Countries would have stepped in.

Then there was fear of another War like WWI.

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Actually normally it isn't. If you look at all of the things and efforts going on in the World what percentage is taken up by War?


And, it can only be imagined what they think about the Present Generation.

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All that and ended with another humiliating defeat by the Mongrel Nations.
I am more intelligent then a Dog but if I see a big Dog on the Street I don't run over to it and attack it.

The German Genius of the time did not allow for enough Introspection to see the possible effects of their actions.

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That is what they said when US Troops arrived in WWI.

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William Penn Sold enough Land in PA to German Settlers that He worried they would create another little German Country.

Up until WWI in some parts of PA German was commrnly Spoken in the Area where My Relatives came from.

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parts of South Louisiana were like that too.

TX, too. You got yer Germans in Fredericksburg, Czechs around Hillsboro, and Swedes east of Austin. Not to mention Mexicans and Texicans.

I'm trying to figure out how many races or ethnic groups present. Germans, French, Italians, Irish, English, Swiss, Finnish, Spanish of European descent; Mexicans and other nationalities from Central America, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese; as for native American tribes, we know there are many different tribes represented.

The melting pot.......

At one point the Germans were the Mexicans of today.

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