Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think we(USA) were content on selling arms to both sides. Remember the GI's that wondered was Germany was driving Ford's? We're just after the quickest buck. Now if Europe and US had not let Germany continue the Submarine Warfare, WWII may have been different. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walker Smith" Subject: [Leica] Geesh - and we though camera people had it tough > Next you'll be blaming Wilson and the US for August, 1914, and the clash > of the European powers. What kind of revisionist "hate America" > historian did you read? The purpose of the Allies - primarily the French > and British - was to humiliate and keep Germany economically strapped > while extracting as much in reparations for the war as possible. The > Germans suffered economically long before the Great Depression brought > other powers to their knees. The French, in particular, used the > Versailles Treaty to inflict as much damage on Germany as humanly > possible. They didn't need Wilson or the US to assist in their vendetta. > Walker