Posted on 06/06/2019 9:56:01 AM PDT by Perseverando
After World War I, Germany's economy suffered from depression and a devaluation of their currency.
On January 30, 1933, Adolph Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany by promising hope and universal healthcare.
Less than a month later, on February 27, 1933, a crisis occurred -- the Rheichstag, Germany's Capitol Building, was suspiciously set on fire.
Hitler was quick to use this crisis as an opportunity to set aside Germany's Weimar Republic and seize emergency powers as a dictator.
He suspended basic rights and accused his political opponents of conspiracy.
He ordered mass arrests followed by executions, even ordering his SS and Gestapo secret police to murder rivals, as on the Night of the Long Knives.
Hitler confiscated guns, forced old German military leaders to retire, and swayed the public with mesmerizing speeches.
Rise of the Tyrant - How Democracies & Republics Rise & Fall
In socialist countries, a person's life is only of worth if it benefits the state.
Those not benefiting the state are removed.
National Socialist Workers Party operated over 1,200 concentration camps where millions of Jews, Poles, Gypsies, handicapped, and others were experimented upon, tortured, or were killed in gas chambers.
German churches were silent, as they had for centuries taught pietism - a version of separation of church and state where Christians were instructed to focus on their own personal spiritual life and withdraw from involvement in worldly politics.
As a result, the church stood by as the National Socialist Workers Party usurped power, only to be stopped by the sacrifice of millions of courageous Allied soldiers.
By the time a few courageous Germany church leaders spoke out, such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, it was too late - the government had grown so powerful it simply arrested and executed them.
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"I watched the recording of President Trump's comments a short while ago. What a tear jerker! Absolutely stunning! Then I listened to the full recording of FDR delivering his D-Day Prayer. Imagine any Democrat President today, asking Americans to pray continuously with him for the saving of this nation, it's culture, and it's religion. And to ask the Heavenly Father to protect the men fighting, and to embrace those who give the ultimate sacrifice.
His prayer is just as appropriate today, as it was on June 6, 1944. We face a different enemy today, but it's the same evil."
Neville Chamberlain? Churchill didn't take office until May of 1940. The non-aggression pact between Germany and Russia basically ended on June 22, 1941, when the Nazis invaded Russia. I don't know if Churchill has ever explained why England didn't declare war on Russia at the same time they did Germany. Perhaps it was because they were hoping to get the U.S. involved in the war in Europe before doing so. Maybe someone with more info knows the answer to it. This is just my own thoughts.
Correction: TOO BAD,the movie “Saving Private Ryan” was made a couple years ago and not for this year. It would have WON BOTH the Globe and Mr.Oscar hands down.
Because the USSR was on the side of allies during WW2.
We only got involved because we got attacked at Pearl Habor.
My comment wasn't about why the U.S. entered the war. The person asked why France and the UK only declared war on Germany, and not Russia too. I responded with a suggestion as to possibly why, and clearly stated the suggestion was just a thought of my own.
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