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To: Borges
The anti-German sentiment in WWI was out of control and perspective, considering the US got suckered into a war of British imperialism. The British just couldn't handle the fact they might not be the big boy on the block once German naval buildup rivaled their own.
24 posted on 07/12/2013 8:43:12 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: Sam Gamgee; wideawake

If the Kaiser wins WW1, no Nazis in Germany and (possibly) no Bolsheviks in Russia.


42 posted on 07/12/2013 10:27:55 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Sam Gamgee

>>The British just couldn’t handle the fact they might not be the big boy on the block once German naval buildup rivaled their own.<<

It’s painful to think of all the American lives that were lost fighting for England and then to see that nation falling into the pit of Islam today.


58 posted on 07/12/2013 12:55:35 PM PDT by B4Ranch (AGENDA: Grinding America Down ----- http://vimeo.com/63749370)
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To: Sam Gamgee; Borges; donmeaker; AnalogReigns
Sam Gamgee: "The anti-German sentiment in WWI was out of control and perspective, considering the US got suckered into a war of British imperialism.
The British just couldn't handle the fact they might not be the big boy on the block once German naval buildup rivaled their own."

Sorry, but those are words of pro-German propaganda, not historical fact.

In historical fact: Germany's high-command pushed Austria into starting the First World War, for the main purpose of expanding its empire into Russia -- yes, "lebensraum" began in the First World War.
But the German "Schlieffen Plan" required conquest of France before Russia, and so they first marched west.

France and Britain responded to German invasions of Belgium and France.
The rest is history -- or propaganda, take your pick.

As for anti-German sentiment in the US -- the numbers of German-borns interred during the First World War (circa 2,000) was a small fraction of those during the Second World War (around 11,000), while the damage caused by German agents in this country was far higher during the First World War.

For details see AnalogReigns post #20 above, and this link.

136 posted on 07/13/2013 4:42:39 PM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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