Never mind the Sudetenland; we ignored communist aggression throughout the 1920s (Poland, Italy, Germany) and the 1930s (Spain, Finland), and that gave rise to the desperation of the right - we clearly weren’t going to help. When we did intervene, it was in support of Stalin and left the USSR ruling half of Europe for nearly half a century.
Oh, and while our young men were dying in the war against Japan, Stalin observed a truce with them until the final months of the war in 1945.
Oh, and while our young men were dying in the war against Japan, Stalin observed a truce with them until the final months of the war in 1945.
***Stalin STARTED world war 2 alongside Hitler when they split up Poland in 1939 as allies.
I sometimes wonder why we didn’t just invade from Alaska. Knock out Russia and Japan and run all the way out to Germany.
The US watched Japan build runways on Pacific Islands in the 1930s. China is building Pacific runways, too, but at least Japan owned the land the runways were being built upon.
As a peace-loving people, we do a lot of watching...
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