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To: Homer_J_Simpson

interesting how it seems germany and russia want a time out but all of a sudden churchill is pounding the war drum. wonder what would have happened if england had taken hitler’s offer of a cease fire.


6 posted on 10/02/2009 5:06:19 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: beebuster2000; Homer_J_Simpson; abb
wonder what would have happened if england had taken hitler’s offer of a cease fire.

It would have been disasterous. The Germans wanted a cease fire in order to resupply and move troops around without risk, they always planned to attack the UK and France at a later date. Churchill was one of the few people who understood that the war NEEDED to be fought and the sooner the better.

If you read up on the "Phoney War", the period of time between early October, 1939 and the invasion of Belgium and France in May, 1940, you will see that the lack of major land confrontation between the Allies and the Nazis actually was used to the Nazis advantage.

8 posted on 10/02/2009 5:17:37 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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