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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
“Of course, in a truly perfect Welt, Sweden (pronounced Schveden) would be part of the greater Reich, ruled from Germania (the Stadt formerly known as Berlin).”

- Not so sure.

When Swedes invade, German cities tend to fall like pieces of Dominoes.

Please study European 17th century history and also the military-industrial capacity of Sweden during the end of WW2 compared to that of Nazi Germany.

“Bet, Kindlein, bet! Morgen kommt der Schwed” (Pray little child, pray, tomorrow the Swede will come here).

Sweden is a close friend of Germany and we wish ordinary Germans all the best, but in spite of this it was probably a mistake not to liberate Norway and Denmark together with our Nordic brothers when the allied forces already had broken the backbone of the Nazi war machine.

A major reason why we didn't make use of our strength was the situation in Finland. Soviet kept attacking our eastern Nordic neighbor even after the Soviet triumph over the Germans on home soil.

48 posted on 04/13/2008 7:44:37 AM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: WesternCulture

I am aware of the history of the Thirty Years War. Germany in 1618 was a divided group of competing fiefdoms, some of whom sided with the Protestants and Gustavus Adolfus and some of whom sided with the Catholics and Autria. Nazi Germany consolidated almost all Germans, including Austria and had well over two hundred divisions.

Germany swept into Norway and Denmark because of their strategic coastlines. Sweden was temporially spared for the same reasons that Switzerland was, they could be dealt with once the War was settled and presented too much a military challenge for such a little immediate stategic value to be worth taking on while Germany was still engaged with Russia and England.


51 posted on 04/13/2008 7:57:40 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The women got the vote and the Nation got Harding.)
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To: WesternCulture

How did I do?


79 posted on 04/13/2008 5:52:59 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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