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Old 01-26-07, 01:13 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Re: The armed conflict 1939-45

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Originally Posted by Mark Worthington

1939-45: Ever heard of lend/lease? Without lend/lease or any other US involvement in WWII it is a near certainty that England would eventually have, at a minimum, negotiated a peace with Nazi Germany. England simply didn't have the resources to withstand a drawn-out seige.
Certainly heard of lend lease! And I agree with you.

It hit the news again just recently when Britain on 29 Dec 2006 made it's final payment back to the US for this assistance from over 60 years ago.

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