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Originally Posted by RPKESQ
I'm only trying to stop the incorrect popular belief that Europe was saved by the Americans...
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Without the Yanks, post-WWII Europe would have been ruled by
either Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia.
I assume we agree on that point?
The American version of "liberation" was / is preferable to the Russian version.
I assume we also agree on this point?
If the American military presence saved Western Europe from Nazi
or Stalinist domination, did not America thus rescue (most of) Europe in WWII?
My point regarding Dresden was that most Germans would agree that the Allies fighting from the Western Front did exert a significant military effect on Germany. Albert Speer himself commented that the British / American bomber campaign diverted vast resources from the Eastern Front. I believe the quote is along the lines of "Do you know what 20,000 (anti-aircraft) guns could have done on the Eastern front?"
I agree one should have a realistic appraisal of history, but (as a non American) I think the Americans should be objectively proud of their role in WWII.
(As an Aussie, I'm bloody thankful for their role in the Battle of the Coral Sea)
So, pull out of NATO now, bigger mess to clean up later.