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Originally Posted by Purrybonker (Post 10208642)

erratum... "loaned" is not a synonym for "spent"; i.e. the Marshall Plan. War has been an export business for North America. At the end of WW2, ramped up industrial capacity needed consumptive capacity to keep the good times rolling. Hence the Marshall Plan (loaning $ to Europe to rebuild), etc. That Germany and Japan, et al became amazing industrial powers very quickly after WW2 is a credit to their capacity to build and succeed. Military service in Europe during the 60's showed me the difference between war recovery in the UK and Germany. Evidence of war in Germany was almost non-existent 15 years after virtually complete destruction yet downtown London still showed much evidence (actually years older) of bombing.

Give credit where due...

Keep in mind that UK apart from Marshal plan support and loans also had the Lend-Lease dept to repay.

Germany did not accrue any such debt during the war as they pretty much robbed Europe to fund their side of the war.. (and were ultimately outspent by the US and UK)

They did however get hammered by reparations, but those got taken in the form of dismantled factories and german forced labor..
They did not carry as much debt as the UK did. The German forced labor bit , was a good thing for them as those mouths did not have to be fed at home. less unemployment and such.
And in 1953 their debt got reshuffled, and reparration dismantaling stopped as Germany became the front line for the Cold War againt the russians..

A lot of US bases were built which did good for their cash flow as well.

UK might have in the "won the war" camp, but economically they got a **** deal. They went from WW2 to Cold War spending, independence of colonies and in the end They payed off all their debts.

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Originally Posted by svandamme (Post 10208920)

Yea, the USA spent lots of money and we lost a lot of men. But the war was never fought HERE. I remember a story I read years ago about a man that had lived in post WW2 Europe, and then Great Brittan before getting a job that sent him to the USA working for GM.

He was floored over the wealth and lifestyle of post WW2 USA. He was used to little tiny pitiful cars and expensive gas. He was picked up at the airport in a 1959 Cadillac convertible and was simply flabbergasted. He was taken to the managers home that was a large family and tons of food and had a steak grilled in the back yard. He was just overwhelmed.

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First one is a McDonnell Banshee
Second one is a Cougar

Best
Les

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Originally Posted by oldE (Post 10209158)

First one is a McDonnell Banshee
Second one is a Cougar

Best
Les

The second one is not a Cougar... that's a Grumman Panther.

The Cougar is a swept-wing Panther... sort of.

Also, as far as I know, all Panthers had wing-tip tanks. Cougars never did.

Sammy, above, has pics of a Cougar (gray) and 2 Panthers (blue).