It's So Simple!

[PornoDoggy]

What year did the US get involved in WWII? I laugh so hard to myself when I hear Americans who truly believe that if it weren't for them, everyone in Europe would be speaking German today.

Now, wait just a minute here. According to the offical declaration of war, we didn't get involved until December, 1941. We had the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard on antisubmarine warfare patrols in the Western and Northwestern Atlantic as early as March, 1940, only 6 months after the beginning of the war; and a President doing everything he could to keep Britian afloat in spite of fierce opposition from the Republicans at home. Some wanted to stay out of the war out of an insane concept of isolationism; others (far fewer, but around) were so disgusted by the way the Allied countries dilly-dallied around until it was too late. While the U.S. may not have been sending men (for which there was no real military use for anyway), it was doing what it does best - sending $$$ and materials to Britian. Not to mention the fact that only the isolationists and Republicans were able to hide their head in the sand and ignore the gathering clouds in the Pacific.

Americans are incorrect in their assumption that much of Europe would be speaking German were it not for them. Since the split with our ally we learn very little about the Eastern Theater of the war. They have grown up wathcing way too many John Wayne movies and overestimating the tactical significance the of heroic achievements of D-Day and the battle to Germany.

You are correct in assuming that had we not sent a single man to Europe, they still wouldn't be speaking German. However, I think you are being just as one-sided and simplistic as you are accusing Mike of being. German - no. Russian, however, is an entirely different matter.