Quote Originally Posted by Oneironaut
Like it or not, the USSR saved our asses in World War II, just like we saved theirs. If Hitler hadn't been all tied up with that eastern front, I don't see any reason why he couldn't have successfully invaded the British Isles and had complete control of Europe, pretty much blocking any attempt at a non-nuclear solution to the war against Germany. And who knows, maybe without the huge waste of money, men and resources spent fighting Russia they could have gotten the bomb first.
To be truthfull we could have stopped the second war in its tracks had we been as intelligent as the socialist International Brigade who took on Franco in the Spanish civil war(in which the Fokker pilots got there traing helping Franco out) but Europe Britain especially turned a major blind eye to Fascism.

It could have been stopped if genusies like Orwell had been listened to....before it even started

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