"JHY" wrote in message ...


"Tim Streater" wrote in message
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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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They just got free US money to rebuild industry and we had to
pay enormous debts to the yanks.

Because Britain declared war over Poland.

Ah, so WW2 was all our fault.

No, but when you declare war, it is reasonable
to have to pay for the cost of winning that war.

Clearly attempting to make Germany pay for the war it
started didn't work after WW1 and just produced WW2.

It all started with World War One actually. The idea that all the nations of Europe
could afford to have millions of men mobilised for four years, in muddy trenches
or deserts, all getting paid, fed, and clothed, their wives getting allowances,
the men getting wounded many of them or getting killed, their wives widows pensioners.
While spending millions on shells to land in muddy fields - not anyone producing anything
worth selling or generating any income at all. Regardless of the tragic loss of life and
"lost
generation" the idea that anyone could ever think this was economically affordable is
ludicrous.
The UK has been on the back foot ever since 1916 when she first had to borrow from the
US - the only real victor in both world wars. The rest of the "victorious allies" ended
up, up
to their ears in debt with no money available to build "homes fit for heroes" or
anything else.
And so understanably maybe, they were in no mood to be magnanimous to the Germans.
Despite Keynes being proved right.

The Kaiser meanwhile lasted out his days until 1936 in comfortable retirement in his
villa
in Holland. Same as the wonky eyed scum-bag Ludendorf who was directly responsible for my
grandad getting killed. And who lasted until 1937, peddling the "stab in the back"
myth to the nazis so as to get himself off the hook. *******.


michael adams

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