Originally posted by EdwardTking
The most useless country was the Republic of Ireland (Eire).
I meant another 10 years.He actually lasted 12 years; 1933 to 1945
I didn't mean he was forced into war. I meant he was forced into war at that early stage. The overheating German economy was being noticed by the citizens and so he needed a distraction.Nobody forced him into war; he chose war!
First of all, the worst of the depression in Germany was over by the time Hitler came to power. I agree that a limited rearmament probably did help the German industry. However the scale of Hitler's rearmament was disasterous. It led to an economic boom that caused inflation and would led to another recession, possibly worst than the great depression.Arguably re-arnement by introducing government
Yes there was no need to invade. However Hitler had always stated he wanted living space for Germany, its in Mein Kampf.There was just no need to invade to acquire living space.
This is way too simplified and I don't think Mussolini was inherently evil, the only reason he joined WWII was because he thought Germany already had it won and he wanted terroritorial gains. World in Europe was inevitable when Hitler came to power mainly because Hitler wanted one. There is a debate as to whether he wanted one with countries like Britain, however it is certain he saw it as Germany's destiny to fight a war to the death with Communist Russia. So war was inevitable not due to Hitler's evil nature but due to his strong-held beliefs.Only because of Hitler's (and Mussolini's) inherent evil nature.
Who said he should?So why should he get what he wanted?
Could this be due to the fact that Germany was fighting full-scale wars on two fronts? If demand increases then so does supply.Actually Germans were stronger in 1943/1944 in terms
Thats true for propaganda. However the Hossbach memorandum was never released to the German public. It was an internal document. So I don't see how it was supposed to trick others into supporting others. Also I tend to believe that people aren't tricked into believing things they don't want to believe. Propaganda is most effective when it is reinforcing existing beliefs.Many of his comments were made because he wished to trick others into willingly supporting him
We would have lost the empire anyway. The war probably just speeded things up a little. Anyway, the result was very benefitical to Britain. A free Europe along democratic lines compared with a Nazi Germany that would when strong enough attack Britain.From a final outcomes point of view, could you say Britain was the most useless?
Originally posted by Charles XII
Switzerland: This county was far from useless giving germany a safe place to store plunder and turning in thousands of Jews, Gypsies and other unwanteds to the germans and an immenient death.
Originally posted by Charles XII
When all is considerd I say that the US was the most useless country of the war, because, they made the worst military blunders of the war like their failure to counter operation Drumbeat and the japanese offensive of '42.
Worst Military blunders of the war? Are we talking about the same war here? I always thought that honor went to Hitler and Germany first. Invading Russia comes to mind. Japan comes in a strong second, and the Aussies make a pretty good case against Churchill. The French can also rank pretty high on the list when it comes to blunders.
Also, despite their massive econamic reserves they did not take the roll they could have not fully mobilising till '44 and only useing a small portion of their available manpower.
Not fully mobilizing? It isn't a light switch you know. When your war starts basically in 1942, two years isn't too bad. Small portion of manpower? There are only so many troops you can train, equip and field at once. I can't think of any serious operations that were postponed or cancelled due to lack of manpower. Landing craft, fuel, inabilty to dictate weather and tides, yes, but manpower, no.
They did not come out of the war with nearly as large a deat as the comonwealth countries
Who exactly were we supposed to borrow from? South America wasn't exactly brimming with capital.
did not help their allies with economic aid
Okay now this is utterly false. Lend-Lease comes to mind, and in the final analysis, much of it became Lend-Give. After the war there was a little thing called the Marshall Plan.
and took fewer casualties per capita than almost every other country involved.
Involved for a shorter time. Wickedly manipulated geography to put their country behind two oceans, beyond the range of bombers.
To add to this they waited for germany to declare war on them several weeks after Pearl Harbor.
Try days. Let's see, no attack on America, no attack on nations America has a treaty with. America already at war on the other side of the world. I can't imagine why declaring war on Germany wasn't done before declaring war on Japan.
I do not see why they were not an option in the poll.
Gee, no clue.