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re: An amazing letter from a soldier to his parents during WWII
Posted on 11/29/20 at 10:18 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Posted on 11/29/20 at 10:18 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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Battle of the Bulge was in the area around Aachen and Bastogne right on the border. Remember your Band of Brothers? It was fricking cold, so it was Winter and they could hear the Germans singing Christmas carols.
That had to be 1944 because D-Day was in 1944 and by Christmas 1945 the war was over.
We didn't invade Germany until 1945 proper, but during the Battle of the Bulge, which was a German offensive, we definitely held territory in Germany.
If that seems somehow off, remember that we were directly involved in the ground war in Europe for only 336 days (D-Day, 6-6-1944 to VE Day, 5-8-1945). We tend to think of it as years of slogging through the continent because we'd been involved in naval battles and intense and bloody fighting in the Pacific for 912 days (since 12-7-1941) before D-Day even occurred. Our brains conflate the two and kind of want to assume that we fought both campaigns contemporaneously. They weren't, though.
The European Theater operations pale in comparison to the length and the horrors of our involvement in the Pacific Theater.
Good post... Yes it was cold... But we also assisted the British in N Afrika... We also were in N Afika, Sicily and Italy from 43 on.
That is no way is taking away from the Marines and Navy that was Hell in the Pacific. The Marines and Navy sure did did a hell of a job there...
I think that we owe a lot to Stalingrad... Had the Russian not been victorious there, things would be way, way different.
Also.. The USA fought one hell of a war on Production because we not only armed ourselves, but a whole lot of other nations as well... US production was off the charts.
Battle of the Bugle... Yes.. It was cold...
The weather now cleared, enabling the Allied fighter bombers to join the Ardennes battlefield. Anti-aircraft gunners watching the aerial battle, December 25,1944.
This post was edited on 11/29/20 at 10:24 pm
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Posted on 11/29/20 at 10:22 pm to WWII Collector
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But we also assisted the British in N Afrika... We also were in N Afika, Sicily and Italy from 43 on.
Yeah, but I really consider that its own campaign. What I think of as the opening of the European Theater (for Americans) is on D-day.
Of course, that's JUST involvement in ground combat in Europe. I tried to be careful to include that qualifier because I completely agree with you that we were fighting the war economically for most of the duration once we were able to ramp up production and start shipping materiel (and men, in some circumstances like pilots) to our allies in advance of us entering full combat in Europe. Without America's treasury and Soviet lives, Europe definitely would have fallen before we could mobilize and get there.
Even if we were unable to mobilize, the Soviets would likely have gotten the job done themselves with our continued financial support. I suspect that's a large reason we actually invaded. Had Europe been on a trajectory to crush the Nazis with Western Europe in a position of power, that would've been o-tay. However, it wasn't, and if we didn't invade, they'd just replace the German boots on their necks with Soviet boots. I believe we'd have preferred to throw our own war efforts 100% to crushing Japan and letting Europe continue to handle their business with our financing. But, someone had to make sure the Soviets knew they'd come fricking far enough.
Having Uncle Joe in charge of Europe, though, was a 100% non-fricking-starter.
This post was edited on 11/29/20 at 10:34 pm
Posted on 11/30/20 at 5:46 am to kywildcatfanone
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Thanks Democrats, you have successfully destroyed that for the rest of eternity.
People from nuclear families have a strong tendency not to rely on the government. This is why Dems hate nuclear families. Just look at how welfare works. Great Society Act and such. Father's in homes are the greatest threat to a wannabe tyrannical government.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 6:12 am to bhtigerfan
Thanks for sharing. Not too many 19 year olds could write a letter like that today. Sad, but true.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 6:18 am to theOG
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I count 8 posts ahead of mine mocking the 19 year olds of today. What kind of kids are you all raising? Are they more in line with Jack or the kids you a deriding?
They just don’t make them like the used to, amirite?
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