80 Years After The Allies Won World War
II, U.S. Taxpayers Are Funding European Authoritarianism
Posted By: Mercedes44, 5/9/2025 6:00:03 AM
May 8, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the Allies’ triumph over Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. Through Lend Lease and the destroyers-for-bases scheme, we had become involved in the European war much earlier than Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States on December 11, 1941. American boots on the ground proved decisive in the Western Theater, from North Africa to Italy to Normandy to Germany itself. And American industry and money proved to be an overwhelming advantage, pumping out a nearly inexhaustible supply of matériel for the Allied cause.
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80 Years After The Allies Won World War
II, U.S. Taxpayers Are Funding European Authoritarianism 19 replies
II, U.S. Taxpayers Are Funding European Authoritarianism 19 replies
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