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Independence was granted mostly pain free and early on. In contrast France and Belgium fought every step of the way, committing widespread atrocities all the way up to the 60’s. In Algeria for example in the 60’s, leaders of organisations seeking independence were taking up in aeroplanes...

It’s more complicated than that. Long before the USSR started its long march towards Berlin, it was receiving huge sums of money from the USA ($154b in today’s terms) from Lend-Lease, plus vital supplies and military components from the USA and UK. It really was a joint effort from all Allies...

Shame it didn’t stay as an economic union. I voted Remain mainly for economic reasons, but countless million others got sick of the way the entity evolved with wider and wider powers held by the Commission. Remain would’ve won by a landslide in different circumstances.

After a very significant period when they didn’t. FDR wanted to, but Congress insisted that the States stay out of another European wwr.

I hope tomorrow’s much better for you!

His first aid kit was our secret weopon. Who needs a V1 or V2 when you’ve got Germolene.

For a huge period, we were doing it alone whilst a reluctant US (bitten by WW1) dithered. During that period, already more populous Germany, had the benefit of all of the continent's natural resources such as oil, coal, iron ore, plus as many slave (free) labourers as they wanted. Their army...

This. Standing up the military might of Germany in WW2, which had had 6 or 7 years to secretly construct a colossal war and killing machine.