In Reply to: "Truman gave Stalin nothing." Correct. The culprit was FDR and his "sellout" at Yalta (and earlier). posted by clarkjohnsen on June 25, 2007 at 08:39:54:
Dividing Germany was the best thing that could have been done and should have been done after the Great War, and was considered then.
So tell me Clark, how many American lives would capturing Berlin and Prague been worth? 500,000? A million? Give me a number.
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Follow Ups
- Germany should still be split - Tom Brennan 14:49:36 06/25/07 (7)
- Is that with or without John Wayne leading the fight? - dave c 15:23:23 06/26/07 (1)
- RE: Is that with or without John Wayne leading the fight? - Tom Brennan 18:17:41 06/26/07 (0)
- The question was not whether Germany *should* have been split. (Sticking to the question... - clarkjohnsen 08:04:14 06/26/07 (4)
- RE: The question was not whether Germany *should* have been split. (Sticking to the question... - Tom Brennan 11:42:23 06/26/07 (3)
- "The whole of Germany would [not] be worth the life of one American grenadier." One word: - clarkjohnsen 09:32:14 06/27/07 (0)
- but how many lives was it worth to lose to gain... - dave c 15:25:57 06/26/07 (1)
- RE: but how many lives was it worth to lose to gain... - Tom Brennan 18:16:05 06/26/07 (0)