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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 1296350, member: 29458&quot;]I was expecting such a response on how the US saved our backside.</p><p>The US did not come to our rescue as many Americans think they did, before joining the war you supplied arms and equipment and charged us for it, it wasn`t free.</p><p>Then <b>1941: Germany and Italy declare war on US</b></p><p><font size="2">Germany and Italy have announced they are at war with the United States. America immediately responded by declaring war on the two Axis powers. </font></p><p>Three days ago, US President Franklin Roosevelt announced America was at war with Japan, the third Axis power, following the surprise attack on its naval base at Pearl Harbor. </p><p>Today Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, made his declaration first - from the balcony over the Piazza Venezia in Rome - pledging the &quot;powers of the pact of steel&quot; were determined to win. Then Adolf Hitler made his announcement at the Reichstag in Berlin saying he had tried to avoid direct conflict with the US but, under the Tripartite Agreement signed on 27 September 1940, Germany was obliged to join with Italy to defend its ally Japan. </p><p><br /></p><p>You joined because Germany, Italy and Japan declared war on you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many many countries were involved in WWII and with the help of the US a common enemy was defeated, </p><p>If anyone saved our backsides it was the Russians and good old Uncle Joe Stalin as the Americans liked to call him.</p><p>My parents fought in WWII we lost homes and businesses due to nightly bombing , the Battle of Britain was over before the US got involved Hitler was repelled and he then&nbsp; made the mistake of concentrating on defeating Russia.</p><p>If you are concerned about the money you spent, you got it back with high interest</p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">At midnight on 31st December 2006, Britain finally paid off the last tranche of its multi-billion dollar debt to the Americans from the end of World War</span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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