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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 759990, member: 39"]True. Another explanation is that WW2 was pretty much the last time that military action against an aggressor was basically agreed upon in pretty much every country. No matter whether you ask in the US, Russia or even Germany, you will hear that it was necessary to bring the war and the nazi regime to an end. Every single war after that did not have that kind of almost unanimous support. And then there is the issue of "symbols" that you mentioned. Nazi Germany used the Fraktur script and (except for the first few pieces) the swastika on its coins. Hard to find a "numismatic equivalent" when it comes to, say, the Yugoslav Wars of the late 20th century ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 759990, member: 39"]True. Another explanation is that WW2 was pretty much the last time that military action against an aggressor was basically agreed upon in pretty much every country. No matter whether you ask in the US, Russia or even Germany, you will hear that it was necessary to bring the war and the nazi regime to an end. Every single war after that did not have that kind of almost unanimous support. And then there is the issue of "symbols" that you mentioned. Nazi Germany used the Fraktur script and (except for the first few pieces) the swastika on its coins. Hard to find a "numismatic equivalent" when it comes to, say, the Yugoslav Wars of the late 20th century ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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