Thread: Europeans think US army liberated continent during WW2
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Old 08-06-2015, 05:33 AM  
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Originally Posted by dyna mo View Post
The USA catapulted to world super power in ~1916, during ww1, not WW2. Europeans couldn't afford their own offensives on each other even then and came to US scrambling for supplies, and not just weapons either.

So to be clear, USA catapulted to number one because Europeans couldn't stop warring with each other.
Number one before WW@ was still the British Empire.

Agreed on the part about Europe and war. The US is never been keen on going to war.
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