America and Gun Control

[Soutra]

Good response, thanks.

The loss of the high ground to the Canadians eventually led to the surrender of Germany. Not an American to be seen for 250 miles in any direction.

Not to be pedantic, but WWI ended in an armistice. Germany didn't surrender, and the fact that France, UK, USA et al punished Germany as though they had surrendered almost entirely explains the events from 1919 to 1937 in Germany, and WWII.

The war in Europe was won directly because on the Eastern Front Russia destroyed 17 entire German Divisions along with decimating 6 Armoured Divisions at Kursk. There was NO opportunity for Germany to move large numbers of troops or armour to France to stop the Normandy advances. Supporting this, the RAF flew literally thousands of sorties destroying bases, rail lines, parked armour and troop trains bringing military movement in Germany to almost a complete halt. The 8th Air Force did squat.

The battle at Kursk was ONE of the crucial battles, but so was Stalingrad, Moscow, Donbass, Belgorod, Kharkov, Kiev and many others. The RAF did bomb German railways etc, but so did the USAAF. Transport disruption in Germany is not cited anywhere as contributing to the loss at Kursk. The UK did provide military intelligence to the Soviets (not Russia) indicating German intentions. That undoubtedly helped the Soviets secure a decisive victory.

Then there is the vaunted Midway battle won by luck as opposed to military strategy or strength. Had the Japanese discovered the US fleet and hour earlier or before the Americans did likewise, history would be completely changed. It was the inability of Japan to replace the carriers that eventually led to their downfall.

Lucky - maybe, the Japanese didn't discover the American fleet until it was too late. But the US had broken the Japanese cypher, knew that Japan was going to invade Midway, laid a trap and the Japanese fell into it. That was the decisive victory in the Pacific though, there was no way the Japanese could replace the aircraft carriers lost at Midway. It was just a question of grinding the Japanese down (at huge losses to both sides) until someone came up with a better plan.

As for the Mediterranean, there were 4 major battles throughout the war and not one of them involved US warships. Great Britain, Australia and the RAF were credited with sinking 100 warships, 158 submarines and over 2,000,000 tons of shipping. Not one vessel was claimed by the US.

The US didn't deploy a fleet in the Mediterranean.

So, as you can now plainly see, the USA is again taking credit for other people’s valor.

Millions fought and died in WWII, and millions more civilians were killed. The only thing that's certain is that American involvement saved lives, and the freedom of Western Europe.