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> Well, apart from the whole WW2 business. Let's be clear. By the time the last bullet was fired in WW2, Europe was basically destroyed, rumble, from the North
by sime2009 5y ago
> Well, apart from the whole WW2 business.
Let's be clear. By the time the last bullet was fired in WW2, Europe was basically destroyed, rumble, from the North Sea cross to Moscow. Brittan, although not occupied, was also hopelessly broke after the war. This weakness in Europe was one of the prime reasons why the colonies could break away from their European overlords. Europe was in no condition to do much about it either. They had more important things to worry about like food, and hoping that the Americans would come through with their Marshall Plan.
That's just counting the western half of Europe which wasn't under new (communist) management.
The loot and plunder was truly gone.
- kazen44 5y agopeople from the US seem to underesti
- kazen44 5y agothe destruction of world war two was absolutely insane, especially on the eastern front. for instance: Belarus lost a quarter of it's population many villages and cities where utterly destroyed. also, don't forget world war 1 (and the other conflicts sparked after, like Russian civil war, breakup of Austria Hungary, Greco Turkish war etc) was only 25 years prior..