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longship

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4. Actually, the US really did punk Nazi Germany.

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Wed Apr 10, 2013, 08:37 PM

Apr 2013

They deliberately let slip some disinformation which pissed off Hitler and made him prematurely declare war on the USA. It was an orchestrated move, one which surely FDR was in on. That's why he did not ask for a declaration of war against Germany and Italy on that December 8th.

He knew they would declare war within days because he was the dealer, he stacked the deck and forced their hands.

It wasn't an accident. It was deliberate.

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Funny story... (Hitler was incredibly gullible) [View all] cthulu2016 Apr 2013 OP

He got his ass handed to him by Vader as well snooper2 Apr 2013 #1

FDR would have used a drone in the beginning and saved 20 million lives had it been availale. graham4anything Apr 2013 #2

beat the dead horse as often as you want, it's not coming back to life :-) nt msongs Apr 2013 #3

Actually, the US really did punk Nazi Germany. longship Apr 2013 #4

Almost. rug Apr 2013 #5