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From: Louis Capdeboscq <louise...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: JAPANESE/GERMAN cooperation? Date: 5 Sept 2003 Newsgroups: soc.history.war.world-war-ii

ERHarvey wrote: > I think I agree with everything you said, except for this last paragraph. I > don't think Germany was 'itching' to get the United States into the war. Hitler's reasoning is well-documented in his various biographies, drawing from the diaries of the participants in his conferences (Halder, Goebbels, etc). In summary, it ran about like this: 1. The US is in effect an enemy of Germany (US warships shooting at German U-boats while escorting Allied convoys, US occupation of Iceland, US "neutrality zone" covering half the Atlantic, various belligerent statements by FDR, US rearmament, lend-lease, etc). 2. The US will probably declare war on Germany some time in the future - which is in fact exactly what Marshall and King were planning for mid-42, even though FDR himself seems to have considered doing what he was telling his electorate, i.e. "everything short of war". 3. Therefore, better take the advantage of the opportunity to strike a blow before the Americans are fully ready for war. 4. Besides, real great powers declare wars. Decadent wimps are the ones who are being declared war upon. This last argument being more important to Hitler than its outright silliness would make one think. Louis -- Remove "e" from address to reply

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