Why Do Americans Always Say They "SAVED" Western Europe in the Second World War???

Question

In actuality, the British, Canadians, Australians, French, and especially the Soviets, had fought the hardest battles and done most of the dirty work before the American men chose to get off their arses and do something.

Same thing in the First World War -- Britain, Canada, Australia, France and the USSR fought hard for 3.5 years and the USA only entered after they saw that our side was winning! Then the bastards had the cheek to say they won BOTH wars!

Tossers!!

Answer 1

Well lets give them credit where its due -

Because of their man power, production techniques they helped OUT PRODUCE the Germans in WW2. At the end of the war for every 1 tanks the Germans were producing the Yanks were producing 4.

As for "Saving Europe" - Well there is a very strong argument that they were saving themselves. After all, having taken Europe, how long would it have been before Hitler set his sights on adding USA to the Third Reich?

Also, it has to be said (and I know that thousands of Americans laid down their lives for freedom) the USA did do well out of it financially. They lent us about £440 for the war effort. Which has only just been repaid by the British Government - How much was paid in total WITH interest? £4 Billion.

As for claiming "They won it" - well, one of the key issues of that is Hollywood - they made the films, showed the USA doing all the work & that filtered into the American way of thinking!

Yes the USA did a tremendous amount for us - BUT IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT AND WITHOUT THE BRITS AND OTHER NATIONALITIES THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SUCESS.

Answer 2

Unfortunately Americans are Americans the big bullshit brigade,they are brought up where they believe they are the big I am.They have as much chance of winning a war as i have of being a millionaire,and that is a big fat Zero.They want the world to believe the are superior as other wise they would be seen for what they really are a nation of losers.They need people to believe they WON the wars as they cannot admit to themselves what a failed nation they are especially after Vietnam.So they took the easy route and joined wars that were basically already won so they could take the glory.Unlike the U.K which was heavily bombed the just watched and listened to the final results Americano style. People in the world get on with life and are left to do so Unfortunately Americans need a daily dose of being told how wonderful they are if not they might cry.

Answer 3

yet all over again the people think of they are the saviours of the international, the place have been they in 1939? 1940? they only joined because of the fact of Pearl Harbour if the jap hadn't bombed they would not in any respect have joined us. the factor that truly makes me snicker is their interpretation of the warfare in movies, Saving inner maximum Ryan case in point you're able to have concept they went to Normandy on my own while my Grandfather became between the 1st in France at Pegasus Bridge earlier ANY people set foot in France. Then the movie U571 the place they are saying they captured the U boat and the Enigma device while it became us Brits. the difficulty is that American babies think of they are the saviours of the international because of the fact of those movies and not in any respect examine the background at the back of them.They even tried to assert that an American pilot stored Britain interior the conflict of england and Tom Cruise became going to play this bloke and became found that he wasn't even a pilot! Idiots!

Answer 4

they say that but they never seem to mention anything about sending the bill even if it was true(and the rest of the world knows its not )we had to pay through the nose for 60 years for the favour

Answer 5

The US have the greatest histoorical revisionists that ever lived. They invented everything and won everything and are simply number one at everything. Thankfully we Europeans know different.