Consider the losers of WW2, Germany and Japan most notable, the real starters of this war. Now we see Germany much richer than the UK and basically running the EU from its ball bags. We also see Japan as the second richest nation on the earth with share points that are 14,000+ against the DOW Jones which is 9000+. So... Did we really win? Or lose in the long run? Because right now in the economic show of things they're certainly not losers! Dont you think?
2007-08-07 03:43:26 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Sarah Notion, I happen to be one who experienced world war II and the austerity suffered by the UK. with rationing extended until 1956, and if you think the housing shortage is bad in the UK now I can tell you this, regularly in the weekly news paper, there were adverts offering £500. 00 reward for information where a house could be bought or rented, and the average mans wage was only £6. 00 per week. we were definitively the losers
2007-08-07 04:05:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Today's economics has nothing to WW2. Look at the economic boom the US had immediately following the war. Without our help to rebuild Germany and Japan they would have been in terrible shape and probably wouldn't be doing half as well as they are now. Look at biggest exports for both countries and consider that most cars in US are German or Japanese.
2007-08-07 03:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by Jerbson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real losers were those countries that were behind the Iron Curtain.
It is so unbelievable that the UK and France went to war with Germany to free Poland, and after all the death and destruction, let the USSR enslave Poland!
It's obvious that the real reason for WW2 was NOT to free Poland, or the Allies failed terribly.
2007-08-07 04:37:38 · answer #3 · answered by Chef dad 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good for them. And instead of enemies, they are friends. To me, that means the Marshall Plan worked, frankly.
Also the Dow is 13000 plus at the moment, not that I really consider that evidence of much more than an international pyramid game with societies aging and desperate for places to invest.
2007-08-07 03:47:44 · answer #4 · answered by DAR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you think that victory over Germany and Japan should include grinding them into the dust for all time? Let them be prosperous. It eliminates the incentive for wars of aggression.
2007-08-07 03:50:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
AT the end of WW2, one could argue the Russians were sitting the best with all the land they took. Remember Joseph Stalin?
2007-08-07 03:50:12 · answer #6 · answered by kristynshane 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a phyrric victory for Britain. The two world wars ruined us. If it had not been for the Soviet Union and tne USA we would have lost WWII anyway. We should have kept out of it. Sweden, Eire and Switzerland managed it.
2007-08-07 06:12:11 · answer #7 · answered by galyamike 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is the measure of a countries success purely economic? I think not!
" I'm just a common girl, 23 years old, living in Southampton UK, mixed between Chinese and English. Love me friends, reading etc... Not one for stupid conversation or braindead persuits. Intellect and ambition drive me. But usually drives me into a wall rather than up it!"
I think you just hit that wall.
2007-08-07 03:53:02 · answer #8 · answered by Foo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to dig deeper in to history to understand who really started WW 1 & 2.
Britain has a lot to answer for eventually.
Don't blame it all on Germany.
2007-08-07 06:37:27 · answer #9 · answered by George 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
These two countries do not start wars and are well respected in the international community.
Sometimes it takes terrible things to create a great country. They have both learnt from the past and are committed to not allowing a repeat.
Good for them is what I say.
2007-08-07 03:50:07 · answer #10 · answered by futuretopgun101 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋