re: #140 sagehen

weeellll… the war in fact WASN’T about the Holocaust. In the 1930’s, when every Jew in Europe was desperately trying to get to the UK or the US, they were accused of being drama queens.who either a) were exaggerating the danger they were in, or b) so what, let them die. It wasn’t until post-war photos and and film made that position untenable the Brits and Americans tried to backdate their concern for the oppressed.

The UK went to war because V2’s were falling on them, and an imminent invasion seemed likely. The US went to war because if the UK fell, we’d be attacked next. (plus Pearl Harbor).

Er, the V-2 wasn’t deployed until September, 1944, just 9 months before the end of the war. The first hit was at 1100 hours on September 8, in Maisons-Alfort, south-east Paris. 6 Dead, 36 injured. The first strike against the UK landed at Chiswick, London 7 hours and 35 minutes later, 3 dead, 7 injured, 7 houses destroyed.