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I’m a bit confused and want to learn more about the bombing of world war two. I’ve read many sources but I beleive many of these’s were biased oppinions. It would be greatly appreciated if I could get someone to answer with an unbiased oppinion.
Thank you very much.
J-chan

It ended the war almost immediately after the second bomb, meaning the Allies wouldn’t have to do a land invasion loosing thousands of troops and also killing thousands more. Thousands of civilians would have died in the fighting as well.

—Legalizing gay marriage
—Legalizing Marijuana
—Cutting ties with allies
—Reduction in military spending leading to weakness
—Socialized health care, mortgage industry (2009) etc.
And the list goes on…(legalizing illegal aliens on the to-do list etc.)

A repeat of the downfall of the Roman Empire?

Actually, I think the spiral started right about the time of the "civil rights" movement. Everything has been one long series of anti-white subterfuges since then.

my youth group would like to community service which helps the US military troops. Is there anything we can do besides care packages and donating money?

Letters, letters and more letters. This is our fourth year adopting deployed soldiers, and they tell us that getting letters from home makes deployment more bearable and gives them strength during the hard times. If you want to do something even more personal, call your local VFW hall and/or VA hospital and see what volunteer opportunities are available with veterans. Here is a link to a wonderful organization, started by a military mom, that has all sorts of opportunities for involvement.

http://www.soldiersangels.org/

I am 14 years old and in the 8th grade. We have to get points for Acelrated reader by
reading books and I don’t really like reading unless it’s about war. So does anybody know a good war book that is an AR book? You can found out if they are an AR book on arbookfind.com

The two greatest war books I have ever read are both AR books, and are even non-fiction, although they are so mesmerizing that they might as well be a fiction story.

The first is Flags of Our Fathers, by James Bradley. Its about the five men who rose a symbolic flag on Iwo Jima in the Pacific Theatre of WWII. Very graphic and entirely heroic, I’ve read it many a times and still can’t believe it.

The second is Band of Brothers, by Stephen E. Ambrose. Easy Company, the 506th Airborne Division. A group of soldiers that depend on each other make their way through war-torn Europe, filled with action and characters like never before seen in any non-fiction book.

The two above will surely catch your interest, although they both start off quite slow. And I warn you, the books are graphic, as well as true. That said, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Happy reading

I have my own idea’s and thoughts on this question since i am a big world war two and third Reich buff, but i would like to hear what other people say on the subject.

If they won then the world would be in a sh*t hole. Races would have been exterminated and yeah

I read an article on Time I think about the US military declassifying information that they used special spyware programs to help track threats.

I can see that it makes the US military, FBI, CIA more transparent and accountable to the public but doesn’t it just show their hand to all the people who are a serious threat to US security?
Bratwurst: they have no choice, i think documents must be disclosed by a certain time period. US law.

Yes be transparent don’t hide Crimes behind national Security 10 years is more than enough I was classified and could not Divulge my Knowledge for 10 years after the Event

i had a CIA and MI5 top secret security clearance when i was posted to Germany after WW2 and some of the Documents and films i saw were went from UK USA eyes only to Secret and Top secret to hide some Crimes Committed By Eisenhower some of these documents were released in 2005 and some others from WW2 not until 2022 because some Idiot has something to Hide

if there is No secret to JFK assassination why wont the documents be released for 50 years

under some Obscure law documents can be classified Secret 50 years and Top secret 60 years this is wrong because it only protects the Guilty

we Now know Paton was Murdered and a sum of 10,000 was paid and the Guilty party’s are also dead

This is wrong National security is one thing but cover-ups are another

I believe if the US congress can Promote washington th a 6 star general in 1982 then they should Prosecute anyone that has committed a crime

even after they are dead if there was a cover up

10 years after any war tell us show us we did put our lives on the Line we have a Right to Know

Imagine this scenario–by December of 1945, the Nazi forces have rallied strongly enough to drive back the Allied advance. A strong push on England results in the demoralizing loss of London, and soon, the whole of Europe has succumbed to Nazi rule, with the United States forced to make a reluctant peace when popular opinion turns sour back home.

What would the world be like now if Nazi Germany had won the war? Over sixty years later, would the Reich have continued to expand into other nations? Would it have continued to engage in ethnic cleansing, or would saner voices prevail over time? How would technology be different today–would we have no Internet, but more advanced heavy machinery and weaponry? What functions would computers serve in this hypothetical Reich, assuming that their development continued after World War II? Could the Nazi Empire have survived insurgency movements from within by liberalizing? Or would it stay true to its savage roots, even in 2007? Tell it to me.

I would read a book called "The Children’s War". It starts with the premise that Germany invaded and conquered England and fought the Soviets to a stalemate on the Eastern front. I think it does a good job in predicting the evolution of Nazi society while telling an intriguing story.

As for my opinion of this scenario, I think Germany would have evolved into an effective society. The biggest challenge facing post war Germany would have been the death of Hitler and the transfer of power. This probably would have resulted in a power struggle. If a Hitler-esque man assumed control of the German Empire, 5 years of civil and economic unrest would have occurred, followed by a coup conducted by moderate minded men.
Either way the conquered countries would integrate into the Pan-German mindset, with Germany being the official language and other languages gradually falling into disuse. America would resume trade relations with Germany to help contain Soviet expansion into the Middle East and Africa. With the lack of trade barriers the standard of living would rise, and as it rose insurgency movements would lose the power to recruit and raise supplies. Through the 1930’s and into the beginning of the War Years, Hitler and the Nazi’s made serious efforts to improve the lot of the common German and respected the environment (as much as any nation at the time). This would have continued.

The level of technology would be at a comparable level. Even under the repressive Nazi regime, German scientists achieved great breakthroughs. Innovation was a corner stone of Nazi success, and I believe it would have continued to fund research into technological advancements.

Restrictions on the press would have continued, and development in the arts would have lagged in Germany. Influences from America would have affect Germany artists, but there would be no Nena and no 99 Luftballons.

For the naysayers who believe this scenario to be impossible, I say Germany could have won the war. Had Japan not attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 the US would not have entered the war in earnest for until after November 1942 at the earliest, more probably November 1944 (think about national elections). The US would have continued aid to England, but would have been significantly less than the massive amounts of armorment, food, fuel, and other supplies that began arriving in England in early 1942. The German U-boats would have been effective for a longer time, and might have closed the Atlantic. Without the supplies the counter offensives of 1943 wouldn’t have happened and Germany would have had the time and resources to bleed the Soviets dry.

I was told that only officers carry sidearms, however I believe this not to be true. So my question isabout how many soldiers(a lot very few etc) in the US military carry sidearms or what types of soldiers carry them? Does almost every soldier carry a sidearm?

Many service members carry them, not just officers. Machine gunners, radio operators, corpsmen, armorers, pilots, and air crew to name just a few.

I am looking for a really well written novel that has medieval battles for research for a book I am preparing to write. Does any one have any good books or other material that would be useful?
It will be a fiction book and I do not really need history of REAL battles, I just need some one that has a well written type of battle that I am able to learn how they did it.

Georgette Heyer has some good medieval novels like The Conqueror and Simon the Cold Heart. Both have some battles and war.

You might also read Beowulf.

I do have a book called The Crusades: The Flame of Islam by Harold Lamb. You might consider some other non-fiction books that talk about various battles and/or people. Some writers make them read like fiction. Here are some titles I’ve found that get high customer ratings (and might be helpful): Condottiere 1300-1500: Infamous Medieval Mercenaries by David Murphy; Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England by Juliet Barker; The Battle of Hastings by Jim Bradbury or Alfred the Great: The Man Who Made England by Justin Pollard.

The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology by Kevin Crossley-Holland is a book that might interest you. It’s not particularly concerning war, but it’s translations of actual medieval tales/poems. It might give you more insight into the times.

Addition: There are some contemporary romance writers who have stories set in medieval times and incorporate war and warriors. You may be interested in…
-Dark Champion by Jo Beverley
-The Wild Hunt by Elizabeth Chadwick
-Chandra; Firesong; Earthsong and Secret Song by Catherine Coulter
-Lord of Hawkfell Island; Lord of Raven’s Peak and Lord of Falcon Ridge by Catherine Coulter
-Rosehaven by Catherine Coulter
-The Black Lyon by Jude Deveraux
-The Conquest by Jude Deveraux
-The Velvet Series by Jude Deveraux (The Velvet Promise; Highland Velvet; Velvet Song and Velvet Angel)
-Elizabeth Lowell has a series that includes Untamed; Forbidden and Enchanted.
-Ellis Peters has a series of Brother Cadfael mysteries set in the Middle Ages like A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury A Morbid Taste for Bones.
-Jean Plaidy (also Victoria Holt) wrote some historical fiction set in the Middle Ages like Lilith and a series about King Henry VIII’s wives.
-Uncommon Vows by Mary Jo Putney
Both Johanna Lindsey and Julie Garwood have some titles, too. Of course, there’s William Shakespeare’s plays like Hamlet; Henry IV; King Henry the Fifth; King Lear; MacBeth.
Mary Stewart has a series set around Merlin and Arthur and that time: The Crystal Cave; The Hollow Hills; The Last Enchantment; The Wicked Day.
Shelly Thacker has a Medieval/Time Travel series..Falcon on the Wind; Forever His; His Forbidden Touch.

United States government debt, also referred to as the national debt or United States total public debt, is the amount of money owed by United States federal government to holders of U.S. debt instruments.

The total Public debt includes state and federal debts which is owed to corporations, individuals and foreign governments. But, this debt excludes all social security debts and intra-governmental obligations.

Some of the federal securities held by the public include Bonds, Treasury Bills, United States Savings Bonds, Notes, TIPS and State and Local Government Series securities.

External debt includes debts which both the public and private sectors owe to foreign people and organizations. Foreign ownership of public debt is a substantial part of the total national debt.

When U.S. federal debt passed the $10 trillion mark on 30th September 2008, public debt stood at $5.3 trillion.

Further debts included Social Security obligations, Medicare, Medicaid and others.

A division of United States Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of the Public Debt, calculates the amount of money owed by the government daily.

Budgeted and non-budgeted spending has pushed total debts upward by around $500 billion each year since 2003. The budget deficit fell from $318 billion in 2005 to $162 billion in 2007, but moved sharply up again to $455 billion in 2008.

There have been regular warnings from the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that debt levels are sure to increase dramatically due to social programs like Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid and interest owed on outstanding debts.

There are estimates that benefits under entitlement programs could exceed government income by more than $40 trillion in the next half century.

If the changes which they propose are not done, some experts claim that federal expenditures could surpass federal tax revenues by sizable margins in a shorter period than that.

The Beginning of Federal Debts

Public debts have been a part of its existence since the United States of America came into being.

The first reported value of public debt was $75,463,476.52 on January 1, 1791. This was a combination of debts that were incurred during the American Revolutionary War and the creation and implementation of the Articles of Confederation.

Debt continued to increase over the next half-century.

It was brought down to zero for a short period in early January, 1835.

After that, the debts just kept increasing.

The Civil War in America was responsible for a huge surge where debts rose from $65 million in 1860 to more than $1 billion in 1863.

The following year, it stood at $2.7 billion.

There were a few fluctuations during the rest of the century. But, strong economic growth was recorded through most of the period from 1800 to 1912.

Then, debts started increasing again. It was around $22 billion during the 1920s, the World War I period.

History repeated itself and debts grew to an alarming $260 billion by the end of World War II from a figure around $51 billion in 1940.

Public debt and inflation soared in tandem during the nineteen-eighties. The nineties saw the debts increase by about two hundred percent within a decade.

Better results were achieved towards the close of the century.

But, debts then started climbing quickly again.

Public debt stood at about $7.9 trillion at the end of 2005. This was about 8.7 times the level of public debt in 1980.

For the greater part of the last half-century, America had enforced a debt ceiling. The Treasury could issue as much debt as the government required as long as it was within the specified ceiling.

Over time, the United States Congress passed new laws which caused fairly regular increases in the level of the ceiling.

Congress increased the debt limit to $9.815 trillion in September 2007.

In July 2008, the ceiling was again raised to $10.6 trillion with the passing of new laws to accommodate the bailout of mortgage giants, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Congress used to approve legislation for each debt issuance. It was decided that this was no longer possible because of the growth of fiscal operations in the twentieth century.

As debt is spiraling out of control you can take action and survive, and create your own personal financial security.

Categorization of Public Debts

Public debts are of two main types:

1. Marketable and Non-marketable securities held by the public

2. Securities held by government accounts

Ownership

Public debt holders cover a huge group of people that owning bills, notes and bonds.

The U.S. Treasury regularly publishes data providing information about the holders.

The foreign and international holders of the debt are also put together from the notes, bills, and bonds sections.

More than half of the total national debt is owed to the Federal Reserve and intergovernmental holdings.

According to reported figures of the US government in September 2008, it has supported its obligations to bailout home mortgage companies of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae through the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.

The balance sheet obligations of these two companies are over $5 trillion. The Government does not account for these obligations in its current balance sheet.

The U.S. Treasury contracted to receive US$ 1 billion dollars in senior preferred shares and a warrant for 79.9% of common shares from each of these Government Sponsored Enterprises or GSEs.

This was done to maintain adequate capital ratios in the enterprises and ensure essential solvency. This is, effectively, nationalization of the companies.

Some people claim that some of these US governmental actions place taxpayers’ funds at some risk. The effects of the takeovers may not be predictable immediately. The overall picture will probably only come into focus later.

At the time of the takeover, more than 98% of Fannie’s loans were being repaid in a timely manner.

Both these companies are claimed to have had a positive net worth where their assets were valued much higher than their liabilities.

The Congressional Budget Office has directed incorporation of the assets and liabilities of these two companies into the federal budget. This shows the extent of governmental control over these entities.

Foreign Ownership

Presently, foreign governments are said to have about 25% holding of total US debt.

This figure was about 13% in 1988.

US Treasury statistics indicate foreigner organizations and individuals held 44% of federal debt held by the public in 2006. Two-thirds of this was held by central banks of countries like China and Japan.

Although there was a fall in such investments in 2007 due to the depreciating value of the US dollar at the time, but foreign investors continued investing in US-dollar–denominated instruments.

This exposure is claimed by some to pose a threat of some scale to the US economy.

If the foreign investors start selling Treasury securities or stop purchasing them, some people claim that it might cause significant losses.

It seems that such losses may be a very unlikely situation but the possible effects from such a theoretical situation becoming reality must be considered when decisions are being made.

Central banks of Sweden, Russia, Italy and the United Arab Emirates reduced their dollar holdings marginally in 2006.

Kuwait and Syria discontinued pegging their currency exclusively to the dollar in 2007.

These occurrences may not be pointers to what could happen in the future.

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Craig Maugham
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