soc.history.war.world-war-ii

L2007 wrote:
> "Marvin" wrote in message
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> > L2007 wrote:

> > And then we wrecked the whole scheme by spending an enormous amount of
> > money to rebuild Western Europe's economy and industry.

> The Marshall Plan. After WW2 the USA feared another depression and that they
> would revert right back the 1930s.

This is incorrect; it was primarily a plan to build up the economies
of potential allies.

> There was a depression post WW1 too.

This is incorrect; there was a slight recession immediately post-war,
followed by an economic boom. The depression was more than a decade
later.

> They did not want to make the mistakes of post WW1. The USA made a net
> profit on WW2. They used this money to create markets and implant their
> corporations (US foreign policy for about the last 100 years it seems) and

I trust your refernces for this are better than your references for you
previous assertions on this thread.

Mike