We jumped in late because we are generally slow to commit to a war unless we
are attacked. While our contributions to WW1 are open to discussion, the
fact is that we indeed turned the tide on WW2. As for WW3 - we're in this
one on the ground floor.

If any single country "won" WW2, the MVP goes to the Englishmen. By holding
out in the Battle of Britain, they preserved the British island as a staging
area. It's from that staging area that we bombed the 3rd Reich into the
stone age, diminishing it's ability to wage effective war.

The other MVP was Hitler - who beat himself. A: By botching the Battle of
Britian after it was almost won. B: By attacking Russia before England was
subdued.

-W

"Don White" wrote in message
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Gee...well probably the last two big World Wars...that is when you jumped
in
late to grab all the credit.