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3. Yes this is why the US spent $13 Billion on the Marshall Plan after WWII.

Sun Sep 1, 2024, 06:53 AM

Sep 2024

To rebuild Europe and make changes to prevent another war.

This btw is $150 billion in today's dollars.

The US saved Europe from itself.

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1 September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland " The Second World War began in Europe [View all] irisblue Sep 2024 OP

85 Million people killed in WWII. Irish_Dem Sep 2024 #1

In my armchair opinion, WW1, in Europe at least, led to WW2. irisblue Sep 2024 #2