Nazi ideology

[Coffey, Mitchell R]

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>From: KXX4493553 at aol.com [mailto:KXX4493553 at aol.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 1:26 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Nazi ideology
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>In einer eMail vom 07.06.00 17:46:19 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. 
>Sommerzeit schreibt 
>mitchell.coffey at baesystems.com:
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> Regrettably, when Japan attacked us, and Germany then declared war
> on us, our war machine was much too small. >>
>You are right. The US Military Power was at the end of 41 as 
>big as the army 
>of Sweden. But you had a big industrial potential, and no one 
>"disturbed" you 
>with bombardments.
>kwp


Yes.  Unfortunately, both Japan and Germany grossly overestimated the amount
of time it would take us to mobilize that industrial potential

And you're also right that we were lucky; our location made our mainland
immune from serious attack by our enemies.  It followed that virtually all
the other allies suffered far greater casualties relative to their
population than we did.  Incredibly, in absolute terms over twice as many
Americans were killed in the American Civil War than in WWII - and our
population was back then about one-sixth what it was during WWII!

Mitchell Coffey