> > > True but, if the US had also not been involved in WWI, I am 
wondering if
> > > the attitude towards the US would have been different.  Germany 
was
> > > destroyed by the concessions they made during their WWI 
surrender.  To an
> > > extent, I feel like they were out for revenge against all of the 
countries
> > > that put them in that position.
> >
> > Actually, what happened is that the German goverment continued its
> > generous social spending programs after WW I.  Unfortunately the war
> > reparations demanded by the Allies pretty much destroyed the German
> > economy.  In about 1922 or 1923 the German economy collapsed due to
> > rampant (100 percent per DAY) inflation, and with it went the German
> > government.  That provided an avenue for Hitler to get into power.
> 
> IIRC, Hitler blamed the German government (for the social programs and
> other spending habits) and the WWI allies (for the crippling 
reparations).
> Either way, if the US had not been involved, he might not have been so
> willing to drag the US into the European conflict.  Then again, his
> paranoia might have lead him to do so anyway.  When you deal with 
leaders
> that are not in their right minds, who knows?

A little noted fact on that is that Hitler declared war on the US on 
December 11, 1941.  He did that because of his alliance with Japan.  
That provided Roosevelt minor with the excuse to concentrate the war 
effort on Europe.
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