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Re:Are We Losing the Secrets of the Masters? by pjc50 on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @04:15AM (#6552093)
Presumably the post-WW1 era of collapse in Germany, which is usually credited as a major cause of WW2.
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Re:Are We Losing the Secrets of the Masters? by johnchristopher on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @05:31AM (#6552289)
Ah, I thought gp was referring to nations the US would have defeated before WWII.
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Re:Are We Losing the Secrets of the Masters? by CamperBob2 on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @12:43PM (#6554426)
No, I meant the Marshall Plan. WWI left Germany in a humiliated condition that eventually led to another war, so they didn't want to repeat the mistake with post-WWII Japan, especially with the Soviets vying for influence in the same part of the world.
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