The Fallen of World War II - Well Worth Watching!

[jamespowers]

but Stalin refused to accept that his theory could possibly be incorrect and disregarded these warnings,

As I said megalomaniacal. :doh:

 

[LizzieMaine]

Clinically paranoid, according to many experts who've analyzed his behavior from a psychological point of view, and likely suffering from bipolar disorder. "Megalomania" is a common symptom of this. Had modern psychiatric medications been available in the 1930s, it's likely history would have taken a different tack.

 

[jamespowers]

Clinically paranoid, according to many experts who've analyzed his behavior from a psychological point of view, and likely suffering from bipolar disorder. "Megalomania" is a common symptom of this. Had modern psychiatric medications been available in the 1930s, it's likely history would have taken a different tack.

And a lot more of his people would have survived his reign. :doh: How is it that nutballs always find the way to the top of national leadership? :doh:

 

[pawineguy]

Yeah, like we didn't give them enough support. They even had the nerve to complain about the quality of our tanks too! Considering that theirs were made for all of 15 hours of combat and 1,500 hours of regular use, that is laughable. lol lol
Considering that we could have supplied several Marine divisions with those supplies, it made the war last longer---for us. :doh:

The actual number is apparently 60 combat divisions worth of supplies. We also sent entire factories, they famously packaged up a complete Ford tire factory, then sent it to the Soviet Union to be reassembled there. We weren't being altruistic, and they were being used against a common enemy while we trained our men for combat, so it was probably money well spent. (we didn't just throw men into the line, so we needed more time to get them up to snuff than others did)

 

[LizzieMaine]

And a lot more of his people would have survived his reign. :doh: How is it that nutballs always find the way to the top of national leadership? :doh:

The kind of person who seeks any kind of power tends also to be the kind of person given to thinking rather extravagantly of their own abilities, and manic-depressiveness often involves that grandiose sense of being a Person Of Destiny.

Interestingly, Winston Churchill is another historical figure who suffered from acknowledged psychological issues -- his chronic depression was well known, the "black dog" he often spoke of, and some have suggested that he, too, was bipolar. And of course, you'd be hard pressed to find a more obvious example of clinical paranoia than Mr. Nixon. Just about every world leader of the 20th Century, I think, would have done well with a bit of risperidone in their morning coffee.

 

[LizzieMaine]

The actual number is apparently 60 combat divisions worth of supplies. We also sent entire factories, they famously packaged up a complete Ford tire factory, then sent it to the Soviet Union to be reassembled there. We weren't being altruistic, and they were being used against a common enemy while we trained our men for combat, so it was probably money well spent. (we didn't just throw men into the line, so we needed more time to get them up to snuff than others did)

Of course, Ford had oars on both sides of the boat -- Ford Werke in Germany, which remained under full control of Dearborn right up until 1942, and remained in contact with Detroit via neutral countries for a year or more after that -- was a major supplier of equipment to the German armed forces thruout the war. Edsel Ford escaped indictment under the Trading With The Enemy act only by his well-timed death.

 

[jamespowers]

The actual number is apparently 60 combat divisions worth of supplies. We also sent entire factories, they famously packaged up a complete Ford tire factory, then sent it to the Soviet Union to be reassembled there. We weren't being altruistic, and they were being used against a common enemy while we trained our men for combat, so it was probably money well spent. (we didn't just throw men into the line, so we needed more time to get them up to snuff than others did)

I dunno who was being used more.

 

[jamespowers]

The kind of person who seeks any kind of power tends also to be the kind of person given to thinking rather extravagantly of their own abilities, and manic-depressiveness often involves that grandiose sense of being a Person Of Destiny.

Interestingly, Winston Churchill is another historical figure who suffered from acknowledged psychological issues -- his chronic depression was well known, the "black dog" he often spoke of, and some have suggested that he, too, was bipolar. And of course, you'd be hard pressed to find a more obvious example of clinical paranoia than Mr. Nixon. Just about every world leader of the 20th Century, I think, would have done well with a bit of risperidone in their morning coffee.

That does make sense and I it came to mind after I posted it.

Nixon makes sense---that nutball. :doh:

 

[jamespowers]

Of course, Ford had oars on both sides of the boat -- Ford Werke in Germany, which remained under full control of Dearborn right up until 1942, and remained in contact with Detroit via neutral countries for a year or more after that -- was a major supplier of equipment to the German armed forces thruout the war. Edsel Ford escaped indictment under the Trading With The Enemy act only by his well-timed death.

The Ford family are goofballs until this very day. :doh: