Comments on: Fateful Voyage of Lusitania http://www.historynet.com/fateful-voyage-of-lusitania.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fateful-voyage-of-lusitania From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: John Phillips http://www.historynet.com/fateful-voyage-of-lusitania.htm#comment-350910 John Phillips Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:16:58 +0000 #comment-350910 Churchill's propaganda was of the most insidious kind. The blood of the Lusitania's passengers is on his hands. Once America entered the war, the Germans realized they could not possibly out produce and out populate the allies and they therefore sued for peace. Had America not entered the war, the Germans may have not capitulated and eventually won the war and would not have endured the harshness of the Versailles treaty. Britain continued the blockade for a year after the armistice to "punish" Germany. Many starved. When Germany could not pay the war reparations, the French army moved into the Ruhr industrial area to take their reparations in industrial output. The German government then began to print money to pay the reparations. This caused hyperinflation, thus destroying the German middle class, who had most of their wealth in savings and bonds. The time was then ripe for extremism. So the millions who died in WWII, a revenge war started by Germany, is also the direct responsibility of Churchill. No excuse for the Hitler and the Nazis however. But its what Churchill wanted all along. His hatred for Germans ran deep. May he burn in hell. Churchill's propaganda was of the most insidious kind. The blood of the Lusitania's passengers is on his hands.

Once America entered the war, the Germans realized they could not possibly out produce and out populate the allies and they therefore sued for peace. Had America not entered the war, the Germans may have not capitulated and eventually won the war and would not have endured the harshness of the Versailles treaty. Britain continued the blockade for a year after the armistice to "punish" Germany. Many starved. When Germany could not pay the war reparations, the French army moved into the Ruhr industrial area to take their reparations in industrial output. The German government then began to print money to pay the reparations. This caused hyperinflation, thus destroying the German middle class, who had most of their wealth in savings and bonds. The time was then ripe for extremism.

So the millions who died in WWII, a revenge war started by Germany, is also the direct responsibility of Churchill. No excuse for the Hitler and the Nazis however. But its what Churchill wanted all along. His hatred for Germans ran deep. May he burn in hell.

]]> By: David Luck http://www.historynet.com/fateful-voyage-of-lusitania.htm#comment-327816 David Luck Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:44:15 +0000 #comment-327816 Winston Churchill himself might have written this Allied puff-piece. The Lusitania was a floating bomb with a human shield, well-calculated by WC to begin the slide of America into WW I. There was no "second torpedo": Ballard notwithstanding - see no-longer-secret Secret Cargo Manifests - the second explosion (the one that actually sank the ship and killed all those people) occured when 60+ tons of powdered aluminum, a highly unstable component in the manufacture of higher-level explosives, cooked off in the forward hold. Nor was Captain Turner the sort of idiot portrayed here. He received a series of (forever secret, as the documents were removed from Admiralty books immediately after the sinking) signals that determined his fatal course, lack of zig-zag, and so forth. And in returning for taking a dive during the cover-up "official investigation", Turner was later rewarded with substantial at-sea commands for the rest of his career. There's a mass-murderer involved, alright. But his name isn't Schweiger. It's Churchill. Winston Churchill himself might have written this Allied puff-piece. The Lusitania was a floating bomb with a human shield, well-calculated by WC to begin the slide of America into WW I. There was no "second torpedo": Ballard notwithstanding – see no-longer-secret Secret Cargo Manifests – the second explosion (the one that actually sank the ship and killed all those people) occured when 60+ tons of powdered aluminum, a highly unstable component in the manufacture of higher-level explosives, cooked off in the forward hold. Nor was Captain Turner the sort of idiot portrayed here. He received a series of (forever secret, as the documents were removed from Admiralty books immediately after the sinking) signals that determined his fatal course, lack of zig-zag, and so forth. And in returning for taking a dive during the cover-up "official investigation", Turner was later rewarded with substantial at-sea commands for the rest of his career. There's a mass-murderer involved, alright. But his name isn't Schweiger. It's Churchill.

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