Why would the Anglophile Argentine government choose to go to war with the country they traded the most, the same country they (partially) by running a "pay whenever you can and in pounds" scheme before the USA approved Lend Lease? If Argentina gets involved, it's on the British sideArgentine navy comes out to support the Graf Spey.
We've discussed this a bit. Economic PoDs are less popular here.The American secretary of the treasury (I think that was his title?). Not closing the new york stock market in time in July 1914 leading to Europe liquadationg it's American assets and causing a massive crash, creating a lot of ill will between America and the entont.
The US economy would be severely damaged, to Great Depression levels, with subsequent social problems. No US credit for the Entente if the war lasts into 1917, a US economy much more reliant to Entente orders and resentful. Less US anger at submarine warfare. Little chance of direct US intervention.I wonder how that’s going to effect world war 1 to be honest because if the world economy takes a turn for the worse the soldiers may have more mutinies
Unlikely.Patton not killed in '45. Enters politics - more successful than MacArthur?
Israel is in a odd position during the Cold War. You have a lot of Jews from the US and USSR. Both had Jewish people in their governments and many within their populations. Stalin was brutal but he was pretty brutal towards everyone equally. It was usually more about politics and loyalty then ethnicity with Stalin. The only ethnic group he went after more so was usually the Germans. If you have a less brutal or smarter Soviet leader many Jews in Israel might be sympathetic towards the Soviet Union especially if the leader is Jewish in blood. Many Jews supported the communist during the revolution due do how terrible the tsar regime treated them. For all it’s flaws, most Jews preferred Soviet rule over the Tsar and his pogroms. Even when the Soviets committed atrocities it usually wasn’t specifically targeted towards them like the pogroms of the past. The Soviets have the benefit of looking better by comparison to the Jews when it comes to the Tsar and Nazis because of the deep rooted anti-semitism in those two.I never got that trope. Many of Israel's founding leaders lived and worked in the US. They all spoke English. Lots of Jews came from the US. The US public was symphateic to Jews after WW2.
Stalin did not like Jews.
Just because the labor party was strong doesn't mean Israel was a step away from communism and a societ ally, no more than when labor was strong in Britain
Didn't Israel also receive material aid from the USSR durring the 1948 war?Israel is in a odd position during the Cold War. You have a lot of Jews from the US and USSR. Both had Jewish people in their governments and many within their populations. Stalin was brutal but he was pretty brutal towards everyone equally. It was usually more about politics and loyalty then ethnicity with Stalin. The only ethnic group he went after more so was usually the Germans. If you have a less brutal or smarter Soviet leader many Jews in Israel might be sympathetic towards the Soviet Union especially if the leader is Jewish in blood. Many Jews supported the communist during the revolution due do how terrible the tsar regime treated them. For all it’s flaws, most Jews preferred Soviet rule over the Tsar and his pogroms. Even when the Soviets committed atrocities it usually wasn’t specifically targeted towards them like the pogroms of the past. The Soviets have the benefit of looking better by comparison to the Jews when it comes to the Tsar and Nazis because of the deep rooted anti-semitism in those two.
Yes, both the USSR and US supported the creation of Israel and them in that war. Stalin thought Israel would be a socialist state or sympathetic towards the USSR when it was being created due to some of the stuff I mentioned above. The USSR didn’t swing more towards the Arab nations until a bit later. When Israel is created all the Arab nations are either monarchs or under colonial rule so they aren’t really ally options for the USSR. That only leaves them with Israel being a possible ally in the region.Didn't Israel also receive material aid from the USSR durring the 1948 war?