My English nurse mom was grateful for Pearl Harbor. She'd been dodging Nazi bombs in London for two years and knew that with America now in the war, there was no way the British could lose. However, Roosevelt only declared war on Japan. Hitler saved the day by honoring the Axis Treaty and declaring war on the U.S. Italy followed right behind. WW II was on.
h/t: Associated Press
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Very glad she found her way out of the blackened landscape and ultimately to Chicago. She was a lighthearted, lovely woman and we were all fortunate to know her.
It's not often that you hear (or utter) the phrase "HITLER SAVED THE DAY" But it almost has a humorous connotation when you realize that it was his ENEMIES' day he was "saving" and not his own.
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