Greatest American
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would that not be ef?Goober Mcfly said:I think the letter "F" is pronounced "eff". Two consonants.
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FDR, hands down. The definitive bio was published recently by none other than Conrad "Tubby" Black. But be prepared for a long, long read.
By the time the US entered WWI, most of Europe had bled out; certainly, France, the UK and Germany had, and the conflict was all but over. It was the Canadians, under Borden, who broke the back of the German defences at Vimy.
Regarding WWII, the US only declared war after a sneak attack by Japan, and never even declared war against Hitler. Der Furher declared war against the US. Go look it up.
Must we go over this again?And we pulled your bloody arse out of WW I, WW II and the collapse of the British Empire.
By the time the US entered WWI, most of Europe had bled out; certainly, France, the UK and Germany had, and the conflict was all but over. It was the Canadians, under Borden, who broke the back of the German defences at Vimy.
Regarding WWII, the US only declared war after a sneak attack by Japan, and never even declared war against Hitler. Der Furher declared war against the US. Go look it up.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Edison
Ben Franklin
Wernher von Braun
Frederic Douglass
Martin Luther King
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Edison
Ben Franklin
Wernher von Braun
Frederic Douglass
Martin Luther King
red said:Wernher von Braun?
isn't this a german guy?
http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/vonbraun/bio.html
Well...kind of, but he has done a lot for space exploration in the USA.
The United States Congress declared war on Germany on December 11, 1941.happygrump said:Regarding WWII, the US only declared war after a sneak attack by Japan, and never even declared war against Hitler. Der Furher declared war against the US. Go look it up.
The answer to the question is George Washington.
"The German Charge d'Affaires, Dr. Hans Thomsen, and the First Secretary of the German Embassy, Mr. von Strempel, called at the State Department at 8:00 A.M. on December 11, 1941... The German Government, consequently, discontinues diplomatic relations with the United States of America and declares that... as from today, considers herself as being in a state of war with the United States of America."
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/gerdec41.htm
The American declaration, as noted by Cool Dude, was little more than an acceptance of the fact, thereby giving the legislative branch the legal authority to respond.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/gerdec41.htm
The American declaration, as noted by Cool Dude, was little more than an acceptance of the fact, thereby giving the legislative branch the legal authority to respond.
Willingham is done.....................Cool Dude said:The United States Congress declared war on Germany on December 11, 1941.
The answer to the question is George Washington.
My vote would have to go to Abraham Lincoln. Without is devotion to Union, there might not be a United States of America.
