$98 per barrel oil

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Matt Whiting writes:

They paid for all of the R&D for all of the equipment? Really???

Which equipment? R&D isn't an occupation cost unless it was dedicated
exclusively to something used only for the occupation. What might
that have been?



Wow, a bunch of words that equal nothing.


You should have been a politician. You got the lying down, next yu have to
get someone to like you enough to vote for you.



Bertie

"John Godwin" wrote in message
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"news.verizon.net" wrote in
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Do you have any cite for this? Nothing I can find nor anything
I've heard of before supports this. ( That West Germany paid for
US Military )

Armies Of Occupation are supported by the country being occupied. I
served as a US Army Color Photolab Technician (1960-1962) and all of
our equipment and supplies were provided by the West Germans.

Probably because Germany has long been known for their good photographic
equipment and optics.

FYI, the US ceased being an "Occupier" in the early 1950's, long before you
got there.

Do you have any information about who paid for the equipment, regardless of
country of origin?


"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in message
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"John Godwin" wrote in message
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"news.verizon.net" wrote in
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Do you have any cite for this? Nothing I can find nor anything
I've heard of before supports this. ( That West Germany paid for
US Military )

Armies Of Occupation are supported by the country being occupied. I
served as a US Army Color Photolab Technician (1960-1962) and all of
our equipment and supplies were provided by the West Germans.

Probably because Germany has long been known for their good photographic
equipment and optics.

FYI, the US ceased being an "Occupier" in the early 1950's, long before
you got there.

"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in
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FYI, the US ceased being an "Occupier" in the early 1950's, long
before you got there.

FYI, you're wrong. I was awarded the Army Occupation Medal. Berlin
was still an occupied city long after I served there.




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"John Godwin" wrote in message
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"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in
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FYI, the US ceased being an "Occupier" in the early 1950's, long
before you got there.

FYI, you're wrong. I was awarded the Army Occupation Medal. Berlin
was still an occupied city long after I served there.

Quite...but Berlin was not "Germany" at the time.

"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in news:E3a_i.2779
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Quite...but Berlin was not "Germany" at the time.

Neither you nor I said it was. I simply disagreed when you said occupation
ended in the 1950s and I stated that occupation continued long after I left
Berlin. The West German Government continued to fund sustaining allied
troops in Berlin even after occupation of West Germany ceased.

All four powers jointly coordinated air, rail, and autobahn routes from
West Germany to West Berlin. In addition, each took turns guarding Spandau
Prison (Rudolph Hess was the only prisoner when I was there).

"John Godwin" wrote in message
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"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in news:E3a_i.2779
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Quite...but Berlin was not "Germany" at the time.

Neither you nor I said it was. I simply disagreed when you said
occupation
ended in the 1950s and I stated that occupation continued long after I
left
Berlin. The West German Government continued to fund sustaining allied
troops in Berlin even after occupation of West Germany ceased.

That's nice, but that was not the context of the topic (Germany at-large and
Europe in general).

"Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message
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"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in
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"John Godwin" wrote in message
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"news.verizon.net" wrote in
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Do you have any cite for this? Nothing I can find nor anything
I've heard of before supports this. ( That West Germany paid for
US Military )

Armies Of Occupation are supported by the country being occupied. I
served as a US Army Color Photolab Technician (1960-1962) and all of
our equipment and supplies were provided by the West Germans.

Probably because Germany has long been known for their good
photographic equipment and optics.

FYI, the US ceased being an "Occupier" in the early 1950's, long
before you got there.

The occupation of Berlin ended in 1990. The troops stayed until 1994
and and all their costs were paid by the German tax payer until then.

Very different context (as I mentioned to John Godwin).

Just for kicks, what was to total cost of occuping Berlin compared to the
cost of defending all of Europe?

Matt W. Barrow writes:

Just for kicks, what was to total cost of occuping Berlin compared to the
cost of defending all of Europe?

Which attacks on Europe after WWII have I missed?

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Matt W. Barrow writes:

Just for kicks, what was to total cost of occuping Berlin compared to
the cost of defending all of Europe?

Which attacks on Europe after WWII have I missed?



Wow, ignorance form the European perspective now.


We're having a regualr dumbo orgy of it now!

Let's get down to the dirt.

Is the US budweiser the same company as the Czech Bud?

Which is better?

Less filling?


Matt?



Bertie