Plot Against Hitler Spurs Postwar Draft Debate
Analysts trace the July 20 plot’s impact on Germany and Hitler’s purges, and report White House advisers urging immediate peacetime conscription. Public opposition appears strong as Congress weighs postwar training for 18 to 26 year olds amid wartime and diplomatic contest.
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Mortgage on Our Wealth How Debt Fueled World War II Costs
A whistleblower from Western Newspaper Union outlines rising national debt from WWI through WWII. It details debt growth to nearly 300 billion by mid-1945, annual tax increases, and the deep reach of government spending into every consumer purchase. It contrasts inflation lessons with ration points and ends by stressing workers focus on take home pay after taxes and deductions.
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