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Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti
I never said that WWII lasted until 1951, I said that a technical state of war existed between Germany and the Western powers up to this date, that is different at least in my humble opinion. Some (not me) even say that as Germany did not exist as an unified state until 1990, this state of war was only officially closed in 1991.
My point was that German POW existed in this time period and while many were freed in some months and many other lived in farms, other were just sitting in POW camps or being used for jobs they did not volunteer for.
I propose to close this discussion by agreeing we disagree. Best wishes for the end of the year.
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Simple fact: a state of war in the West ceased when Germany was over-run from all sides and completely occupied. The Third Reich no longer existed.
And please, do not insult my intelligence by saying this above: "...
I never said that WWII lasted until 1951..." This is what you said on page 1: "...Technically German POWs remained POWs,
after May 1945 because the war did not end at this date only fighting did. At this date the German forces surrendered but
the end of state of war was in 1950-1951 for Western Powers and in 1955 for USSR..."
How much clearer can it be that you said the war did not end until 1950-51? German prisoners had nothing whatsoever to do with the end date of the war. You have made a totally false statement, and now will not concede the point. If you are going to have a debate/discussion on THAT basis, don't even bother in the first place...