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To: Kaslin

“because if Germany had won, it would have dictated peace terms threatening European freedom”

The German soldier had the right to vote. The average British soldier still could not.


11 posted on 07/31/2014 7:09:02 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino
The German soldier had the right to vote. The average British soldier still could not.

Not quite true. The Second and Third Reform Acts ( 1867 and 1884) extended the male vote to approximately 2/3 of the UK male population. The Representation of the People Act passed in February 1918 extended the vote to all Males over 21. ( And females over 30 !!) The war of course did not end until November 1918.

18 posted on 07/31/2014 7:54:39 AM PDT by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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