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Mariott Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Apposition and etc.

Japan and the US built a warm relationship and solid security alliance in spite of the fact that neither government has apologized for its wartime atrocities. Indeed, both sides justify their wartime actions as necessary given the strategic circumstances of the time. Furthermore, after the war the European partners of Italy and Austria ignore the blatant dodging of culpability in these former Axis countries.

Does these former Axis countries mean Italy and Austria?
And in the European partners of Italy and Austria, does the European partners mean Italy and Austria or Italy's and Austria's partner? I mean, are they in apposition?

Thanks for your help!
  

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I can't tell. The writer seems to be more concerned with shoveling his propaganda than with writing understandable English. Austria was a conquered country.

— Enoon

  • I can't tell.
  • The writer seems to be more concerned with shoveling his propaganda than with writing understandable English.
  • Austria was a conquered country.
  • Its government was murdered by the *****.
  • You can't mention Italy, a fascist dictatorship in cahoots with Hitler, bent on reclaiming the Roman Empire, in the same breath with Austria if you know anything about anything.
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I can't tell. The writer seems to be more concerned with shoveling his propaganda than with writing understandable English. Austria was a conquered country. Its government was murdered by the *****. You can't mention Italy, a fascist dictatorship in cahoots with Hitler, bent on reclaiming the Roman Empire, in the same breath with Austria if you know anything about anything. And that's not even con
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i think these former Axis countries is referring to Italy and Austria. Here is a map of Europe from WWII showing the Axis countries during the war. Austria had been ihttp://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005447 earlier, in 1938, and was not recognized as an independent
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Thanks so much AlphaccaStars and enoon!
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