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Originally posted by svandamme
A typical "can't win the argument with anything recent so let's bring in the World Wars"
UK in WW2
we held up the Blitzkrieg invasion long enough for the evacuation at Dunkirk, didn't manage to stop it from overwhelming France, but my country did what it could, it was probably the best prepared of the lot even though it was terribly outnumbered and out witted. if the forces at Dunkirk would have been caught, the Germans could have had a different Battle of Britain
these days, we prefer to cleanup bombs then dropping them
2 world wars in our backyard is plenty to become war weary and realize the futility of it all
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When discussing WWII with most Americans, there are a few "facts" you must remember:
1. WWII didn't really start until Dec 7, 1941. The invasions of Poland, France, the Low Countries, Yugoslavia, Greece, the battle of Britain, etc don't count cause we weren't involved.
2. The Normandy Invasion was the turning point of the war and the Germans were winning until then.
3. Most Americans have never heard of Kursk, Stalingrad, etc. and have no idea the Russians casualty figure in WWII is thought to be around 20 million (as opposed to our 500K+). As Churchill stated, it was the Red Army that tore the guts out of the wehrmacht.
4. Read that a poll of recent US high school graduates revealed that 40% of the graduates thought the US and Germany were allies in WWII fighting the Russians.