• diprount_tomato
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      131 year ago

      After Germany declared war on them? They didn’t defeat them out of good will, in fact, I’d say America and South Africa were the closest things to Nazi Germany outside of the Reich

      • Flying Squid
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        -31 year ago

        Is it good to beat the shit out of the school bully after he picks a fight with you so he learns to stop picking fights with people? I would say so.

        • diprount_tomato
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          101 year ago

          Should I remind you of the land the USA originally had and what they did to the people who lived in the lands they conquered?

          • @ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee
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            -51 year ago

            You can if you want to pretend that Russia didn’t do the same thing and that it somehow makes the comparison better for you!

    • originalucifer
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      61 year ago

      stopped clocked fallacy.

      the united states is in so many wars, they were bound to achieve one somewhat correctly.

      • Flying Squid
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        41 year ago

        I would say it was a combined effort, but Russia suffered a lot more. They didn’t liberate Paris though.

          • Flying Squid
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            61 year ago

            The Russians did nothing on the Western Front or North Africa.

            But yes, they lost the most lives. I’m not sure why that means it wasn’t a collaborative effort. Are you claiming that if the U.S. and Britain had sat by and done nothing, Russia would have defeated Hitler singlehandedly and liberated Western Europe? Because I find that to be a very spurious claim if so.

          • @FireTower@lemmy.world
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            01 year ago

            Suffering more losses does equate to contributing more to towards the victory. For example America’s Lend Lease Act didn’t cost American soldiers but contributed towards the allied victory.

      • @ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee
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        41 year ago

        Not really, no. And let’s ignore the part where the only reason they even fought is because Russia wanted to conquer some of the same land as Germany 😂

          • @ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee
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            1 year ago

            Because Stalin didn’t invade Poland and the Baltic states, right? And he didn’t sign agreements with hitler before the war?

            Oh oh let me guess, they were “saving them from Nazis”! Now where have I heard that before…

            • The west constantly uses the memory of appeasement to justify its killings today but back when it was happening Stalin tried to start the war when Hitler could be easily crushed. It’s only after the west decided they would rather use the nazis to kill the communists than prevent the holocaust that deal was made.

              • @ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee
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                01 year ago

                What are you even talking about? Hitler attacked the Soviets, not the other way around. And it was because they broke their agreement and took territory that they said they wouldn’t.

                Appeasement isn’t even relevant in this context, so not sure what you mean by that.

                  • @ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee
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                    01 year ago

                    In the context of WW2 appeasement refers to Britain and the rest of Europe giving pieces of Czechoslovakia to Germany. Not a deal between the Soviets and Germany to carve up Eastern Europe.

                    It’s ok keep working on your English!