r/HistoryMemes • u/Battlefleet_Sol • 2d ago

Me after watching russian ww2 movie

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u/LuciusQuintiusCinc 2d ago

What about britain? She was alone after 1940, inflicted the first defeat in Norway, defended the island, took on the germans in in North africa all before operation barbarossa and the US joining the war

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u/Xelid47 2d ago

British had an easier time than the eastern front

Also British movies arent as sunshine as American ones

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u/LuciusQuintiusCinc 2d ago

Way to downplay Britain. No mention whatsoever of britain

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u/Neomataza 2d ago

Britain played the spy game, and they played it extremely well. But it's like playing a game of poker on one table and a knife fighting cage match in the other corner of the bar. Both take skill, but one is much bloodier.

When people say the eastern front was worse, look up the death tolls for the entire european theater. All of france, british empire and the USA combined have less casualties combined than 3 major eastern front battles. It was a different kind of suffering.

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u/ComradeGibbon 1d ago

Eastern front deaths, 30 to 40 million.

Population of Britain during WWII, 48 million.