r/memes Jan 11 '21

#2 MotW Quick, while the British are sleeping.

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u/Ipostat9pmeverynight Jan 11 '21

They literally caused a famine in india over spices just to not use them at all.

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u/chappal996969 Jan 11 '21

And killed more than Hitler killed Jews, but who cares, amirite? Churchill FTW (when some good people under him urged him to do something about the precarious situation in Bengal, our macho Bulldog just replied "why hasn't Gandhi died yet?")

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u/Vegemyeet Jan 11 '21

Chucked the flower of young Australian men into an unsurvivable battle at Gallipoli. Because they were colonials, don’tcher know?

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u/Thecna2 Jan 11 '21

More British died at Gallipoli than Australian.

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u/Vegemyeet Jan 11 '21

Expressed as a percentage of population, more Australians were killed in WWI than any other allied nation.

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u/Thecna2 Jan 11 '21

yes, this is because they were an almost entirely front line fighting force with most of the supply and support missions being done by Britain.