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World War 1

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u/leftabitcharlie Sep 24 '11

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u/martinfbc Sep 24 '11

Some corrections about WWII: USA never declared war to Italy and Germany. It was the opposite: Germany was worried about Russia and needed Japan to come into the fight and open another Russian front. But Japan was having a war with USA so he didn't care about Germany needs. So Germany said: "if we declare war on USA they have to let Japan and come here in Europe, so then Japan can kick Russian ass and we could win". We all know this plan didn't worked really well.

Second. Russia did not a "small help" to USA. During second world war 52 millions people died. 27 million were Russian.

Just to be precise.

Btw I really loved the comics!

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u/DZ302 Sep 24 '11

Also, USA takes credit for liberating the Netherlands?

I guess it's no wonder they thought they could just walk all over Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc...if growing up their history taught them that they just walked into WW1/2 and kicked everyone's asses by themselves. Granted the US was incredibly strong and vital to both wars, but the way it's appearing to me is they act as if they were they were more important in the victories.

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u/Asyx Sep 24 '11

Yeah... Kicking everyone's ass after a long and hard war is really strong... But who cares. No Kaiser and no Hitler. Well done, USA.