• emizeko [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      the USA didn't want to enter the war until the nazis were losing because they were hoping the nazis would eliminate the USSR

      • RION [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Pretty much, yeah.

        “If we see that Germany is winning the war, we ought to help Russia; and if that Russia is winning, we ought to help Germany, and in that way let them kill as many as possible..." - Harry S. Truman, 1941

        • emizeko [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          no wonder the reactionaries made sure to swap this shithead yokel for Wallace

    • gayhobbes [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I think a lot of people missed my post but our generation gets a lot of shit by older people as getting participation trophies, but WW2 vets ALL got a participation medal regardless of time served.