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US did pretty terrible in WW2 europe- correct?

project torch disaster got absolutely gaped in Italy - ...
Comical grizzly indirect expression
  02/21/18
U forgot Japan
Charismatic cyan nursing home
  02/21/18
Which is of course located right next to Poland.
canary awkward kitty cat
  02/21/18
Risten
flickering philosopher-king travel guidebook
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Doesn't seem like we did anything brilliant or ever have mil...
Buff garrison trump supporter
  02/21/18
Midway seems like it was mostly luck.
Hyperventilating coldplay fan depressive
  02/21/18
*leans into mic*
Cordovan Tattoo
  02/21/18
Questioned whether to except midway/ Pacific theater but wa...
Buff garrison trump supporter
  02/21/18
What?
Fear-inspiring filthpig
  02/21/18
Eisenhower's "broad front" strategy was also SPS a...
Chestnut Idiot
  02/21/18
I think you mean Montgomery was BUTTHURT about his loss of c...
Stimulating pocket flask
  02/21/18
this is the first paragraph of your link: Not only was it...
Exciting filthy jap doctorate
  02/21/18
Ok. There was "ample evidence to question" pretty...
Chestnut Idiot
  02/21/18
some of those decisions had the benefit of having a clearly ...
Exciting filthy jap doctorate
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*drops lactose bombs ITT*
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isn't this the position of the neonazis that hate the asians...
erotic cracking school cafeteria sneaky criminal
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We did better than Britain and obviously France and Italy - ...
confused twisted black woman crotch
  02/21/18
the Soviets fought pretty well
Tripping turquoise theater dragon
  02/21/18
The soviets died well, the Germans did all the killing and c...
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  02/21/18
Despite our pride, America has always been more of a maritim...
Cordovan Tattoo
  02/21/18
US was cautious, but had great results. Only engaging when v...
indigo curious cuckold pisswyrm
  02/21/18
Cr. Winning land battles wasn't our goal. Our goal is to bom...
Exhilarant den
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i love when russians brag about how many of them died. it's ...
flickering philosopher-king travel guidebook
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Cr Lol
Cordovan Tattoo
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Russians love being dadded around
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sapphire bateful range
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Yeah, Russia did nothing. Only broke the back of the German...
Mint marvelous center
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Lmao defensiveness is another yuge Russian trait I was...
flickering philosopher-king travel guidebook
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I don't think anyone ever says Russia's efforts during WW2 w...
Mint marvelous center
  02/21/18
that’s ALL Russians ever say, so it’s not a straw man. it’s ...
flickering philosopher-king travel guidebook
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"that’s ALL Russians ever say, so it’s not a straw man....
Mint marvelous center
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lol The Russians literally wasted millions of lives due t...
Cordovan Tattoo
  02/21/18
"The Russians literally wasted millions of lives due to...
Mint marvelous center
  02/21/18
lol fair, but they couldnt even hang onto it
Cordovan Tattoo
  02/21/18
That incompetence and corruption fucking the motherland agai...
Mint marvelous center
  02/21/18
They really are their own worst enemy. If only they could...
Cordovan Tattoo
  02/21/18
"They really are their own worst enemy." For su...
Mint marvelous center
  02/21/18
is this ARE Reptile?
startled organic girlfriend
  02/21/18
Nope. Are Reptile would never admit this.
Mint marvelous center
  02/21/18
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startled organic girlfriend
  02/21/18
Market Garden was also a disaster.
Magenta volcanic crater gunner
  02/21/18
Not really- only the Arnhem part of the operations, and that...
confused twisted black woman crotch
  02/21/18
We also did stuff like this: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bq...
spectacular partner
  02/21/18
Wrong. The RAF did that flying Lancaster and Halifax bomber...
cowardly blood rage
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Comical grizzly indirect expression
  02/21/18
It was a roughly 60/40 UK/US split of planes that was coordi...
spectacular partner
  02/21/18
We dropped high explosive bombs a lot of them no even on the...
cowardly blood rage
  02/21/18
Slaughtering white women and children was not credited my fr...
indigo curious cuckold pisswyrm
  02/21/18
war is won by production, US killed it there
Titillating dun spot
  02/21/18
titcr
Chestnut Idiot
  02/21/18
[Guy who has played Axis & Allies.]
multi-colored rehab old irish cottage
  02/21/18
Old trope. War was won with American steel, British brains, ...
Slate windowlicker
  02/21/18
British got their shit pushed in and made bone headed decisi...
indigo curious cuckold pisswyrm
  02/21/18
I think it's a reference to British technology + military in...
Slate windowlicker
  02/21/18
they got theri shit pushed in everywhere and only survived b...
Titillating dun spot
  02/21/18
I think they survived because it was literally impossible fo...
Slate windowlicker
  02/21/18
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2018/02/not-their...
Purple sweet tailpipe
  02/21/18
Yes, but less bad than everyone else, so they won.
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Date: February 21st, 2018 7:36 AM
Author: Comical grizzly indirect expression

project torch disaster

got absolutely gaped in Italy - really embarrassing stuff

didn't invade france until halfway through 44

got dadded around by 4th string german troops when they finally arrive

lost most of Europe to the soviets

just really really bad. LOL @ "greatest" generation.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35450983)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 7:43 AM
Author: Charismatic cyan nursing home

U forgot Japan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35450990)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 7:46 AM
Author: canary awkward kitty cat

Which is of course located right next to Poland.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35450995)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 7:52 AM
Author: flickering philosopher-king travel guidebook

Risten

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451003)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 8:00 AM
Author: Buff garrison trump supporter

Doesn't seem like we did anything brilliant or ever have militarily at the theatre level. Normandy was an unnecessary loss of life. We fucked up mainland Italy invasion

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451015)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 9:18 AM
Author: Hyperventilating coldplay fan depressive

Midway seems like it was mostly luck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451199)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 9:20 AM
Author: Cordovan Tattoo

*leans into mic*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451203)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:28 AM
Author: Buff garrison trump supporter

Questioned whether to except midway/ Pacific theater but was too lazy. I stand by my main point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451529)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:19 AM
Author: Fear-inspiring filthpig

What?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451830)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 8:18 AM
Author: Chestnut Idiot

Eisenhower's "broad front" strategy was also SPS and prolonged the war. Montgomery could have wrapped it up in 1944.

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/a-lingering-controversy-eisenhowers-broad-front-strategy.htm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451053)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 9:48 AM
Author: Stimulating pocket flask

I think you mean Montgomery was BUTTHURT about his loss of command and British prestige and whined afterwards about it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451289)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:14 AM
Author: Exciting filthy jap doctorate

this is the first paragraph of your link:

Not only was it politically impossible to have permitted the British to win the war by means of the narrow front, there is ample evidence to question if such a drive, if mounted, could have been logistically sustained beyond the Ruhr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451429)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:45 AM
Author: Chestnut Idiot

Ok. There was "ample evidence to question" pretty much every big decision in the war.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451625)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:47 AM
Author: Exciting filthy jap doctorate

some of those decisions had the benefit of having a clearly victorious ending.

your speculative proposal has no such benefit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451637)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 8:21 AM
Author: flickering philosopher-king travel guidebook

*drops lactose bombs ITT*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451060)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 8:23 AM
Author: erotic cracking school cafeteria sneaky criminal

isn't this the position of the neonazis that hate the asians? Can we get a ruling on this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451070)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 8:21 AM
Author: confused twisted black woman crotch

We did better than Britain and obviously France and Italy - our guys fought really well in the Battle of the Bulge in particular.

Nobody fought as well as Germany, but that's not surprising given their culture. Warrior cultures produce better warriors- duh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451063)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:46 AM
Author: Tripping turquoise theater dragon

the Soviets fought pretty well

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451634)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:50 AM
Author: Wonderful Jet Bbw Resort

The soviets died well, the Germans did all the killing and couldn't sustain their supply lines through a harsh Russian winter. The timing of Barbarosa was fucked by the incompetent Italians faltering in Greece.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451646)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 8:27 AM
Author: Cordovan Tattoo

Despite our pride, America has always been more of a maritime/amphibious nation than a land war nation. We briefly went the other way in the civil war out of necessity, but our preferred COA is to fight our wars on someone else’s doorstep.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451078)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 8:30 AM
Author: indigo curious cuckold pisswyrm

US was cautious, but had great results. Only engaging when victory was more or less assured. The only major fuck up was letting the Brits talk us into Market Garden.

US faught smart not brave. Avoiding the war of attrition being faught in the east was credited as fuck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451081)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 8:32 AM
Author: Exhilarant den

Cr. Winning land battles wasn't our goal. Our goal is to bomb the Germans to bits before the engagement even started

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451086)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 8:33 AM
Author: flickering philosopher-king travel guidebook

i love when russians brag about how many of them died. it's never "we achieved this, and brought that to humanity, etc"

it's always just "yeah but we were slaughtered by the millions, sometimes by our own leaders, and you guys werent"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451091)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 8:34 AM
Author: Cordovan Tattoo

Cr

Lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451095)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 8:43 AM
Author: Wild water buffalo

Russians love being dadded around

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451104)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 9:17 AM
Author: Talented disgusting hospital scourge upon the earth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451197)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:02 AM
Author: White rough-skinned persian



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451377)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:18 AM
Author: Translucent really tough guy twinkling uncleanness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451452)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:19 AM
Author: henna unholy genital piercing



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451456)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:27 AM
Author: sapphire bateful range



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451515)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:38 AM
Author: Mint marvelous center

Yeah, Russia did nothing. Only broke the back of the German Army, took Berlin and ended the war. Other than that, what did they do?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451581)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:54 AM
Author: flickering philosopher-king travel guidebook

Lmao

defensiveness is another yuge Russian trait

I was implying that Russians are stupid as dogshit for thinking that any and all sacrifices they made were automatically necessary or positive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451674)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:22 AM
Author: Mint marvelous center

I don't think anyone ever says Russia's efforts during WW2 were great because lots of people died. But you go knock down that strawman.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451848)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:41 AM
Author: flickering philosopher-king travel guidebook

that’s ALL Russians ever say, so it’s not a straw man. it’s not like with the US where we can say “hey we made a huge sacrifice but created two incredibly strong capitalistic democracies”

Russians say “we made a huge sacrifice and that in itself is a good thing” even if it accomplished absolutely nothing positive ever for anybody

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451989)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:55 AM
Author: Mint marvelous center

"that’s ALL Russians ever say, so it’s not a straw man. it’s not like with the US where we can say “hey we made a huge sacrifice but created two incredibly strong capitalistic democracies”"

Germany and ??? In any event, modern Germany is a shitshow.

"Russians say “we made a huge sacrifice and that in itself is a good thing” even if it accomplished absolutely nothing positive ever for anybody"

No they don't. They say we made a huge sacrifice and defeated the Nazis. I've NEVER heard of anyone say "well lots of us died" in a vacuum.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35452081)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:02 AM
Author: Cordovan Tattoo

lol

The Russians literally wasted millions of lives due to incompetence, corruption, and communist fanatacism and still only got to keep the shitty half of europe.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451714)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:20 AM
Author: Mint marvelous center

"The Russians literally wasted millions of lives due to incompetence, corruption, and communist fanatacism"

I don't think anyone would deny this.

"and still only got to keep the shitty half of europe"

Keeping half of Europe isn't bad at all.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451834)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:21 AM
Author: Cordovan Tattoo

lol fair, but they couldnt even hang onto it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451840)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:22 AM
Author: Mint marvelous center

That incompetence and corruption fucking the motherland again...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451852)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:28 AM
Author: Cordovan Tattoo

They really are their own worst enemy.

If only they could run a country as well as thet trolled our election.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451891)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:35 AM
Author: Mint marvelous center

"They really are their own worst enemy."

For sure. After everything, the USSR falls apart because some party bosses wanted MOAR for themselves and decided they would be better off as Presidents of various shitstates than governors under a USSR that keeps corruption in basic check.

"If only they could run a country as well as thet trolled our election."

Honestly, they didn't even do that amazing of a job. Democrats and neo-con Rs are the ones that blew this out of proportion and caused massive internal damage within the US (ironically, that incompetence and corruption fucking this country now).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451942)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:31 AM
Author: startled organic girlfriend

is this ARE Reptile?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451914)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:35 AM
Author: Mint marvelous center

Nope. Are Reptile would never admit this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451947)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:31 AM
Author: startled organic girlfriend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451915)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 9:14 AM
Author: Magenta volcanic crater gunner

Market Garden was also a disaster.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451191)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:03 AM
Author: confused twisted black woman crotch

Not really- only the Arnhem part of the operations, and that was Brits and Poles. The Americans airborne troops took their objectives in Eindhoven and Nijmegen.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451379)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 9:25 AM
Author: spectacular partner

We also did stuff like this:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BqbYcXWExWs/VXAdM8b3LWI/AAAAAAAAAOs/k7Fn7_KDnko/s1600/Dresden-After-the-Bombing-009.jpg

Which wasn’t impressive tactically but definitely helped break the nazis’ spirit and caused the world to get together and agree that people shouldn’t do stuff like this after the war. Not sure if that counts as good or bad. It was technically permissible under the operative concepts of war, so one could argue we were smart to press our advantage and if the shoe was on the other foot the nazis wouldn’t have hesitated to do the same or worse to us/to London.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451211)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:00 AM
Author: cowardly blood rage

Wrong. The RAF did that flying Lancaster and Halifax bombers at night with 6 people in them but 3 times the bomb load of our B17 and B24 which had ten people and did “precision” daylight bombing.

In Japan, LeMay got it right and ran B29s at night with incendiary bombs and destroyed pretty much everything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451368)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:37 AM
Author: Comical grizzly indirect expression



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451574)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:28 AM
Author: spectacular partner

It was a roughly 60/40 UK/US split of planes that was coordinated and co-planned. The main reason we didn't have more of a 50/50 role was weather.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451888)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 12:32 PM
Author: cowardly blood rage

We dropped high explosive bombs a lot of them no even on the right city which did jack shit. XO Bomber Harris torched the city with incendiaries.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35452349)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:57 AM
Author: indigo curious cuckold pisswyrm

Slaughtering white women and children was not credited my friend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35452093)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: Titillating dun spot

war is won by production, US killed it there

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451447)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 10:47 AM
Author: Chestnut Idiot

titcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451636)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:18 AM
Author: multi-colored rehab old irish cottage

[Guy who has played Axis & Allies.]

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451823)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:34 AM
Author: Slate windowlicker

Old trope. War was won with American steel, British brains, and Soviet blood.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451935)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:59 AM
Author: indigo curious cuckold pisswyrm

British got their shit pushed in and made bone headed decisions the whole time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35452105)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 12:02 PM
Author: Slate windowlicker

I think it's a reference to British technology + military intelligence. Crucial advancements (radar, proximity fuses for AA guns, etc) were British.

Their battlefield decisions, both with Montgomery and in SE Asia, were questionable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35452127)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 12:29 PM
Author: Titillating dun spot

they got theri shit pushed in everywhere and only survived becasue they had a good air force and zee germans didnt want to bomb the shit out of places they want to live

at least the latter is what i laerned from dunkirk

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35452316)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 12:34 PM
Author: Slate windowlicker

I think they survived because it was literally impossible for the Germans to conduct an invasion without first destroying the Royal Navy, something they were never capable of doing (or even attempted).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35452365)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 1:13 PM
Author: Purple sweet tailpipe

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2018/02/not-their-finest-hour

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35452695)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 11:03 AM
Author: dead contagious whorehouse

Yes, but less bad than everyone else, so they won.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899266&forum_id=2#35451718)