▲ 263 ▼ Americans don't want to fight for their country anymore (www.newsweek.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/news@lemmy.world 190 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) I would say it was a combined effort, but Russia suffered a lot more. They didn't liberate Paris though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RichCaffeineFlavor@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago We would be living in a better world if they did permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nudding@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (3 children) It was a combined effort, but Russia did most of the work and lost most of the lives? Nice permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago The Russians did nothing on the Western Front or North Africa. But yes, they lost the most lives. I'm not sure why that means it wasn't a collaborative effort. Are you claiming that if the U.S. and Britain had sat by and done nothing, Russia would have defeated Hitler singlehandedly and liberated Western Europe? Because I find that to be a very spurious claim if so. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago He said suffered more, not “did more of the work”. You added that part. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FireTower@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Suffering more losses does equate to contributing more to towards the victory. For example America's Lend Lease Act didn't cost American soldiers but contributed towards the allied victory. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RichCaffeineFlavor@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago We would be living in a better world if they did permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nudding@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (3 children) It was a combined effort, but Russia did most of the work and lost most of the lives? Nice permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago The Russians did nothing on the Western Front or North Africa. But yes, they lost the most lives. I'm not sure why that means it wasn't a collaborative effort. Are you claiming that if the U.S. and Britain had sat by and done nothing, Russia would have defeated Hitler singlehandedly and liberated Western Europe? Because I find that to be a very spurious claim if so. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago He said suffered more, not “did more of the work”. You added that part. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FireTower@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Suffering more losses does equate to contributing more to towards the victory. For example America's Lend Lease Act didn't cost American soldiers but contributed towards the allied victory. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago The Russians did nothing on the Western Front or North Africa. But yes, they lost the most lives. I'm not sure why that means it wasn't a collaborative effort. Are you claiming that if the U.S. and Britain had sat by and done nothing, Russia would have defeated Hitler singlehandedly and liberated Western Europe? Because I find that to be a very spurious claim if so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago He said suffered more, not “did more of the work”. You added that part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Suffering more losses does equate to contributing more to towards the victory. For example America's Lend Lease Act didn't cost American soldiers but contributed towards the allied victory. permalink fedilink source parent