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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Russia paid the heaviest cost, regardless of money and materials.
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Obviously. I just thought it as funny that they would list all the materiel sent to Russia then spend the rest of the documentary downplaying the American contribution.
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30-40 million people is a terrible toll and shouldn't be confused in any way with simple monetary bribes.
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I believe the figures they listed were 20-30 million.
Body count doesn't equal war effort. The Eastern Front was barbaric compared to the Western Front.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Pretty sure Wallace would not have dropped the bombs, but the more interesting part of the Wallace story is how a guy like him would've been weeded out by the process before he'd have an opportunity to be in control of that type of situation. Sets the stage for later blights on American politics like the loss of George McGovern to Nixon.
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That was when it started to get interesting. It's been pretty good since then.
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If you start at the Revolution, you have to start before the revolution, I.E. Why was there a revolution?
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Sure, just saying there's lots of 'untold' history before WW2.