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[–] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Was he, though? How many millions did he murder in the manmade Bengal famine?

[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm not denying Churchills crimes or painting him as good.

How many would Hitler have murdered if he had similar control over the region? Just look at General plan Ost...

There's a reason the USSR tried to ally with Churchill against Hitler before hostilities even started.

[–] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

Sure, you have a point, just wanted to remind people that western European countries enacted many genocides to similar scale than Nazi Germany (or greater)