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India was a champion of the Free World, we respect India's WW2 struggle in this house (lemmy.world)
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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you learn history by watching American movies then I can see people believing we won it.

But in school I was taught the old adage: American steel, British intelligence, and Russian blood won the war.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Russian blood

Fun fact: the USSR endured a death toll equivalent to seven Pearl Harbors ... every day for four years.

[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Correction: American Steal