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Originally Posted by lostalex
lol, i love how Brits say America was "late to the war" but you have the audacity to say the war was over when Germany was defeated. Shows that the Brits think ww2 was only a European war. It was CREATED by Europe, but it wasn't just a EUROPEAN war. It was a WORLD WAR. (hence the name)
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What are you even talking about? You're quoting words that I didn't even type. I said the war in Europe was over when Germany was defeated, i.e. where the majority of the fighting had taken place precisely because it was created by Europe. The Soviet Union had the most casualties of World War II. Most of the brutal fighting took place on the Eastern front. America and Japan had their own separate conflict going on that America chose to settle by dropping two nuclear bombs on Japanese territory with the threat of dropping even more if they chose to carry on fighting. For all intents and purposes, the 'world' aspect of World War II ended in May 1945, because that's when the rest of the world put down the guns and started to clear away the rubble. Firstly I didn't say America was late to the war; but why are you even taking issue with that idea? It didn't become involved in World War II until later on. That is a fact. It became involved because it was being courted by both sides and the financial deals it made with the Allies were the more attractive proposition and that's what drove America into the war. The UK only finished paying back debts to America from World War II in the 21st century, for example.