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Discussion: God Bless America
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Originally posted by Chocolate
No, it makes it a WW because of the huge effect those 'prison camps' had.. Hitler had huge power back then, and as far as I know the U.S. and Engeland were the only major superpowers who got involved.
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I'm sorry but where are you getting these things from? The concentration camps have nothing to do with the fact it was a World War. It was a terrible thing but the fact that the war was fought all over the world made it a World War. And the US, England, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, and Japan were the major powers involved in the war...
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Why can't you all just celebrate a holiday? 
Every country has good & bad things about it.
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Originally posted by Rated R
You mean European and you are flat out wrong. The war was fought in North America, Oceania, Asia, Europe, and Africa...so pretty much the entire world. As I said, hence the name WORLD War II.
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Where did you get Africa, Oceania and Asia from? Those continents didn't get involved in this war at all. 
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Originally posted by Rated R
You mean European and you are flat out wrong. The war was fought in North America, Oceania, Asia, Europe, and Africa...so pretty much the entire world. As I said, hence the name WORLD War II.
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The core of the war was fought in Europe, that was her point. That's where the war was won and lost. America was involved in the war but no fighting took place on the US mainland.
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Originally posted by Chocolate
Where did you get Africa, Oceania and Asia from? Those continents didn't get involved in this war at all.
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Africa - ever heard of Erwin Rummel aka the Desert Fox? Trust me they fought in North Africa.
Oceania - The US was island hopping all over Oceania to get close enough to Japan to drop the Nuclear Bombs.
Asia - JAPAN.
...I'm sorry but come on. 
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Originally posted by Chocolate
Where did you get Africa, Oceania and Asia from? Those continents didn't get involved in this war at all.
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Japan was involved, they formed an Axis Alliance with Italy and Germany. Japan invaded China and attacked Pearl Harbor. They fought with the US in the Pacific. There was some fighting in Northern Africa so that's why he mentioned them, Oceania was part of the British Empire so naturally they were involved.
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Originally posted by Celestial
If these people actually knew their history then they would know that the country that "won" the war for the allies was Russia. They sustained the highest number of casualties, but it Germany's decision to invade Russia that cost them the war.
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I would believe that only if it were true. If it weren't for the US stabilizing Japan, the war could have ended the other way around.
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Originally posted by Rated R
I'm sorry but where are you getting these things from? The concentration camps have nothing to do with the fact it was a World War. It was a terrible thing but the fact that the war was fought all over the world made it a World War. And the US, England, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, and Japan were the major powers involved in the war...
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I agree, but most of the deaths felt among the Jewish citizens, and I'm talking about the war that Hitler created. Not the outcomes/effects of it. Most of the dead and most of the important things were in Europe itself.
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Originally posted by Celestial
Japan was involved, they formed an Axis Alliance with Italy and Germany. Japan invaded China and attacked Pearl Harbor. They fought with the US in the Pacific. There was some fighting in Northern Africa so that's why he mentioned them, Oceania was part of the British Empire so naturally they were involved.
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Yeah, but those wars or fights were really unneccessary in my opinion..
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Originally posted by GagalooBabii
I would believe that only if it were true. If it weren't for the US stabilizing Japan, the war could have ended the other way around.
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How? Japan was not at war with Europe. The main force in the Axis Alliance was Germany. World War II was primarily a European war, and it was because of Russia that Germany ultimately lost.
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Originally posted by Chocolate
Yeah, but those wars or fights were really unneccessary in my opinion..
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How is stopping Japan from trying to take over the Pacific Ocean not important to you? Just because they weren't trying to invade Europe doesn't mean it doesn't matter
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Originally posted by GagalooBabii
I would believe that only if it were true. If it weren't for the US stabilizing Japan, the war could have ended the other way around.
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Most of the countrys, outside of Europe, interfered themselves with the war, but unasked.
Most things that happened outside Europe, which affected the people in Europe itself, were unnecessary and redundant. Many lives and souls could get saved, but other country's just had to start with interfering.
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Originally posted by Rated R
How is stopping Japan from trying to take over the Pacific Ocean not important to you? Just because they weren't trying to invade Europe doesn't mean it doesn't matter
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Because it wasn't related to Europe or Hitler or Germany at all. And I'm talking about the War in Europe, not outside of it.
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Originally posted by Celestial
How? Japan was not at war with Europe. The main force in the Axis Alliance was Germany. World War II was primarily a European war, and it was because of Russia that Germany ultimately lost.
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Wait wait wait, why are we talking about WWII in a thread dedicated to 4th of July. At least talk about the Revolutionary war, which started it all 
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Is this history class 
Anway:
Happy Independence Day U.S. Americans
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Originally posted by GagalooBabii
Wait wait wait, why are we talking about WWII in a thread dedicated to 4th of July. At least talk about the Revolutionary war, which started it all |
Some people were talking about Europe, who kinda created the U.S. If it wasn't for the Netherlands there wouldn't be New York (Harlem, etc).
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How the hell did this thread become a history class? 
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annnnnnnnnnnnyway....
God Bless America!
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
How the hell did this thread become a history class? |
We are not going off topic though. It's all related with eachother in my opinion.
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World History was in 9th grade for me, so I'm a little rusty on that. I just finished African American history this year, and moving on to American History next year
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