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Originally Posted by Steeltrap
One comment I will make is this: it frustrates me somewhat that most people in the Western world tend to overlook a fundamental truth about the European theatre of WWII - it was the USSR that was mainly responsible for the defeat of Germany.
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The USSR actually took Berlin. I do like to point this out here in the US. People get really angry because here in America we take 100% of the credit for beating Germany. America was an imporant part of a large coalition. America still talks about World War 2 like it was last week though. I can understand it because we have not won a war since. Korea, Vietnam and now Iraq. Our track record has been disastrous since. I think we are starting to look like Al Bundy from married with children who won't shut up about his touchdown pass back in highschool.
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