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9 out of 10 German soldiers died in the East...
by newdude116 6y ago
9 out of 10 German soldiers died in the East...
- bumby 6y agoAnd the US leaders used the metric of more dead Vietnamese than Americans as proof they were winning the war. They literally created the term “The McNamara Fallacy” because it’s a poor metric of success.
- newdude116 6y agoThen you seem to know more than most military historians about WW2. Impressive!
- bumby 6y agoI made no claims about WW2. My claim is that you can’t distill a complex system like war into an overly simplistic formula like “more dead = win”. There are system effects that distort this, particularly with asymmetric warfare. As an aside, snark is discouraged on HN. Your account is new, son of encourage you to take a look at the guidelines for posting if you haven’t already.