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Actually, the WWII example is Survivorship bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#In_the_military https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

• IncRnd 5y ago
  Both fallacies apply, as do many others. It is a mistake to believe only one fallacy applies in a given situation.
  • sodality2 5y ago
    I shall call it... the singular fallacy fallacy.
    • IncRnd 5y ago
      Yikes, I can't see the forest for the trees!