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And a myopic, US-centric, view of WW2 at that. It truly was a global war, involving nations from 6 continents. Yet how often to you hear about the fighting in A
by openasocket 4y ago
And a myopic, US-centric, view of WW2 at that. It truly was a global war, involving nations from 6 continents. Yet how often to you hear about the fighting in Africa, or China? China saw nearly an order of magnitude more people dead than the U.S., but could anyone here name a major battle or campaign in the Chinese theater? When was the last time you saw references to the Indian famine, which killed millions? The devastation in Ethiopia, or the Baltics?
There’s an entire world of history in the Second World War, but all too often we scratch the surface, with an eye focused entirely on the US and Western Europe.