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"He got the Nietzsche tattoo because he got really into WW2 history and the philosophy behind it, 'and if you look into it mate there's some truth to it like look at all the weak men we have around today'."
"I'm a historian, mainly focused on the USA, but I assume what I'm about to say spreads to the entire world and shows up in different countries in different ways. Growing up, even before you learn in depth what WWII is, there's always this big sense that 'something big' or 'something bad' or 'a big w"
"Straightforward prose, lots of maps and figures, profiles of ordinary guys who did extraordinary things, very little commentary that isn't rooted in a decent amount of historical fact. Very easy reading."
"1941, Hitler has the rest of Europe on the ropes. France have surrendered, Britain are getting smacked around Greece and North Africa and pose no real threat. Germany is the dominant force on the continent. Then he decides to invade Russia which leads to 90% of German casualties in the entire war."
"during the four years of German rule in France, French women gave birth to nearly 200,000 illegitimate children........But this is not the greatest sorrow of French women. In June 1944, the Allied forces launched a counterattack in Normandy, and the German forces had to withdraw from France. After G"
"But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground."
"The professor called on this very corn-fed midwestern girl and was like, 'Okay, so this case started in 1942, Ms. Such and Such, can you get us started? What was going on in Europe in 1942?' And this girl is like 'Oh I'm not sure. I'm not very good with history stuff.' Professor sat there for a seco"
"I went to this movie in a group of 4 with 2 us being aware of the cold war and WW2 and the other 2 I had to explain to them what McCarthyism was...so yeah."
"These photos come from the Library of Congress's FSA/OWI archive, which documents American life during the 1930s and 1940s. They were taken as part of a government effort to record the country during the Great Depression and World War II."
"The average height of enlisted GI in WW2 was 5'8. Now women want to disrespect these hero's grandsons? Yeah way to be thankful for the short kings who fought for your freedom."
"I guess the signs were also there before, e.g. everytime a picture of some corpses of Japanese or German civilians in WW2 got posted on somewhere like /r/historyporn you'd see someone going 'they asked for it!' (Not that I'm a 'Remember the 3 bazillion dead at Dresden' AfD type either, defeating Ger"
"Sat there in Kensington sipping rationed tea debating with your friends about the efficacy of the invasion of Italy and whether Stalin would surrender. Getting mad at the government because they prioritised shell production over armour production."
"I find American/British ww2 movies glorify the war, especially Saving Private Ryan (one of the worst movies ever). There is no glory in the war. Only death. I struggle to comprehend the brutality of the Eastern Front, how did Hitler convince so many ordinary men to commit such atrocities?"
"From covid to Ukraine and Gaza to this insane election, I don't think the global geopolitical system has been this unstable since the cold war (in some areas, since WW2)."
"Incel/TRP types romanticise mid-20th century Europe, which occurred right after two world wars where 10s of 1,000,000s of men were slaughtered in bloody conflict."
"I told her that was impossible, because he would've fought in WWII. Then my dad chimes in and says, 'He served. Well he was stationed in Texas and then he went AWOL and spent some time in Mexico.'"