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The interesting question is the Russian air force vs. US Air Force. US Navy was the best in the world by a large margin in 1945. The Russian army was better than the US and British combined. In a hypothetical post war (and non nuclear) fight the battles in the air would have a big impact on events too.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6xLMUifbxQ German production was it's own worse enemy. Whoever said that Germans weren't great engineers, they were just perfectionist was spot on.
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Mar 25, 2024 18:10
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FLIPADELPHIA posted:I rewatch Band of Brothers every couple of years, and in the final scene when Winters quotes Grandpa about being a hero in the war, I choke up every time. Hell, I choked up a little bit just typing this. The chance to talk to them during production had to help with the authenticity. The real life pilots covered in MOTA are all gone, most for a few decades.
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Apr 13, 2024 14:53
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There was a The Rest is History series on the rise of Nazism. One of the lessons is how gradually the Nazi state introduced worse and worse measures, but also how much local volunteerism there was. The hatred for Jews predated the Nazis. They just let it loose and accelerated it whenever it cooled down. The German complicity was part fear but it's also part having someone in authority tell you it's alright to hate. They absolutely earned that feeling of shame. It's also true the Nazi state was intent on turning anyone who wasn't cooperative into dirt. So screw these people but also shutter at the situation they were in.
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Apr 15, 2024 05:01
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One group not mentioned yet is Jehovah's Witnesses, who were identified with a purple triangle. They were put in because they refused to join the Nazi party or to fight. They were the one group that could have left the camps by simply signing a paper saying that they renounce their religion.
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Apr 16, 2024 13:20
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:It's a great show, but god drat it's hard to watch. This is going to come out of nowhere but the end of The Pacific made me think "This is why jazz became what it was post war." I don't know that I'm expressing it right but it was a rando thought considering the headspace of these Marines post war. All those veterans trying to decompress and find peace of mind, it would make sense that they would be drawn to a genre that was relaxed, free form and had no demands on them.
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The US also benefited from the British experience. They could sit back, watch how German tactics played out and figure out a counter for Blitzkrieg. Also, by the time American forces were in Europe the luftwaffen was shredded. The German army couldn't show it's face in the daylight without risking being shot up by roving P-47's.
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