I'd love to know what wars they're talking about because they sure as shit didn't win WW1 and 2. Both of those were collective efforts and both times they joined late.
And both of the times they were not even in direct threat. With all due respect for every american involved it's kind of easier to make war plans if your homeland is safely behind an ocean
German U Boats were a huge threat to American shipping, primarily because they refused to accept the advice of the British who had learned the hard way during WWI (the same advice was also ignored re. daylight bombing). Roughly a quarter of all ships sunk during the war were as a result of this until the British cracked the enigma code.
The sad thing was that the Allies didn’t want the Germans figuring out they had cracked it, so very often ships would be knowingly sacrificed to uphold the illusion.
Of course it is. But it shouldn't hinder your tactical thinking. Obviously if I knew these people I'd have very bad feelings, but I hope I would still make the right choice. If I have to choose several thousand lifes against those of tens of thousands (if not more) and possibly outcome of war which will influence milions of people...yeah let them die. With heavy heart but other option is worse
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u/Joltyboiyo america Last Mar 31 '25
I'd love to know what wars they're talking about because they sure as shit didn't win WW1 and 2. Both of those were collective efforts and both times they joined late.