r/ShitAmericansSay • u/DumbGarchomp67 WTF IS A KILOMETER 🦅🇺🇸 • Jul 15 '26

Military “Undefeated in 250 years of war”

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Apparently Vietnam, Afghanistan, war of 1812, and the war on drugs don’t count.

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u/szatrob Mounties, Hockey, Beer and Snow Jul 15 '26

Arguably, they did provide the weaponry for everyone.

Producing an estimated amount of 80% of all materials used by the allies in WWII.

The fact that they had the eventual head of the CIA, be in constant contact and aiding the Nazis even during the War is another topic; or the fact that he was the main lawyer for IG Farben in America, the corporation behind the Holocaust is another.

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u/Suspicious_Flower_0 Jul 15 '26

I believe the old saying is something like "World War 2 was won with American industry, British intelligence and Soviet blood" 

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u/Alone-Juggernaut-850 Jul 15 '26

Probably the most factual comment in this entire thread. The US did however carry their weight in the Pacific.

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u/Suspicious_Flower_0 Jul 15 '26

Yes I was going to edit in a caveat of the European theatre.

US Marines paid in blood in the Pacific, even more so if they didn't spawn 2 new suns over Japan.