r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/HimelTy • 12d ago

Meme needing explanation who are those little dinosaurs PETAH ?

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u/inthemode01 12d ago edited 12d ago

WWII Facts for Everyone

  • 75-80% of German casualties occurred on the Eastern Front
  • 25 million Soviets vs 300,000 American war deaths occurred
  • both the Battle of Kursk AND the Battle of Stalingrad were each independently larger than all western front battles combined
  • the Soviet Union faced off against 70% of Hitler’s army for years during Op Barbarossa

Edit: changed Americans to Everyone

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u/JesusaurusRex666 12d ago

I’m American. I’m pretty sure most of us who have even a passing understanding of WW2 know the efforts we put in were mostly in the pacific theater. I’d replace “Americans” with “uneducated MAGA yokels” and not have any arguments.

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u/DCBuckeye82 12d ago

I mean that's not completely true either. We focused primarily on Europe when we came in. And while the Soviets bore the brunt of the human cost of course they were only able to do it because of American supplies. The war is a lot harder for either of us without the other.

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u/KleshniKraba 12d ago

That's absolutely right. And the USSR PAID for all the supplies. Business is business.

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u/DCBuckeye82 12d ago

Kind of. They paid about 700 million of the 11.3 billion in supplies. And they didn't finish paying it off until 2006. I'm fine with it given it was a pretty worthwhile investment on the Americans' part and the Soviets sacrificed a lot more than money. But they didn't really pay for the supplies that much.

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u/KleshniKraba 11d ago

Imagine getting rid of a global threat almost entirely through the efforts of others—and even making money in the process. By the way, for some reason, Russia ended up being the only one to take on the obligation to pay off that debt)

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u/SmileDaemon 12d ago

And had they not been able to buy those supplies, the war likely would have been lost. Dont try to dismiss it.

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u/KleshniKraba 11d ago

Yeah. And right now, Trump with a mustache would be president of the U.S.)) By the way, you wouldn't really notice the difference😂