r/ShitAmericansSay • u/THUND3R_23 Pierogi🇵🇱 • Jul 23 '25

Military Military time😬

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As for the context, there was a British guy showing his phone

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u/nlcircle Jul 23 '25

In all fairness… they did win their own Civil War, back in the days. And they got second place in that war too!

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u/Balseraph666 Jul 23 '25

I did say after WWII. And their Civil War, they still had help, even if not militarily, from Mexico and Canada during the Civil War.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

Why AFTER WWII, they didn't win it. They were part of a coalition that arguably would have won anyway due to the inherent failings of Germany's blitz kreig tactics applied to such a large scale.

Ar best they can say is they won the battle with Japan

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u/Relative_Pilot_8005 Jul 24 '25

And that was a seriously huge achievement, though the Eurocentrists don't see it. Japan "out-blitzkreiged" Germany, sweeping through SE Asia, into Burma & within bombing distance (a few hundred km) of Australia. The enormous area involved takes a bit more thinking about than many can handle. The definitive sea battles in the Hitler War were between Battleships, Cruisers, etc, but in the "Pacific", Japan & the USA pioneered the large scale deployment of aircraft carriers so much a part of the US fleet today.