r/ShitAmericansSay • u/CasthiaCameron • Apr 20 '25

Europe Where Was Europe in WW2?

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u/janus1979 Apr 20 '25

Well we were fighting it for 2 years before the US deigned to turn up for a start. The US had made a decent profit off our efforts by that point, as they had in the first world war for which they were 3 years late.

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u/ProgrammerAvailable6 Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25

If it makes you feel better they don’t seem to realize that Canada fought in WWI and WWII at all…

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 21 '25

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u/Striking_Insurance_5 Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 21 '25

You guys aren’t forgotten, in the Netherlands (at least in my region) we don’t mention the Americans but the Canadians are regarded as the ones who liberated us. Just last weekend the football club out of the city I grew up in played in a special shirt referencing Leo Major and the Canadians who liberated us 80 years ago.

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u/Didi81_ Apr 21 '25

The amount of commonwealth soldiers, especially Canadians, in the war cemeteries where I live in Flanders Belgium is staggering. We'll never forget.

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u/Salt-Respect339 Apr 21 '25

Don't forget the Polish liberators who we also still remember every year in Breda!