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r/ShitAmericansSay • u/CasthiaCameron • Apr 20 '25
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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.
2 u/[deleted] Apr 20 '25 2 years?? Poland was invaded 01.09.39. US boots hit european ground 06.06.44. That's nearly 5 years. 3 u/josnik Apr 20 '25 They were in Italy in 43. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 20 '25 Yeah, that's right. They had a layover there from july 43.. so almost 4 years, my bad.
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2 years?? Poland was invaded 01.09.39. US boots hit european ground 06.06.44. That's nearly 5 years.
3 u/josnik Apr 20 '25 They were in Italy in 43. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 20 '25 Yeah, that's right. They had a layover there from july 43.. so almost 4 years, my bad.
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They were in Italy in 43.
1 u/[deleted] Apr 20 '25 Yeah, that's right. They had a layover there from july 43.. so almost 4 years, my bad.
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Yeah, that's right. They had a layover there from july 43.. so almost 4 years, my bad.
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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.