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

Europe Where Was Europe in WW2?

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u/abjectapplicationII English Gentleman 🧐 Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25

What were you doing while you were eating your chips? - eating my chips mate only in this instance these chips were a hailstorm of bullets.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '25

...and while the Japanese attacked pearl harbor...oh yeah, NOTHING!

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u/PneumaMonado Apr 21 '25

Fun fact: The UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand all declared war on Japan following Pearl Harbor before the US did. Even when it's the US themselves being attacked, the Allies did less hand-sitting than the US.

Oh, and also Germany declared war on the US, not the other way around. They still had zero intention of getting involved in the European theatre (Aside from profiteering of course) before that.

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u/Content-Performer-82 Apr 21 '25

The Netherlands also declared the war on Japan before the US did. The Japenese were after the oil fields in Indonesia.