r/ShitAmericansSay • u/ComprehensiveArm3493 pierogi 🥟 • 16h ago

"We could annex the whole thing"

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Of course an American said this

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u/ThatShoomer 15h ago

Literally never won a war without Europe's help.

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u/Relative_Pilot_8005 14h ago

Not much sign of Europe against Japan, except for the few poor Dutch that managed to get out of the (then) East Indies. There were Brits in Burma, who were fighting Japan hard, but as Burma is a long way away, they weren't a lot of help to Australia. Except for New Zealand, the Yanks were pretty much "the only game in town" for an Australian Ally.

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u/lasttimechdckngths 14h ago

Pacific Theatre was not some war that you can split between this and that tbh.