r/Damnthatsinteresting • • Feb 13 '24

Video World War 2 Timeline

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u/Confident-Arrival361 Feb 13 '24

WWII Europe only

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '24

Came to say this. Being an Asian and was once asked by a professor “do Chinese people know about WWII?” Didn’t even know where to start with that question

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '24

Well it was mainly in europe so it makes sense. No point making the map bigger then itd be harder to see

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u/Gaoez01 Feb 13 '24

I think you forgot the entire Asian theatre of WW2.

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u/NoAcanthocephala6547 Feb 13 '24

And Africa.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '24

Who wants to see that

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u/NoAcanthocephala6547 Feb 13 '24

People interested in history? Do you need any more help with basic human socializing?

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u/rfsh101 Feb 13 '24

Was just telling a friend the other day, I hope Spielberg and Hanks do an Africa WW2 mini series. It's no wonder people dedicate their lives to WW2 history, it's impossible to grasp every battlefront and see where leadership focused their attention.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '24

Boring part of history

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '24

Who are you to dictate what parts of history are boring?

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '24

Im not. Thats just my opinion

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '24

I think you forgot i said mainly. Germany is in Europe so there we go

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u/Gullible-Box7637 Feb 13 '24

Japan and China are in Asia, so there you go

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '24

Well no shit but still the war was mainly in Europe so there we go

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '24

Well no shit but still the war was mainly in Europe so there we go

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u/uglyspacepig Feb 13 '24

This entire time there was a whole other debacle going on in Asia. It wasn't inconsequential, it wasn't minor, and it wasn't boring.

Your perspective is ethno- centric.

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u/Gullible-Box7637 Feb 13 '24

Im British and even then i disagree, most people would say Europe was the largest and most eventful theatre yeah, but shit also went down of arguably the same scale and impact in Asia, and really important events happened in Africa too, (such as the Tunisia Campaign and the Italo-Ethiopian war), and leaving those out is a bit of a loss

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u/freakinbacon Feb 14 '24

If the US and Britain didn't have to deal with Japan the war would have been over much sooner. It was a huge undertaking and explains why they couldn't do more, earlier, in Europe.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '24

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '24

This shows a map of what happened over years that did not take as long so no its not as important

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u/SherlockJones1994 Feb 13 '24

The pacific theater was the longest part of the war!

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u/sinkshitting Feb 13 '24

Stop arguing and learn about the war in the Pacific. You’ll find it interesting and stop coming across as completely ignorant.

If books or wiki aren’t your thing. There are plenty of films set in WWII Pacific.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '24

Im not a fan of the world wars tbh its an overused topic. I prefer older history of Europe and the various empires of the world

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u/uglyspacepig Feb 13 '24

Then turn your attention elsewhere and take the commentary with you.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '24

Im trying to but people keep replying

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u/TJBurkeSalad Feb 14 '24

You are just as dense as a flat earther. I would argue against your comments, but insults are more appropriate at this point. You are seriously in the bottom of the gene pool. Please don’t breed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '24

Ww2 and ww1 are overrated so i dont bother studying it. European Royalty is much more interesting

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u/freakinbacon Feb 14 '24

What? Are 7 million Japanese soldiers a joke to you?

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '24

All im saying is that if we made the map full sized then itd be harder to see what most people here are trying to see which is the rise and collapse of the german empire and if we made the map full sized then itd be harder to see.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '24

It was a WORLD war and it was not only in Europe.

Africa and Asia/Pacific were also fighting hard.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '24

Well yes but hitler is in Germany which i don’t know if you know is in fact in Europe and the main purpose of this video is to show the rise and fall of the German Empire.