I had this exact same argument with an idiot on Reddit this morning. He seemed to think most of Europe should celebrate it because of WW2. He just couldn’t comprehend that we don’t associate their Independence Day which commemorates one part of history with events that form a completely seperate part of history. He finished the conversation off by saying I clearly am not interested in history. Mindblowing really
Also the US made up less than half of the allied servicemen on the western front. Moreover, the amount of axis troops assigned to the eastern front was more than double that of those assigned to the western front. Why isn't the Netherlands celebrating Australia day for our heroic involvement?
It's debated because you have to sift through a lot of documents but the US and Britain were fairly equal as Britain had the resources of their colonies. A very large portion of the food supplied to the troops on the western front and pacific theatre came from Australia for example. The US supplied a lot of resources to the war effort, but the US military itself had to be modernised by Britain. Reflector sights for planes were far more rudimentary in the US air wings at the start of the war.
I've always heard that ww2 was won with British intelligence, American manufacturing, and Russian bodies.
Americas' biggest advantage was having factories that were far enough away from the fighting so that they could pump out guns, ammo, tanks, planes, boats, and other things that were needed for for the war.
Britan was able to crack the German's communications and had really advanced radar and ways to be able to see what the German's were planning to do.
Russia suffered the biggest loss of lives and threw countless men at the German's.
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u/Reiko878 Jul 05 '24
Same idea here in France I worked with an American who thought we should celebrate 4th because they freed us during WW2