This Memorable Day

[Tiarnán Ó Corráin]

"James A. Donald" <jamesd at echeque.com> writes:
> When it came to the part of the war that was purely a public good,
> conquering the German and Japanese homelands, America did indeed bear
> almost the whole burden, but when it came to defending Australia
> against the Japanese, the Australians bore the major burden, and
> similarly for most other battlefields outside of the aggressors'
> homelands.

Nonsense. The Russians (for example) conquered Hitler's capital,
Berlin. And I believe the Russian zone in Germany was larger than any
of the others, reflecting the fact that Stalin bore most of entire
burden of defeating Germany, uncomfortable as it may be.


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Tiarnan