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- abbreviation
World War II
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Examples
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If not for at least two of them above, your garden variety “liberal” would never know that SE’s “neutrality” in WW2 is disputed.
Matthew Yglesias » Sweden is Neutral, O’Reilly is Stupid 2009
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The problem with Estonia in WW2 was that people wanted independence and while some people saw the repressions of the Soviets during the first few years of occupation and some of them saw independence or at the very least autonomy as something the Germans could provide.
Estonian Symbolism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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All of our families had fathers and uncles who had served in WW2 and the horrors of the holocaust were things we learned from our families.
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So, reparations for blacks, reparations for American Indians, reparations for Japaneese Americans who were put into camps in WW2, reparations for Germans who suffered in WW1, etc.
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I do not know whether pirates are covered by the GC, but “terrorist” was a popular label applied by the Germans in WW2, and the GC were crafted to be inclusive.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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Second, the criticism of Orwell ignores that the US economy in WW2 was centrally planned to a significant extent.
Orwell and War Socialism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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He claimed that his father and uncle had both been POWs in WW2, that he left college to enlist in the Army during Vietnam.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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In Poland in WW2, the Polish underground published an official looking document proclaiming Hitler's birthday as a holiday for Polish workers working in German factories in Poland.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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The attitude of German soldiers towards atrocities committed on Jews and Poles in WW2 was also studied using photos and correspondence left after the war.
Berlinski's Wisdom 2010
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What was the name of Gen. George S Patton's dog that rode all over Europe with him in WW2 and what breed was he.
Okay Del, you started this. More WW2 trivia. What was the name of Gen. 2009
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