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I'm glad they were in such a good mood.
*sigh*YOU, Sir, said that generation of Americans won a two-front war against the Germans and Japan in WWII. Or, in your words, ādefeated the ***** and the Japanese at the same timeā. Thatās innacurate.
I responded to, and corrected YOUR words, so you should take issue with what you wrote and how you wrote it, not against me correcting you and providing context as to why.
And Iām not minimizing American impact during WWI. Iām an objective historian that views things from a wider lense. Iwo Jima and the Pacific Theatre as a whole, were bloodbaths and itās doubtless America did yeomans work there. However, this romanticized notion of America having defeated the ***** because of Normandy, the Western front, etc is flawed, especially since the Germans had the lionshare of their resources dedicated to the Eastern front to face the Russians. Thatās where the **** hornets nest was entrenched, and most objective historians will agree that the Eastern front was at the coalface of the effort to defeat the *****.
No Theatre in WWII comes close to the carnage of Eastern front, and I gave the number of Russian dead to provide context (20-27 million killed). Stalingrad, by its damnself was the largest battle in human history, man! It had 2 million men killed, wounded or captured. After Stalingrad in 1942-43, German high command withdrew many of their forces from the Western front to replenish there losses in the East.
So, by the time the Americans stormed Normandy in 1944, they faced, for all intents and purposes, a skeleton German crew on the Western front, and the war was already pretty much won, because the Russians had the ***** practically defeated in the East.
The Russians had been going toe to toe with the Germans for 3 years and had them whipped, long before Normandy.
So, you donāt need to write a treatise on what your daddy did or what WWII books you read as a boy. I corrected your words and offered you facts. Period, end of story.
Having a impact is worlds different than ādefeating the *****ā. You need to read much more about the Theatre in the Western front, and WWII in general, if you actually believe the America defeated the ***** and not the Russians.
The Russians lost 20-27 MILLION men going toe to toe with those guys.
The winter seige of Stalingrad and the battle at Kurtz were exponentially more savage than anything that occurred on the Western front.
The Eastern front is where things were real and itās where the **** war machine was dug in. More combatants were killed on the eastern front than in all other theatres of WWII combined, and the Americans were not Involved in that theatre.
Also, the Western front was far easier than what the Russians faced on the eastern front, because Germany committing far fewer military assets there.
A grand give or take. That's not a whole lot of money, especially when you already have room, board, tuition, books, meals, and clothes (at least some of it), already paid for.
That generation defeated the ***** and the Empire of Japan at the same time in savage combat. The current young generation seeks out reasons to be offended, creates safe spaces, and spends their time at college protesting against their mascots. It's quite sad actually.
If these were SEC players, that 1k would be 5k, and posters would be crying a river about all the bags they get. True story.
Please let these kids live!
Yall act like they should only be doing scool work and practicing football. They're 18 to 22 years old, let them live.
Wtf are u talking about. What is the difference in what they are doing in the video, and some players going to the mall and buying some clothes or shoes.They can "live" all the wantābut (1) timing is everything, so going this route just after losing to Virginia and getting pulled as starting quarterbackāyou can see how some would question his head and maturity and (2) you're really not much of a "kid" anymore once you go the high profile college athlete route; especially at the University of Miami.
If you're going to act and behave a certain way when in the spotlightāthen you better both be ready for the repercussions and judgment that comes from it, as well as making sure you back it up on the field and deliver.
No one would care less what Perry was doing in his down time if Miami were winningābut for a kid who was the third-ranked dual-threat quarterback in the nation (behind Tagovialoa and Mond) to redshirt last year in order to learn the system, and then to STILL NOT BE READY come springābeat out by the below average Malik Rosier; proof that Perry isn't / wasn't taking things seriously and the University of Miami's football team (especially the offense) paid the price for it this season.
It doesnāt bother me really
However I do remember Edgerrin James taking out his gold teeth or grills when getting ready for the nfl combine to be more marketable
You think those two even see the combine? Lol