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Offline Muzzy

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The Cost of the Second World War
« on: June 06, 2015, 05:46:51 PM »


The above link is a video that shows you a very telling graphical representation of the number of deaths during World War II, comparing it to recent history and looking at the huge disparity in deaths between the participating countries.
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2015, 07:40:41 PM »
That was brilliant! Thank you for sharing it. :)
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2015, 08:16:41 PM »
Agreed.....just brilliant.

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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2015, 09:43:23 PM »
Just got done watching that before checking the BBS. Very powerful and moving piece.
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2015, 12:20:41 AM »
meh... n/m...
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2015, 08:57:41 AM »
Here is the website link.
http://www.fallen.io/ww2/
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2015, 09:25:48 AM »
All those people + the millions killed by Stalin. What would the population of Russia be today if all those survived? Scary thought.
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2015, 10:11:25 AM »
Thank you for posting that Muzzy. It was very interesting to watch.
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Offline Thruster

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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2015, 10:19:06 AM »
"All those people + the millions killed by Stalin. What would the potential of Russia be today if all those survived? Scary thought."
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2015, 10:30:26 AM »
Quote from: Thruster on June 07, 2015, 10:19:06 AM
"All those people + the millions killed by Stalin. What would the potential of Russia be today if all those survived? Scary thought."
Indeed. The Gulag camps were to a great extent populated by people who were too intelligent for Stalin but not smart enough to leave the Soviet Union.
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2015, 12:27:57 PM »
Quote from: Bizman on June 07, 2015, 10:30:26 AM
Indeed. The Gulag camps were to a great extent populated by people who were too intelligent for Stalin but not smart enough to leave the Soviet Union.

It gives mixed thoughts. On the other hand the purifications surely benefited us in WW2 but on the other hand they may be the reason why Russia still isn't able to grow to be a civilization that's capable of sharing values with the western world. Momentary relief, chronic problem.
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2015, 01:06:37 PM »
Gods, what a crappy streaming site.  Video is unwatchable.  It won't preload, but it won't let me download it fast enough to watch it.  Worse, it keeps playing for a bit without sound before stopping causing audio to be missed.
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2015, 01:25:31 PM »
Muzzy...............Thank You.
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2015, 02:10:02 PM »
I dont know if it was mentioned but as many people died between the day of the attempt on Hitlers life and the end of the war then the previous four years together.
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Re: The Cost of the Second World War
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2015, 03:13:34 PM »
Purifications?

Strange word to use :old:


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