r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/HimelTy • 9d ago

Meme needing explanation who are those little dinosaurs PETAH ?

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u/Sesusija 9d ago edited 9d ago

The USSR was powered by US oil. About 58% of the refined petroleum they consumed from 1941 onwards came directly from Texas. Especially high quality aviation fuel. And the UK was responsible for keeping the shipping lanes open which transported these resources.

The USA might not have left as many men behind on the battlefield as the USSR but there is no way the USSR could have beat Germany without our resource and logistical support, and we pretty much single-handedly beat the Japanese.

If I were to break down every Allied power by contribution during WWII it would look something like:
USSR: 35%
USA: 30%
UK: 20%
The rest all combined: 15%

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u/Electronic_Horse_282 9d ago

This underplays the role played by China in the Pacific theatre by a fair bit. There's a reason they're considered one of the big four allies.

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u/Actual_Permit2053 8d ago

They where important but so much shittier then the Japanese army too the point where their military dictatorship collapsed quickly after ww2

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u/3000doorsofportugal 8d ago

The fact Chaing had to be kidnapped to create a truce with the communists so they could fight Japan says a lot about the man lol.

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u/Actual_Permit2053 8d ago

20 million Chinese soldiers didn't have too die too beat Japan he just sucked in general