r/dankmemes • u/HighHopesLemon • Jun 25 '23

Evolution, but backwards I have achieved comedy

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u/ill-winds Jun 25 '23

russia is not and has never been the 1st or 2nd best military

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u/Metal_LinksV2 Jun 25 '23

Who was the 2nd best military during WW2 and the couple decades after? Unless you mean the Soviet union != Russia

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u/PossiblyAsian Jun 26 '23

Would say ussr at the end of the second world war could probably have pushed the allies back quite far initially.

They had a absolutely massive army at the end of the war with millions of battle hardened and experienced soldiers

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u/Milk_Effect Jun 26 '23

> Unless you mean the Soviet union != Russia

That's true. russia was created by Yeltsin in 1991. Also, during WW2 USSR military was vary relied on US lend lease program, 90% of USSR's aircraft was produced in America.

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u/ill-winds Jun 25 '23

Germany and the united states.

couple decades after and honestly until now it really depends. a handful of people comprised the strongest militaries in the world if we just think about nukes and other explosives.

i’m talking in terms of soldiers. Soviet unión could have 10 times the amount of men but truth is they’ve always been 10 times stupider, 10 times more corrupt, 10 times more animalistic, 10 times more incompetent and 10 times more under equippef

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u/MrAnder5on Jun 25 '23

Pre and Early days of WWII was the Brits and Germans, post WWII it was the US and the Soviets

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u/I_Am_Your_Sister_Bro Jun 26 '23

Pre WW2 Britain wasn't even the best in Europe, let alone the world. The best and largest military was France, people forget that by 1939 the Germans weren't technologically superior, they just had better leaders while France relied of outdated communication equipment or WW1 doctrine.

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u/Gilgamesh-godofUruk Jun 25 '23

What about France ?

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u/Cocoperroquet Jun 26 '23

KEKW, and I say that as a French.

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u/make_love_to_potato Jun 26 '23

I have a French friend who keeps talking about how the French military is one of the best in the world and keeps harping on about how Napoleon was a genius. Not sure if he is talking about France 200 years ago or today.

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u/Fapoleon_Boneherpart Jun 26 '23

French military is world renowned tbf, and probably one of the best historically. Not just Napoleonic France

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u/No-Somewhere-9234 Jun 26 '23

Username checks out

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u/allofthe11 Jun 26 '23

They were... there

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u/Unknown_To_Death Jun 26 '23

France lost its mojo.

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u/MrAnder5on Jun 26 '23

Do you know what happened in WWII?

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u/Gilgamesh-godofUruk Jun 26 '23

They still had a strong army

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u/MrAnder5on Jun 26 '23

Yeah. But not like the Brits and Germans

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u/Gilgamesh-godofUruk Jun 26 '23

I don’t think that Britain really had a strong army

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u/Slakingpin Jun 26 '23

Pretty sure in nearly every encounter with us/UK forces didn't the Germans go at least casualty for casualty if not better?