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Straw Man

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9. You can't really call Germany's capitulation in WWII a "conditional surrender."

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 01:20 AM

Aug 2025

If it were, I imagine that one of the prime "conditions" would have been not hanging any of the losing side's general staff.

I'm not "both sidesing" here -- the bastards deserved every inch of that rope.

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