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Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by AJ007 on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @05:18PM (#17872149)
I don’t know if it was meant to be a subtle joke, but tourism 75 years ago (in Europe or otherwise..) seriously?
Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by astura on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @05:29PM (#17872231)
Youre getting downvoted (likely because you didn't explain yourself) but you have a point - 75 years ago was 1943, it was the tail end of WWII and Europe was a literal battleground
Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by giggles_giggles on Thursday August 30, 2018 @01:54AM (#17874370)
Tail end? D-Day wasn't until the summer of 44
Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by astura on Friday August 31, 2018 @11:04AM (#17886140)
What a weird, overly pedantic, comment to make.

Hilter invaded Poland in Sept 1939 and VE-Day was May 8, 1945; so the war in Europe lasted 68 months. 75 years ago the war was 47 months old, or 69% complete. I consider the final 30% of something the "tail end." It's weirdly pedantic and downright antisocial to go around arguing "tail end" means something else, especially when its entirely irrelevant to the topic at hand.

Since the internet is for cats I did some quick Googling and looks like, on average, a cats tail is around 34% of their total length (body plus tail) so saying the final 30% of something is the tail end is objectively accurate. Unless you want to go around arguing that some cats don't have tails.

Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by gdy on Saturday September 01, 2018 @03:05AM (#17890665)
'Antisocial', really? You are weird.

1943 was the year when German advance was halted and they began to be pushed back by Soviet army. It's right in the middle of the war if you look at the map instead of calendar.

Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by gdy on Saturday September 01, 2018 @03:09AM (#17890677)
D-Day was too late and happened after the outcome of the war was clear. So while I agree with your point, mentioning D-Day doesn't really support it.
Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by watt on Thursday August 30, 2018 @09:36AM (#17876543)
Russians still like to joke that their grandfather went on sightseeing trip in Germany - in a tank.
Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by lmm on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @05:57PM (#17872434)
Sweden was neutral. Presumably Swedes would've had their summer holidays as normal (though staying within the country)?
Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by progre on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @11:14PM (#17873873)
There was massive fuel and food shortages in Sweden. I doubt that very many people had normal vacations.
Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by interfixus on Thursday August 30, 2018 @12:50AM (#17874164)
The key point wasn't being neutral. Didn't help the rest of us. The key point was not being occupied.
Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by mongol on Thursday August 30, 2018 @01:28AM (#17874275)
Swedish men were in military readiness, stationed along the borders around the country.
Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by gdy on Sunday September 09, 2018 @04:59PM (#17947757)
Germans were dying to see Russia