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Re:U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet... by arrosenberg on Friday April 07, 2023 @01:16PM (#35484162)
Really? How many bullets did China produce for the European theater? Artillery shells? Warships and planes? How much food and oil did they ship?

More Chinese people died. By any other measure the United States won the war via the Lend/Lease program.

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Re:U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet... by no_wizard on Friday April 07, 2023 @01:22PM (#35484239)
Mao's entire army was outfitted with American weapons & vehicles in WWII which they then used to run Chiang Kai-shek out of the country to what is now Taiwan. We were initially going to arm Chiang Kai-shek but he was refusing to use the arms against the Japanese, believing he would need them for the civil war that would follow.

Interesting snippet of history.

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Re:U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet... by RobotToaster on Friday April 07, 2023 @02:02PM (#35484753)
America then sent us the bill, the UK didn't finish paying it until this century.
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Re:U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet... by 123pie123 on Friday April 07, 2023 @03:01PM (#35485602)
and ?
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Re:U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet... by bigbillheck on Friday April 07, 2023 @02:20PM (#35484994)
How about this for a counterfactual: if not for China, the Japanese would have seized India, and from there raise hell in Iran (oil supplies!) and put serious pressure on the Suez Canal.
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