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• sundray@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A hint of brown mustard?

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• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  American here. Why is Churchill burning in hell? He lead your country through WWII and D-Day.

  …wait. Are you a nazi supporter?

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  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    He did do that, but was also big racist. Not nearly as motivated as Hitler, but similar viewpoints.

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    • deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Also helped create the UN, welfare state and a minimum wage.

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  • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Probably referencing this, and similar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943

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    • deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Churchill had little to do with it, other than not having enough shipping and having to prioritise feeding troops who were fighting Nazis at the time.

      Also…

      The provincial government never formally declared a state of famine, and its humanitarian aid was ineffective through the worst months of the crisis. It attempted to fix the price of rice paddy through price controls which resulted in a black market which encouraged sellers to withhold stocks, leading to hyperinflation from speculation and hoarding after controls were abandoned. Aid increased significantly when the British Indian Army took control of funding in October 1943

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Any explanation for this one?

        theguardian.com/…/athens-1944-britains-dirty-secr…

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      • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        other than not having enough shipping and having to prioritise feeding troops

        That is a choice he made, not something that just happened, and it resulted in at least a million (likely much more) civilian deaths in their own territory.

        The provincial government

        Gee, I wonder who put the provincial government in charge in a British colony? 🙄

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  • diemartin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just to clarify, I’m not British.

    But what @I_Fart_Glitter said.

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  • teslekova@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Google Churchill and Bengal famine.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lots to choose from, but this is usually the one I like to point to:

    theguardian.com/…/athens-1944-britains-dirty-secr…

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