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World War II was totally unrealistic

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Resurfaced independently across 3 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
3
submitters
3
observed span
2010–2016
peak thread · 152 comments
255 pts
latest 20+ return · 2014-11-10
151 pts

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2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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At first I thought the author might be poking fun at the war -- then I realized that he was actually poking fun at himself. People have high standards for fiction, yet some of the strangest things are real-life stories from history. A couple of my favorites from the Pacific Theater: 1) Radar detected the Japanese strike force approaching Pearl Harbor, but the guy in charge said it was a glitch. 2) The Japanese planned to declare war before attacking…

Well, knowing this is intended to be just funny I have to point out a few things: > All this from a country that was ordinary, believable, and dare I say it sometimes even sympathetic in previous seasons. Germany was drowned in serious economic depression that was deep enough to trigger a huge social response. Plus we cannot forget about the humiliating Versaille Treaty. > they instantly forget about all the racism nonsense and become best buddies with the definitely…

xxxyy·151-point thread·

This is talking about a show on History Channel called "World War II" Of course, you got me (and probably a lot of other people) to click it because it sounds like an argument for the historical event not being believable.

blkhp19·10-point thread·

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
416

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
215

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2010-07-12World War II was totally unrealisticFirst breakout · Best threadgoodside255152
2014-11-10World War II Is Full of Plot Holes (2010)Latest 20+ point returnmblevin15160
2016-11-23World War II – Not remotely believable (2010)beefman103