Thread by @JBelcourt73

Hey @mtracey I would like to answer a question for you. You asked how many Jews were saved by US (military) intervention in the Holocaust. Its a complex question but bears directly on the ongoing #GenocideOfUkrainians occurring today. So lets start with the basics. The estimates

are the 2 of every 3 Jews living in Europe in 1939 had vanished by 1945. I say vanished vs dead because some few managed to flee to nations that did not end up under the Nazi boot. In addition, the number is self is less than absolute because so many records were destroyed so

there is legitimately a grey area but its on the margins. The accepted consensus is there were 9 million jews in Europe prior to WWII. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/art…

By 1945, that number had been reduced to 3 million for all of Europe. So how many more would have died if not for the US? Well directly the US liberated camps like Dachau, Buchenwald, Mauthausen etc. But the real number has more to do with Lend Lease than GI Joe. Alongside the

US in Western Europe for example the UK liberated camps like Bergen-Belsan. Anyone think the UK would have ever returned to the continent if not for US allies alongside them and armories stocked with US production? Without the allied invasion of occupied Europe every single one

of those camps would either have killed its prisoners or shipped them off to a death camp. BTW this includes LGBTQ, Roma, the disabled etc. sadly the allied invasion made the Nazi regime turn it up to 11 and up to half of all concentration camp deaths occurred after the allies

landed in the West and the Soviets launched Bagration destroying Armygroup Mitte. Speaking of that lets go East. Lend Lease in the East accounted for almost all 4x4 trucks, half the explosives used in artillery and rockets, all high-octane aviation gasoline, most radios,

1 in 5 tanks and 1 in 4 planes plus numerous other things like food, boots, alloys, rail stock etc. The Soviets might well have stopped Germany without Lend Lease but they would have have been able to liberate all of the USSR let alone drive through Poland and Eastern Europe on

their way to Berlin. Lend Lease is why Nazi Germany was defeated it is the greatest master stroke of military logistics and planning in all of human history. Its why anyone was left alive in any of the camps. So that is the long answer to your question. The short answer is,

if you were a Jew living under the Nazi boot and you managed to survive- thank the US. Ok does that answer the question? Good. Now staying in the East, the Soviets did not liberate anything. It was simply a change in occupier. Thats why they support Ukraine. They remember the

actual Nazis and follow-on commies. They know that if we permit, "Never Again" to be transformed in to, "here we go again" they may well end up under the boot of occupation again. They have poured out their support out of fear of being "next" on Putin's list of genocidal

ambitions. But it is US Lend Lease to Ukraine that is the big kicker. Everything from #HIMARS to #M777 to shipments of fuel, medical supplies and cash payments to keep the government functioning. My tax dollars are engaged in stopping a war of imperial conquest and hopefully

putting a final nail in the coffin of colonialism. I tag @JohnBoozman, @SenTomCotton and @RepFrenchHill every day to push for more, better and now for Ukraine. Imagine what you could have done if you didn't have to be so damn contrarian? Have you done anything to help Ukraine?

Could I suggest making a donation to one of the following: @Teoyaomiquu's current fund raiser, @U24_gov_ua, @MriyaAid, @UkraineAidOps or @3xR_team? I know its too much of an ask for you too kick in to @georgian_legion or @belwarriors but who knows maybe you will have a road to

Damascus moment. Opposing genocide and colonialism is always the moral choice. You should get on the right side of history. Maybe listen to some real experts and actual Ukrainian voices and get outside the bubble? Ever thought about lurking and listening in to the @MriyaReport?

it is a great source of information chock full of SME's, people passionate about defending Ukraine and Ukrainians passionate about why Ukraine. Despite Putin's attempts to unleash a new genocide in Europe over much of the same ground as the Einsatzgruppen of the last major war in

Europe, #Ukrainewillwin, #RussiaIsLosing and #RussiaIsATerroristState. Her armies have been defeated at Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kherson and are getting ground to dust in front of Bakhmut. The Ukrainians are making sure "Never Again" means "Never Again" and I am proud my tax dollars and

donations are helping with that fight. Until Ukraine Wins On Ukraine's Terms: Slava Ukraini! @mfa_russia <--- still losing and just throw him out a window and go home already.

A final note. The @HolocaustMuseum, @yadvashem and the @AuschwitzMuseum all provide information on the Holocaust and are worthy follows to any #FELLA of #NAFO who wants to learn more about why genocide must be opposed. Myr and Shalom.

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