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2023-04-30 22:05:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 45B8EF43682258D990F1C39DD9C1C131E030B7B116A1A874CAD37AED55F98C04
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Tweet implies Britain could have avoided Holocaust/WWII deaths by staying out of the war but this is false as most deaths occurred due to Nazi expansionism and genocide. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/world-war-ii-in-depth Britain went to war in 1939 to defend the balance of power in Europe and safeguard Britain's position. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-europe-went-to-war-in-1939#:~:text=Germany%20represented%20a%20direct%20threat,Britain's%20position%20in%20the%20world.
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