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U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra opens up about U.S.-Canada tensions and the signals he hopes to see from new Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 6 points 5 months ago

Yeah the eastern front was brutal.

One thing that people don't really mention though is that the USSR figures include all the republics. Something like 20% of the USSR deaths in WW2 were Ukrainians.