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"John W. Flannagan Jr., of Virginia, remarks in the U.S. House of Representatives (December 16, 1941); Congressional Record, vol. 87, pt. 14, app. (October 9, 1941 – January 2, 1942), p. A5609"
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"Thus, by every device from the stick to the carrot, the emaciated Austrian donkey is made to pull the Nazi barrow up an ever-steepening hill."
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World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, the latter enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the only nuclear weapons used in war. World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 60 to 75 millio
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