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Originally Posted by Mutt
Not a chance if Germany surprise attacked the US on American soil would the Americans have sustained 20 million civilian deaths, they'd have gone the surrender/diplomatic route. The Russians forced women, old men, children to throw themselves in front of the Germans, those who didn't were shot.
Maybe I'm wrong, I think in the end the US values the life of its citizens. The US never lost anywhere near even 1 million soldiers let alone civilians in any war.
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You are right, Soviets didn't care much if their soldiers live or die, if it somehow helped their war efforts, but they were soldiers, not civilians. But still, it was the Germans who killed them. US troops had massive casualties even though they did fight against already much weakened and demoralized enemy (Germans). On average the turnover from D-day to the end of war in Europe was 100 % amongst US troops. So excluding replacements, everybody died or wounded or were otherwise taken out of action.