PROPORTIONAL FACT: In April 1941, the British Empire had 48 million people at war. China had 450 million. In most WWII books, Britain gets 10x more narrative than China. In this one, China gets 9x more than Britain.
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THIS MONTH IN WWII (April 1941): Germany conquers Yugoslavia and Greece in 3 weeks. Proportionally, Yugoslavia's 16 million people earn more narrative space than the entire British Empire's April.
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India contributed 2.5 million troops to WWII. 378 million people were affected. In most Western histories, India gets a paragraph about Imphal. In this book, India is 20% of every chapter.
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FROM THE BOOK: 'What changes in our understanding? The same thing that changes when you replace a Mercator projection with a Robinson: the familiar takes its actual place among everything else.'
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PROPORTIONAL FACT: 95 million displaced in China. 25 million evacuated in the USSR. 15 million in the Partition of India. 12 million Germans expelled. In most WWII histories, displacement gets a chapter. In this one, it IS the book. #DisplacedPeoples #WWII #ProportionalHistory
Quick: what percentage of WWII combatant population was American?
Answer: 7%.
Most WWII books give the US 40-60% of the narrative. This one gives it 7%. What do you see when the proportions are honest?
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THE HUNDRED SQUARES: Each square = 1% of combatant population. China: 27. India: 20. USSR: 10. USA: 7. Germany: 5. Japan: 4. UK: 3. Everyone else: 24. This is what proportional looks like.
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