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- abbreviation World War II
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- abbreviation
World War II
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Examples
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** Do not try to tell me that a film wherein WWII is ended by a successful attempt to assassinate Hitler isn't sf.
Fuck off, 2009! greygirlbeast 2009
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America in WWII is not that an obvious counter example.
Orwell and War Socialism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Just about every American who fought in WWII is on record as being proud of the fact that he served; you can't say that about Vietnam.
A dearth of Indochina Ben Abraham 2008
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Keeping the series in WWII is a double edged sword, on the upside you get the familiarity with the history of it, which makes story telling easier, but the biggest drawback is it dramatically limits what the range of possibilities available to the team.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - A Massively Multiplayer Call Of Duty? 2008
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And criticizing France for surrendering in WWII is just dumb.
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And criticizing France for surrendering in WWII is just dumb.
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We found our way to Ponte Vecchio, the only medieval bridge that survived the German bombing in WWII, which is covered in jewelry markets leaning out over the water on stilts.
Firenze surelars 2008
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Compared to the treatment of US Citizens and POWs in WWII, these captives had it easy.
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Arnold was a decade older than I, had lost both parents in WWII and was raised by grandparents in West Berlin.
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Compared to the treatment of US Citizens and POWs in WWII, these captives had it easy.
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