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Was Harry Truman serious when he said “If we see that Germany is winning the war, we ought to help Russia; and if that Russia is winning, we ought to help Germany, and in that way let them kill as many as possible” in summer 1941? How common was this sentiment in the US?
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Was Harry Truman serious when he said “If we see that Germany is winning the war, we ought to help Russia; and if that Russia is winning, we ought to help Germany, and in that way let them kill as many as possible” in summer 1941? How common was this sentiment in the US?
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