OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWho was worse: The Nazis or the British Empire?NSFWmessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down117
arrow-up1-11arrow-down1message-squareWho was worse: The Nazis or the British Empire?NSFWOprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareOprahsedCreature@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoBut then we get into questions of intent and deaths/time. British definitely had more time and I’m pretty sure they had more deaths, though I don’t know the exact numbers. It seems British intent fluctuated based on timeframe and region
minus-squareroastpotatothief@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoThis seems like the right approach. You can get different answers depending on which measure you use You could compare 1.Willful killings in total willful killings per year willful killings during the 1920s-40s willful killings during Churchill’s regime versus Hitler’s regime. I guess the UK will have higher numbers by every measure except 1. The figures should be easy to find.
But then we get into questions of intent and deaths/time. British definitely had more time and I’m pretty sure they had more deaths, though I don’t know the exact numbers. It seems British intent fluctuated based on timeframe and region
This seems like the right approach. You can get different answers depending on which measure you use
You could compare
1.Willful killings in total
willful killings per year
willful killings during the 1920s-40s
willful killings during Churchill’s regime versus Hitler’s regime.
I guess the UK will have higher numbers by every measure except 1. The figures should be easy to find.