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[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Numbers don't mean everything.

The USSR had a much larger ground army than Finland & Germany, yet the Soviets still suffered disproportionately higher losses than both.

Or look at when Italy tried to invade Greece? What should have been an easy victory for the Italians actually lead to them retreating and begging for help from Hitler.

That said I don't think America would ever be able to occupy China and vice versa. Too much resistance and the ability for people to hide out in the hills and fight. It's like holding Afghanistan which we now saw as a giant money sink and failure.

[–]indeegenes 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Especially considering the Opium Wars...