between 20-30million casualties, and that the western nations with their much bigger armies and much more advances weaponry would lead to a much bloodier conflict (the chinese started the rebellion using mainly spears/swords/bows and handcannons tied to sticks along with terracotta "handgrenades"...
Due to these two mistaken impression of your views on my part, I was not sure if possibly you thought government rationing and other steps taken during WW2 by Allied governments constituted a “police state” as there are many different views of what constitutes a police state. I agree that ...