# What if the Final Solution had been confined to Nazi Germany? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 25, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-final-solution-had-been-confined-to-nazi-germany/635796 "2012-09-25T17:23:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-final-solution-had-been-confined-to-nazi-germany/635796/21 "2012-09-27T05:33:09Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > How would those 35,000 be more than the British 60,000? Allow me to explain: oops. I gathered information from several different sources, one of which was Wikipedia. The reports of how many troops each country sent varied widely. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War) listed low numbers (although I admittedly used their figures for America and South Korea). They reported only 14,200 British troops were deployed. But when I looked so more around I found that most places were giving higher figures. (Some implausibly high - I found one site that claimed 5.7 million Americans served in the Korean War.) I finally found one [site](http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/jwb/USHistory/ColdWar/Coalition.htm) that seemed credible - they not only listed troop level totals but also listed specific units, naval and air forces, and casualty counts. They seemed informed so I decided to go with their figures. The problem was that I had already written the part about the ROC troops and said they were greater in number than the British (based on the 14,200 figure). I forgot to amend this when I revised the figures. I blame Ed Zotti. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-final-solution-had-been-confined-to-nazi-germany/635796.md?page=1)