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TIL during the Tehran Conference, Stalin proposed over a dinner the execution of 50,000 to 100,000 German officers to prevent Germany from starting another war. Roosevelt, thinking Stalin was joking, said "49,000 would be enough." Churchill however was so enraged he stormed out of the room.

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