So you sank a few Swedish-made speedboats. And you want us all to be impressed by that?
And the Argentinians sank how many Brit ships?
The British lost seven ships and the Argies lost nine.
WWII could have been won without America. Now that is what historians say. If you don't like it, tough.
The brits were subordinate to the Americans. End of story.
When America belatedly entered the conflict in December 1941, after your anti-Semitic business leaders spent all of the preceding part of the war doing lucrative business deals with the Nazis, it had only a TENTH of the total number of troops in the field that Britain had, and America would continue to be Britain's junior partner until well into 1944.
You go on about me not liking facts, but the truth it's that it's you who doesn't like the fact.
The Briddish and French declared war.
And if we hadn't done so much of Europe would now be living in the Thousand Year Reich.
The fact of the matter is that Germany started WWII just as it started WWI. Your capacity to try and rewrite well-known, well-established history never ceases to amaze me.
France lost their country
As the Americans most probably would have done had they had Nazi Germany right on their doorstep.
and the Brits were driven into the English Channel... literally.
Whilst we were the only country taking on Nazi Germany.
Don't forget that America suffered quite a few humiliating defeats in WWII. The Battle of Kasserine Pass being amongst them.
They did not cross again successfully until they were led by the Americans.
D-Day was a British-operation under overall British command, and the British were the only ones to storm EVERY beach.
The Canadians were the ones that anchored the Brit beachheads and kept the Germans at bay in their sector while the brits walked ashore upright and brewed tea.
Rubbish. The Canadians failed to achieve any of their objectives on the beach they stormed.
Although, just like the Yanks, they needed to have a contingent of Royal Marines alongside them.
Such a sore spot to the Brits even today.
The Danes made quick work of the brits. I bet you have A LOT of Dane in your blood.
Yeah. It keeps me awake at night.
Facts are facts... Ike was in charge and Monty was his incompetent political lackey.
Facts are fact and, until 1944, Britain had vastly more troops taking part in WWII than the United States. You were Britain's junior partner between the time you entered the war in december 1941 all the way until 1944.
As for Eisenhower, he may have been in charge of SHAEF but, duing the British planned and led operation known as Operation Overlord (which probably would have failed had it not been for Britain's ingenious Mulberry harbours and Hobart's Funnies), good old Monty was in charge of all the land forces.
Of course, the British planned and led Operation Overlord and D-Day would never have been possible were it not for Britain's victory over Germany in the Battle of Britain.
And we weren't even in the war! And the US along with the other Brit allies saved Britain. How embarrassing.
The RAF recognises just seven Yanks who took part in the Battle of Britain. How embarrassing.
Brits could never do it alone. You needed every Commonwealth nation and the U.S to save your butts.
WWII could have been won without America being in it. In fact, some historians are of the belief that America's participation in the conflict merely prolonged it. It certainly prolonged the Battle of the Atlantic, which Britain had nearly won before the Yanks came along.
250 men out of an RAF total of 250,000 doesn't seem like a lot to me.
Also, the first Eagles Squadron, No.71, wasn't formed until the Battle of Britain was almost at an end.
Of course, the Battle of Britain isn't seen as important to the Yanks, because you lot were sitting on your arses doing nothing in 1940 (except major American companies like Ford, who were sucking up to Hitler). You weren't in danger of an invasion. But the battle was VERY important to the British, who needed to win it to stave of a German invasion. To be honest, I think it's a disgrace that you belittle the Battle of Britain and see it as a mere "skirmish" when, for the British nation, it was a battle for complete and utter national survival, which was taking place when the Americans were sitting pretty with no danger whatsoever doing little cushy business deals with the Germans.
