Imprison the Royal Family and Abolish the Monarchy

[Cliffy]

More pecker waving by the retarded adolescents in the crowd. War is for idiots - young men running off to die so the rich can get richer.

 

[EagleSmack]

Bertram Ramsay was in charge of the Normandy Landings, which were planned by British Lieutenant-General Frederick Morgan.

US General Dwight D. Eisenhower was in charge.

You fail again.

The Normandy Landings were the brainchild of a Brit and were led by a Brit and it was overwhelmingly British ships which took part in the operation.

Copied from many of the US Landings.

American historian Raymond Callahan concluded "(British Commander William) Slim's great victory (at Imphal) ... helped the British, unlike the French, Dutch or, later, the Americans, to leave Asia with some dignity."

As for the Yanks - American goals in Burma had been to aid the Nationalist Chinese regime. Apart from the "Hump" airlift, these bore no fruit until so near the end of the war that they made little contribution to the defeat of Japan.

By then the US had beaten the Japanese. You defeated a weak army.

What army do they fight in?

They are from Nepal. The Limeys have to go across the world to get their best troops as their are none at home.

The British defeat of the Japs at Imphal (and Kohima) was, at the time, Japan's largest defeat in her history.

And the Japanese handed the Limeys their greatest defeat. The Limey defeat at Singapore makes Imphal look like a skirmish.

Codswallop.

The British were so dominant in North Africa in 1940 and 1941 (before the US joined the war), including defeating the Italians and capturing 130,000 of them as prisoners after they invaded Egypt, that Hitler formed the Afrika Korps, led by Rommel, to help the Italians in North Africa against the British.

The Afrika Korps was formed only because the British were winning. If the British hadn't been successful against the Axis in North Africa - at a time when they were fighting Nazi Germany ALONE - then the Afrika Korps would never have been formed.

Several long, brutal pushes back and forth across Libya and Egypt reached a turning point in the Second Battle of El Alamein in late 1942, when Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army broke out and drove the Axis forces all the way from Egypt to Tunisia. There wasn't a Yank in sight.

The Americans turned the tide.

You make it sound as though he was a coward and ordered his army to retreat from the Japanese in the whole of Burma for no good reason. In fact, he abandoned Rangoon in a FIGHTING RETREAT in March 1942 after trying hard, but failing, to keep a British hold on it.

Fighting retreat... lmao.

Alexander was the Land Forces / Army Group commander during the Invasion of Sicily and controlled two armies, including George S. Patton's Seventh United States Army. Patton reported to Alexander.

Alexander reported to Eisenhower.

The overall Naval Force Commander of the campaign was the British Admiral Andrew Cunningham.

Cunningham also reported to Eisenhower. In conclusion... you FAIL.

No. It's the British way of saying that The defeat at Kohima and Imphal was the largest defeat to that date in Japanese history and was the turning point of the Burma Campaign. You can't put it any other way. It's there in black and white. The Japanese didn't think the great defeat inflicted on them by the British was a mere "pimple on the **** of WWII Pacific battles".

A forgotten and irrelevant battle. A pimple at best.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

More pecker waving by the retarded adolescents in the crowd.

Stand well back. You could get hurt.

 

[EagleSmack]

More pecker waving by the retarded adolescents in the crowd. War is for idiots - young men running off to die so the rich can get richer.

Shouldn't you be brushing up on your Indian character?

 

[Cliffy]

Shouldn't you be brushing up on your Indian character?

Thanks for proving my point.

 

[EagleSmack]

Thanks for proving my point.

Proving what point? Tard.

 

[Spade]

My favourite Queen is African, not British.

 

[Locutus]

My favourite Queen is African, not British.

Mine, a Zanzibari, so there...

 

[Spade]

Mine, a Zanzibari, so there...

You are wise, as the Queen is illegitimate.
Queen Elizabeth II - NOT the rightful heir to the Throne of England - YouTube

 

[Blackleaf]

US General Dwight D. Eisenhower was in charge.

Bertram Ramsay was in charge of the Landings.

Monty was in overall command of the ground forces after the Landings took place.

Brits led both of those operations during D-Day.

Copied from many of the US Landings.

Where's the evidence for this rather wild assertion?

By then the US had beaten the Japanese. You defeated a weak army.

Japan didn't surrender until 2nd September 1945.

They are from Nepal.

What army do they fight in?

The Limeys have to go across the world to get their best troops as their are none at home.

And they are better than any troops serving in the US Army.

During the Burma Campaign there were tales of British Gurkhas taking on tens of Japs single-handedly, and surviving after beheading many of them with their kukri knives.

And the Japanese handed the Limeys their greatest defeat. The Limey defeat at Singapore makes Imphal look like a skirmish.

Only 5,000 British troops died at Singapore.

54,000 Japanese - over ten times as many - died at Imphal. Add Kohima into the mix and around 61,000 Japanese died.

Imphal actually makes Singapore look like a skirmish.

The Americans turned the tide.

American historian Raymond Callahan concluded "(British Commander William) Slim's great victory (at Imphal) ... helped the British, unlike the French, Dutch or, later, the Americans, to leave Asia with some dignity."

As for the Yanks - American goals in Burma had been to aid the Nationalist Chinese regime. Apart from the "Hump" airlift, these bore no fruit until so near the end of the war that they made little contribution to the defeat of Japan.

Alexander reported to Eisenhower.
Cunningham also reported to Eisenhower. In conclusion... you FAIL.

And Eisenhower reported to the Combined Chiefs of Staff.


Of the seven commanders which made up the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) during WWII, which was the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in north west Europe from late 1943 until the end of the war, four were British and three (including Eisenhower) were American, meaning that most of the commanders of allied forces in north west Europe were British.


Monty was a commander of the ground forces and so commanded the ground forces during D-Day.

Bertram Ramsay was the commander of the naval forces, and so commanded the Normandy Landings themselves.

The Normandy Landings were also planned by the British and consisted mostly of British ships.

A forgotten and irrelevant battle. A pimple at best.

The Japanese didn't think so.

Kase Toshikazu, Japanese Foreign Office official, said after the defeat: “The disaster at Imphal was perhaps the worst of its kind yet chronicled in the annals of war.”

 

[Colpy]

Prince Philip quotes: Relive 90 classic gaffes to mark his 90th birthday - Mirror Online

Gotta love this guy!!

 

[Spade]

Prince Philip quotes: Relive 90 classic gaffes to mark his 90th birthday - Mirror Online

Gotta love this guy!!

Beware of Greeks baring gaffes.

 

[damngrumpy]

First let me say I am not a great fan of the Royal Family and the Queen
I have read heard and seen the demands over the years for getting rid
of the whole institution. I am not in favor of that either. The institution
comes with constitutional safeguards against political power and abuse.
Somehow I think the eventual installation of someone like the return of
Oliver Cromwell would be even worse.

 

[JLM]

Yeah, Pip can be a bit of an A$$hole, but funny at times!

 

[Colpy]

Bertram Ramsay was in charge of the Landings.

Monty was in overall command of the ground forces after the Landings took place.

Brits led both of those operations during D-Day.

In December 1943, Eisenhower was put in charge of Operation Overlord – the long waited for attack on mainland Europe. Such an attack would require detailed and meticulous planning – which is why Eisenhower was picked to lead this plan by the combined chief of staffs. Eisenhower was given the title Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces.

So...what part of Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces is beyond your understanding???

 

[Spade]

First let me say I am not a great fan of the Royal Family and the Queen
I have read heard and seen the demands over the years for getting rid
of the whole institution. I am not in favor of that either. The institution
comes with constitutional safeguards against political power and abuse.
Somehow I think the eventual installation of someone like the return of
Oliver Cromwell would be even worse.

How are these safeguards working in Harper's Kanada?

 

[The Old Medic]

The original poster of this topic used the pen name "Sons of Liberty".

The "Sons of Liberty" was a group in Boston, in the Colony of Massachusetts of British America. In the time that they were active, they did NOT want to break away from the Mother County. They wanted a voice in any taxes, etc. that were to be imposed on them.

If the person that wrote that original posting is a Citizen of the United States of America, then he has no voice in any decision to keep, or to eliminate, the Monarchy of Great Britain and Ireland.

If he is a Canadian, then he has a voice in the decision as to whether or not Canada will retain the Monarch as the legal head of the government. But, he has absolutely NO say about whether or not the British people choose to retain, or to eliminate, the Monarchy.

It sure would be nice if others would not hijack ust about every thread, with their bull manure.