It comes across to me a bit when reading about Churchill’s and Monty’s communiques that the British have a sort of “me too” attitude. Prior to America’s entry into the war, it seems to me that the British were sooner or later going to be overrun by the Nazis.
It seems clear to me that the U.S. turned the whole war around and among other things, saved England from defeat and Nazi occupation. Yet, it also feels like England kind of resented the U.S. who was doing most of the heavy lifting. Seems like England wanted to be equal in recognition and status to their overseas neighbor who was basically the reason victory was being pulled out of the jaws of defeat.
The Germans used that attitude to their advantage through radio broadcasts. They broadcast false BBC news which put down and diminished the Americans role.
For instance, the German BBC broadcasts during the Battle of the Bulge made it look like the British were saving the day when they actually played a small roll during that huge battle.
Today the Brits, Aussies and Canucks are the only real allies we have. Of the three the Aussies and Western Canadians are my favorites.
Strategically placed I might add.
OTOH, had the Germans won a decisive victory in Russia, they would have taken a second look at Britain. But, that was not to be.
Despite the closeness of the alliance, the Anglo-American coalition was difficult to manage. The Brits resented that it took us so long to join the fight and then as johnny-come-lately's to think we knew more than they did about how to conduct the fight. By the fall of 1944, however, Britain is broke and exhausted and we will increasingly rely on U.S. manpower in fighting on the Western Front, which naturally gives the U.S. a big say in how the war is conducted. Today, there are four U.S. field armies in France to the U.K.'s one (and a Canadian army).