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To: DFG

I did not know Britain fought WWII by themselves.


3 posted on 05/08/2025 5:16:49 AM PDT by pas
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To: pas

They pretty much fought the Battle of Britain all by themselves.


4 posted on 05/08/2025 5:22:46 AM PDT by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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To: pas

> I did not know Britain fought WWII by themselves. <

From the fall of France to Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, Britain pretty much was fighting WWII on its own. And that was for more than a year. It was a remarkable accomplishment.

(I didn’t forget China. They had been fighting Japan since 1937 . But that really wasn’t part of a greater conflict until after Pearl Harbor.)


10 posted on 05/08/2025 5:31:24 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: pas

Well from 1939 until early 1942 when USA deployed troops to Europe but I don’t think we did much fighting until late 1942 in north Africa
And remember Hitler was killing women and children by bombing
So yes England bore the brunt for a long time


27 posted on 05/08/2025 6:38:15 AM PDT by RWGinger
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