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To: CougarGA7; henkster
On the surface it looks as if the British are starting to get the upper hand.

Exactly. Below the surface it is another story. The percentage of freight carrying vessels falling prey to U-Boats reaching an alarming level at this point, if I am not mistaken. Then again, is convoying an issue seperate from Lend-Lease? I mean Lease-Lend?

14 posted on 02/10/2011 3:52:55 PM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson; henkster

The politicians certainly have more information and there’s no doubt that FDR wants this done. As just a common citizen though, it looks very different. I’m sure this provided fodder for the America First Committee and the like, but I’m a bit surprised that there is not more public uproar that the British have it in hand. It makes me think that there was a general sense (and wisely so) by the bulk of the population that American involvement was simply a matter of time.


16 posted on 02/10/2011 4:07:40 PM PST by CougarGA7
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