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To: naturalman1975

That year led to more German advancement than Brit. Germany invaded France with very few MkIV tanks and the majority of Rommel’s division was made up of Chek T-38s which they had curtesy of Chamberlin.

The Hawker Hurricane was still a mainstay of the Battle of Britain and it began RAF service in 1937.


45 posted on 09/04/2011 7:12:12 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American that a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: Monterrosa-24
That year led to more German advancement than Brit. Germany invaded France with very few MkIV tanks and the majority of Rommel’s division was made up of Chek T-38s which they had curtesy of Chamberlin.

Even if Britain had gone to war over Czechoslovakia, by the time any British troops had managed to deploy (given their state of readiness in 1938), Germany would have already conquered Czechoslovakia, and Rommel would have had those tanks anyway.

The Hawker Hurricane was still a mainstay of the Battle of Britain and it began RAF service in 1937.

Yes, December 1937. By September 1938, there were about 100 in service. The standard British fighter plane was still the biplane Gloster Gladiator of which there were about 450 in service. By the time war came in September 1939, the Gladiator had been largely replaced in RAF service by the Hurricanes and Spitfires - but it took until mid 1939 for that to happen (RAF fighter strength in September 1938 - about 550 planes - 450 Gladiators, 100 Hurricanes - RAF fighter strength in September 1939 - about 810 planes. 500 Hurricanes, 270 Spitfires, 40 Gladiators). If the Battle of Britain had been fought a year earlier, it would have been Hurricanes and Gladiators in similar numbers and a handful of Spitfires, fighting that battle.

46 posted on 09/04/2011 7:30:41 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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