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Posted on 03/12/2021 3:42:52 PM PST by silent majority rising

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To: silent majority rising
It's a cute story, but mostly false. The British and Germans were both trying various fuel formulae in 1939, and were flying some engines with 100 octane in 1940. By 1942 the Brits had a production plant up and running, with no help from any Frenchmen. Germany had a tougher time of it, because of their limited petroleum resources. They were making it by various means from coal.

The whole story is >b>vastly more complex. If you want it all, and can digest a lot of engineerese, the book is "The Secret Horsepower Race" by Calum E, Douglas. Available on Amazon and elsewhere.

41 posted on 03/12/2021 6:51:49 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan (Deplorably Neanderthal)
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To: silent majority rising

” In spite of the efforts of the liberals to destroy this country, I believe we will prevail... “

It is not Liberals trying to destroy the country; they are Communists, and it’s time we called them what they are.

I pray to God every hour that we will prevail.

To fail in this is to lose everything.


42 posted on 03/12/2021 7:34:51 PM PST by _longranger81 (God help us, Every One. )
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To: silent majority rising

https://legionmagazine.com/en/2020/07/gassed-up-the-juice-that-fuelled-victory-in-the-battle-of-britain/


43 posted on 03/12/2021 7:56:04 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, “The Weapon Shops of Isher”)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Did codebreaking have anything to do with it?


44 posted on 03/12/2021 8:12:04 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: Ancesthntr

Sorry, same BS. Read the book.


45 posted on 03/12/2021 8:15:59 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan (Deplorably Neanderthal)
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To: blueunicorn6

“ It forced the Nazis to pull thousands of their best antitank weapons, the 88 Flak Cannon, away from the Russian tanks heading for Germany.”
Also, the manpower and ammunition.


46 posted on 03/13/2021 1:05:52 AM PST by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

We gave the Soviets 100 octane fuel through Lend-Lease. They knew about it.


47 posted on 03/13/2021 1:23:08 AM PST by rxh4n1
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To: MCF

Not really. The guns, and the gunners, Hitler Youth, BdM girls, etc. were not mobile. The loss was producing flak guns instead of field artillery.


48 posted on 03/13/2021 1:26:22 AM PST by rxh4n1
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

>>>If so, what are you going to do about it?<<<

Well, since I can’t Nuke D.C. from Orbit just to be sure I will have to be content by living a life of Civil Disobedience (which is apparently a Felony if you supported POTUS Trump), non compliance with any of the Joementia / Commiela Unconstitutional Mandates (another Felony) and making sure to maintain an Income Level that will exempt me from paying any Income Taxes to the Illegitimate so called Federal Government that currently rules the Masses.

Other than that, I’ll have to “circle back” to that question.


49 posted on 03/13/2021 7:40:18 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the guy who actually Won the 2020 Presidential Election...)
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