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To: UKrepublican
They were "massively out gunned" at Trafalgar, Roarke's Drift, Colenso, Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, HMS Hood, and Dieppe. It didn't stop them from shooting back.

But that was then. The MEN who did those things are all dead. It seems they haven't been replaced...

146 posted on 04/04/2007 1:45:18 PM PDT by jonascord ("Don't shoot 'em! Let 'em burn!...")
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To: jonascord

They were not MASSIVELY outgunned at Trafalgar. It was a 1:1 battle, which the British won because they had the more experienced fleet.

Nor were they MASSIVELY outgunned in the Battle of Britain. In fighter power, which is what counted, they were outnumbered about 1.5 to 1, which isn’t nice odds, but it’s not massive either.


165 posted on 04/04/2007 3:18:59 PM PDT by Vicomte13 (Le chien aboie; la caravane passe.)
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