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The Brits would say that they saved their own butt in WW-II, and that you showed up to the party late, just like you did to the previous one. And they’d be right.

That's funny. And a good bit of revisionist history.

WWI - the USA had no business getting involved - period. That was a European War among Kings and Empires. The USA was the only 'democracy' involved (France had their own little Empire throughout the world, from Africa to SE Asia). We entered WWI solely because of a proposed pact between Germany and Mexico. We could have handled that differently and directly, by wiping Mexico's Army out in a couple weeks and never stepping a foot in France .

WWII - From 1939 to 12-7-41 Churchill did everything he could to drag the USA into his war. And he got FDR to go along by illegally (per US Law) shipping arms to England, some on Civilian Ships. FDR should have been impeached and jailed for his criminal actions.

Then once we were in, Churchill convinces FDR to abandon the Pacific - and ALL American Military - and concentrate on saving England. Then given all the English casualties of WWI, who gets to carry the heavy load in WWII, the USA - our troops were expendable - cannon fodder. 'WE' had the unlimited source of personal, England didn't.

Then due to MORE GB loses in bombing raids over Europe from '39-'41, it the USA's 8th Air Force who had to carry out the Daylight (suicide) bombing missions. But the Brits flew under the cover of darkness and as such suffered considerably fewer casualties.

Then we have the ground war, from Operation Torch where WE landed in Africa (where the nice French fired on us) to Sicily, once again the USA carries the heavy load. Gets the dirty, high casualty missions. Then on to Italy and its the same again. WE get the job to kick the Nazis out of Italy.

Then we have D-Day. Once again its the US Ships, the US troops, the US Airborne Divisions who get the heavy load. England contributed ONE Army division and One Airborne 'unit' to the invasion. Additionally, after that it was US fighter air power that provided ground support and wiped out the Luftwaffe. Not the Brits.

And don't even get me started on Monty. That overrated vacillating assh*le caused the War in the European Theater to last at least six months longer that it should have. And his boneheaded Operation Market Garden was one of the dumbest military operation in history and doomed to fail from the start. My ~~hate~~ dislike for him is personal. HE caused one of my family members to get gravely wounded - he served in George Patton's 3rd Army, 4th Armored Division as a Tank Commander (and was in the Battle of the Budge). Patton was a REAL General. Monty was a poseur!

So sorry, England was lucky. Lucky that WE saved their butt. And save it WE did.

But the Brits were luckier still that Hitler was incompetent. If the Luftwaffe would have stayed on course during the Battle of Britain with the bombing of airfields for two-three more weeks GB would have fell. Fighter Command was almost out of pilots, and out of fighter planes (Spitfires and Hurricanes). The change to Bombing London gave them the chance they needed to rest, repair and regroup. They were also lucky when Hitler called off the U-Boat Wolf Pack attacks of shipping convoys. A few more weeks of that would have starved GB into submission.

So, was it really worth it for the USA?
All the costs, all the wounded, the lives lost or wasted by stupidity and egos -- and again the millions that wre surrendered to Communism. All so England (and Europe) can go to hell in a hand basket.

Sometimes I wonder.

> That’s funny. And a good bit of revisionist history.

Americans seem to have persuaded themselves that they won WW-II all by themselves, when in fact they were a part of a much larger team. And they showed up late to the game, long after kickoff.

That’s not revisionism, that’s the plain fact. America wouldn’t have entered the war at all if the Japs hadn’t bombed Pearl Harbor.

So pretending that the US “saved everyone else” is just nonsense: America went to war (late) because America was attacked by the Axis. In other words, it wasn’t altruism, it was self-interest.

I know that’s not how your movies teach WWII but that is how it was.