“Kept them off British soil”? Yeah, it’s pretty hard to run a tank over a body of water. As I said on another post, but for the Channel, Hitler comes right into London. But you mention the Battle of Britain, “their finest hour”. “Their finest hour” was only made possible by a bunch of American workers putting in thousands of ‘their finest hours’ to manufacture the war machine products that carried Britain’s ass during the years in the war before our troops arrived. Their hours and their tax dollars, by the way. Read a book or two.
Lend Lease helped the Brits, no question, but not to win the Battle of Britain - the Hurricanes and Spitfires were entirely British designed, built and manned. Their radar networks were entirely of their own devising (and well ahead of anything America had at the time).
Britain could not have won the war without America. But they weren't losing when we came in, either. And there's no questioning their dedication or tenacity.
There's serious anti-Americanism in Britain, but these old vets aren't the ones to go after on that score - they know better than anyone what they owe to America, and unlike most of their younger compatriots, they put it on the line when it counted. I'd chalk it up to old resentments at that the Hollywoodization of their story - something even Americans can sympathize with.
Yep. There were a lot of Americans building those Spitfires and Hurricanes IN THE UK. Sure were.
I’m not going to deny that we supplied them a big chunk of raw materials and some war goods leading up to our entry into the war. But to come in here and equate the British in 1940 with the French? Come on, you can’t be serious.
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