I use “bloke”, “guy”, “mate” and other terms freely as I have lived OUTSIDE the USA for a long time.
“Complicit in destruction” refers to the European mainland, not the UK and not Australia. The White Paper and not attacking the Concentration camps from the air is another issue altogether. The Holocaust was carried on on European soil not the Island states of GB or AUS.
Is my point clearer?
Now I understand. I’ll have to bear that in mind for future.