1-—What drivel. Do you actually believe this rubbish?.
You didnt save us, you helped us. And we thank you for it. Just as the Canadians did. Just as the Aussies, New Zealanders, Africans etc etc. But dont ever think you ‘saved us’.
Britain couldnt have won the war without you, the USSR and Canada and the Empire. BUT America could never have won the war without Britain, the USSR, Canada and the British Empire. And even the mighty USSR needed the US, UK and Canada to help it fight the Germans.
No one nation won it alone. No one nation ‘saved’ the rest.
We dont speak German because of OURSELVES. We dont speak German because of the bravery and sacrifice of our men and women in six years of war, a year and a half fighting alone. We dont speak German because of the men of the RAF in the Battle of Britain or Bomber Command, the men of the Royal Navy who defeated German attempts to control the Atlantic, the men of the British Army who fought from Burma and Hong Kong to France and Ethiopia, the Rhine and the plains of N Africa.....
2—If you think Britain relied on the US Merchant Marine, then your history is as bad as I fear. Britain relied first and foremost on its own huge Merchant Marine, and then on its Canadian ally, and then on the US.
It was Britain and Canada who bore the brunt of the Atlantic battle (1940-43), and most of Britain’s supplies from North America were carried by the Royal Navy, the Canadian Royal Navy and by the huge British Merchant Marine and Canadian Merchant Marine. I dont know where you get the idea the US Mer.Marine carried the heavy load.
That is NOT to devalue the American Merchant Marine, but you are wrong to say that Britain (not England please learn the difference) somehow relied on them.
Again, they helped Britain and we should never forget their incredible bravery. If you know any oldies that were AMM, please thank them for me. They were and are heroes.
You seem to know little about Britain and WW2. And the incredible and immense British contribution to the war. Or about the British armed forces and merchant marines.
3—Lend Lease?.
You ARE aware that LL only started in March 1941, withe the Lend Lease Act, and the first LL supplies started arriving here in late May/early June?.
You ARE aware that pre 1941, from Sept 1939, that Britain BOUGHT and paid for all its arms supplies from the US?. The ‘cash and carry’ method, where all the arms and supplies were carried by Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy ships as well as UK and Canadian merchant ships. No, Great Britain paid upfront for all supplies before Lend Lease.
And if we are talking lend lease, are you aware of REVERSE LEND LEASE?. No?.
That was the Lend Lease TO America from Britain, the USSR, Australia and New Zealand, from January 1942 to Sept 1945.
Britain GAVE America £1.2 BILLION in arms and supplies via RLL from Jan 42 to Sept 45.
Go find out about reverse lend lease, its been sadly forgotten in both the US and UK. As well as Russia and Australia and New Zealand.
4—Throwing rocks?. Are you serious?. Do you honestly think the British relied completely in WW2 on American arms?. Do you honestly think that the British didnt build (huge amounts) of their own weapons, tanks, planes, ships.....?
Are you telling me that you seriously think that the British didnt build anything in the UK in WW2?. God almighty.
After mid-1940, Britain controlled the sea and air and after the winter of 1941-42, the Soviets took the initiative on land.
While American involvement shortened the war, thereby saving the lives of thousands of Britons, it saved millions of Germans. Prime Minister Churchill would certainly have been willing to nuke German cities, if any could have been found after the Red Army had its way.