“”Britain fought for two years against tyranny alone””
A wee bit late to this one but have very much enjoyed reading this entertaining exchange. However, I’m going to wade in at the assertion that him saying ‘Britain stood alone’ between 1939-41 is a statement of monsterous misrepresentation. After all that is one of Churchills stock laments of history. When referencing Britain in that period it is phrase of the inclusiveness. The idea of ‘The British’ in the 30s and 40s is of course the Commonwealth and Empire. The pink bits on the map. Which sadly indeed were largely holding off Hitler on their own until Peral Harbour persuaded the Americans that sitting on the sidelines wasn’t going to work.
Had he said ‘England stood alone’ you would be right to get high and mighty on the linguistic point. But it seems to be you, not him, who is confusing ‘British’ and ‘English’ throughout the thread.
Carry on the pair of you..... :)
I am curious about this:
Were the Americans able to trade freely with India and British Africa during this period, or was “the Empire” largely closed to American trade without heavy tarriffs, restrictions, etc.? Do you know?