I sent an email this morning and said just that!--without Americans you'd be speaking German.
Really, I suppose the fact that the USA stayed out of the war in Europe until 1943 was just part of the masterplan to beat Hitler was it?
If it hadn't been for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the US might have stayed out of the war altogether. Americans who fought in Europe deserve our admiration, but they were also doing it to defend their country's liberty in the future. The war between the NAZIS and the USSR was what really saved Britain's bacon, not that I have any admiration whatsoever for the Soviets or Stalin. The USSR actually signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler, divided up Poland with him and allied themselves to him, until the NAZIS invaded in 1941. If Britain and the USSR had been beaten, who do you think the NAZIS would have been threatening next?
We thank you for your country's financial help before it joined the war and its military aid after 1942. However, bear in mind that the USA insisted that the economic aid that helped the British war effort - be paid back in full. I hear that Britain will not finish paying it back until 2006. Therefore, it can not be said that the USA helped Britain out of pure altruism. After the war ended, the US was allowed its pick of British territories to plant cold war bases upon. Britain's loyalty during the cold war was one of the few things successive American administrations could count upon. That loyalty persists today, despite what silly American hating liberals and lefties say.
I haven't heard (hope I never do) George Michael's silly song, "Kill the Dog" but I understand it's in reference to Blair's support of Bush.