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I find Hank quite endearing- he seems a gentle, easy-going sort of guy most of the time- and LuAnne is very bright, way too bright for him.
Trouble is, while Hank may be the typical Texan, Beavis and Butthead are running the White House..........

F**K!!!

That must be the shortest Induction and Training Course ANY British Soldier has been through WEEKS C'mon.

"you killed my freind - he only joined up two weeks earlier".

Must have been special forces?.

NOBBY

Given his trust of all things to do with his government, Bimmercat is more Dale than Hank.

I won't ask if his wife has a Native American "friend."

As with ALL Major events in History the Maronic, Ill Informed and Downright Rude elements of this country soon forget defining moments in history.

Where would the U.K. be today now if the United States had not entered the second world war and poured thosands of troops the U.K. to defend against german invasion?.

Seemingly this really not matter to the likes of thses people, unfortunately they did not have a taste of life in occupied europe under the Nazi's.

Well if they had perhaps then they would appreciate what we have today and the sacrifice others made.

My father died at Arnhem, i never knew him, but i know it would be a real slap in the face to hear how much people these days really de valued their Bravery.

Lest We Forget.

NOBBY

NOBBY wrote:

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> Where would the U.K. be today now if the United States had not
> entered the second world war and poured thosands of troops the
> U.K. to defend against german invasion?.
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This question has been answered in other threads recently...

In the "How involved is UK with U.S.A" thread of 19th Feb I wrote:

As for all those Americans who go on about how they saved us all in WWII, it may be of interest to them that Roosevelt was doing his best to stay out of the war in Europe. Indeed, after Pearl Harbour the US government was even more anxious to keep out of Europe, wishing to maximise the war effort against the Japanese. If Hitler, followed a few days later by Mussolini, hadn't declared war on the USA, there is strong evidence to suggest that the USA would never have declared war on the Axis powers.

For further proof of how little help we were given by our so-called friends, I suggest you also have a look at the lend-lease agreement... we got rusty old destroyers at a price well over the odds... but we paid up because we needed ships urgently. Also as part of that agreement, and something which sadly isn't as commonly known as I would like, we also agreed to "hand over" to the US any technological breakthroughs. The Americans never had to do too much ground-breaking work on the jet engine... that was down to Sir Frank Whittle... they were just given all the technological data for free!


And in the "US entry into World War II" thread of 20th Feb I wrote:

Even after Germany and Italy declared war on the USA it still took a while before the US decided to commit troops and other resources to the European/North African theatres.

Roosevelt, and the American people in general, were not concerned with what was going on in Europe and concentrated on the war with Japan. It was only after Churchill pointed out to Roosevelt what MIGHT happen if Germany declared war on the Soviet Union that Roosevelt convinced Congress of the need to deploy troops to Britain lest all of Europe become part of a communist empire.

The US entering the war in Europe had little to do with wanting to help "friends" out and everything to do with halting the potential spread of communism.


Hope this helps! )

I was going to comment that the threat of a German invasion was over well before US troops were stationed in Britain. I was assuming they didn't arrive until preparations began for the Normandy landings.

Mart