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Thread #85142   Message #1577000
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
06-Oct-05 - 10:09 AM
Thread Name: BS: Are We Anti-English
Subject: RE: BS: Are We Anti-English
Old Glory
You wrote
As to the World Wars, America won both of them.

Did you know that WW1 started in 1914. We are grateful for the US contribution, but it did not arrive until 1918, a few months before the end, and was much smaller than that of Britain or France.

You played a bigger part in WW2 though we would have preferred you had not waited until war was declared on you. We stood alone in 1940, and defeated the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. By the time your forces arrived we had halted Hitler's advances in the West and turned the tide in N.Africa.
In terms of German divisions engaged, the Soviets took on more than both of us combined.

We are not a superpower like you. We are the 4th economy of the world and about the same militarily.
Yes, we are a small island.
Which wars have you won on your own?