Who told me that Gnome? Nobody had to tell me that.

Here is a little exercise for you Gnome - it only involves looking at what was said by whom and what was done.

Advance the Blitzkrieg attack in Europe to 1938

Britain does not have the things I mentioned that were rushed into place between 1938 and 1940 (start of the Battle of Britain) courtesy of the time bought us by Neville Chamberlain.

So NO:

- Operational, integrated Chain Home Defence system;
- Operational RAF Squadrons flying Spitfire or Hurricane fighter aircraft;
- No ASDIC to aid fight the Battle of the Atlantic;
- No design for or any Corvettes built;
- Extremely limited intelligence related to Germany - No ENIGMA, No ULTRA.

Tell us Gnome how much would the lack of all of that have "enhanced" our chances of survival against the Germans?

Oh especially for you Gnome - No Polish, or Czech pilots present in Great Britain to plug the gaps in the 1938 version of the Battle of Britain - which of course would have meant that there would have been no Gnome typing and sniping away on Mudcat today, and I would never have had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Rear-Admiral Joe Bartosik RN, CB, DSC.