MMMMM !!! I think it might be worth pointing out that the countries of Europe over run by the Nazi's betwee 1939 and 1942 had plenty of Guns, in the hands of thier own armed forces.

I think it also worth pointing out how small the actual resistance forces in, say France, were, and how large the collaberationalist element was.

We must also remember that in 1940/41 how bleak and distant any prospect of eventual Liberation was - to an extent collaberation was a matter of survival, and there was a generalised wish for a quiet life and survival. To say that "Barbarossa" and Pearl Harbour came as a beacon of hope to many in Europe is no exageration.

This attituded was not confined to continental Europe, armed resistance, or sabotage in the Channel Islands was actively discouraged by London.

In the case of the Channel Islands the post Liberation political status was not benighted by Governments in exile, and resistance politics manouvering and manipulating history - The consequences of which still devil european democracy.

Gareth