VE Day 75 years later: The real story of how Britain won WW2

[noseall]

Huh, you can't launch an invasion of britain without boats,

What were the Gerries using to sink our merchant ships? They must have had some kind of industry?

 

[fillyboy]

What were the Gerries using to sink our merchant ships? They must have had some kind of industry?

U boats, not really suitable for a land invasion unless they were going to send troops over ten at a time.

 

[EddieM]

What were the Gerries using to sink our merchant ships? They must have had some kind of industry?

U boats mainly, not much of an invasion launch capability.

 

[Bodd]

What were the Gerries using to sink our merchant ships? They must have had some kind of industry?

Flets inflade fle inglish.


Vlery clarefully does flit.
Ein by Ein up zee hole.

 

[transam]

Flets inflade fle inglish.


Vlery clarefully does flit.
Ein by Ein up flue zee hole.

Noseall is not to clued up on this WW2 caper

He may be on the Vietnam war though

The American hearts and minds war

" grab em by the b***s and there hearts and minds wil follow"

Lyndon Johnson

 

[crystal ball]

Apart from a little logistical help, we pretty much stood alone in the Falkland war too, the EEC issued a trade embargo but not before France ensured Argentina had an ample supply of Exocet missiles.

And the UK had supplied two Type 42 Destroyers

 

[crystal ball]

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Little Island surrounded by water

To the west Neutral Ireland further west is miles away

To the North is Iceland.

To the east is Europe occupied by our enemies Germany, Italy and Russia.

To the South is Defeated France and neutral Spain or were they neutral?

To the south of that..... Too far.

Nice geography lesson, if a tad incomplete

 

[EddieM]

Apart from a little logistical help, we pretty much stood alone in the Falkland war too, the EEC issued a trade embargo but not before France ensured Argentina had an ample supply of Exocet missiles.

Yanks supplied plenty of satellite info.

 

[Bodd]

Nice geography lesson, if a tad incomplete

It wasn't precise, please feel free to fill in the gaps

 

[fillyboy]

And the UK had supplied two Type 42 Destroyers

?

 

[Bodd]

?

Wasn't the General Belgrano a WW2 ship we sold them.

 

[fillyboy]

Yanks supplied plenty of satellite info.

And fuel, that's what I meant by logistical help, Chile were helpful with intelligence. France, they helped the Argies more than us.

 

[JohnD]

Wasn't the General Belgrano a WW2 ship

yes.

Wasn't the General Belgrano a WW2 ship we sold them.

No.

 

[Bodd]

yes.


No.

As meetballs would say. 1 out of 2 ain't bad

 

[crystal ball]

And fuel, that's what I meant by logistical help, Chile were helpful with intelligence. France, they helped the Argies more than us.

Did the French sell two brand new state of the art destroyers ?