When the Nazis took on Albion.....
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With the help of other nationals, Polish,Czechs,Belgians,French to name a few.
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ANZACS, South Africans, Rhodesians, Canadians,.......
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Indians, Russians.....
The Doolittle Raid.
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All that is completely true gentlemen.
However the British at that time had the ability to take the Germans completely by suprise.by their ability to execute acts of daring do and subterfuge that the Germans just didn't see coming.
Operation Jericho and The shell house raid
Even D day! they thought the Normandy strike was a feint due to the ingenious deception carried out in South East England.
The Nazis were completely outwitted by the English, they didn't have a clue that the enigma machine was broken by the genius Turing.
The devious out of the box thinking of the brits outmanoeuvred the regimented thinking of the Germans at every turn. That's a fact gentlemen.
Out thought and out fought.
However the British at that time had the ability to take the Germans completely by suprise.by their ability to execute acts of daring do and subterfuge that the Germans just didn't see coming.
Operation Jericho and The shell house raid
Even D day! they thought the Normandy strike was a feint due to the ingenious deception carried out in South East England.
The Nazis were completely outwitted by the English, they didn't have a clue that the enigma machine was broken by the genius Turing.
The devious out of the box thinking of the brits outmanoeuvred the regimented thinking of the Germans at every turn. That's a fact gentlemen.
Out thought and out fought.
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Just the English involved, no Welsh, Scots, N Irish, or other allies, thats not a fact gents
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This quote is interesting from Bletchleypark.org.uk if you dig deeper there may be other contradictions your facts
. A small group of American service personnel were also brought over and integrated into a number of the Sections. The was the first time many of the UK staff had met an American, but the visitors fitted in very well.
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Operation Jericho
Operation Jericho ("Ramrod 564"), was allocated to 140 Wing, RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force.[10] Eighteen de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk VIs, six from No. 487 Squadron RNZAF (Wing Commander Irving "Black" Smith), six of No. 464 Squadron RAAF (Wing Commander Bob Iredale), both being Article XV squadrons. Six Mosquitos of 21 Squadron (Wing Commander Danny Dale) were to follow up in case the raid failed and bomb the gaol, killing the prisoners.[11][c] A photographic reconnaissance (PR) Mosquito was laid on for the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (FPU), to film the raid. The raid was provisionally set for 17 February; the Mosquitos were to arrive over the prison at noon sharp, to catch the guards at lunch for the second wave to bomb them. The plan was divulged to the Resistance for them to tip off the underground in the gaol and to arrange for accomplices to be waiting outside.[13]
Air Vice-Marshal Basil Embry, the officer commanding 2 Group, intended to lead the raid but was overruled and forced to stand down because he was involved in the planning of the Invasion of Normandy. Group Captain Percy Pickard, the RAF Hunsdon station commander took over command, despite having limited experience of low-level attack.[14][d] Each Mosquito squadron was to have an escort of one Hawker Typhoon squadron, 174 Squadron and 245 Squadron from RAF Westhampnett and a squadron provided by Air Defence of Great Britain (the part of Fighter command not transferred to the 2nd Tactical Air Force) from RAF Manston.[16] A plaster of paris model of the gaol was built, based on photographs and other details sent from France, a common practice in RAF planning.[17] The model showed the prison as it would look at a distance of 4 mi (6.4 km) at a height of 1,500 ft (460 m); attacking at such low altitude needed careful timing to avoid collisions.[14][e] Bomb load for the Mosquitos was two 500 lb (230 kg) Semi-armour piercing (SAP) bombs for the outer walls and two 500 lb (230 kg) Medium Capacity (MC) for the inner walls all fuzed for 11 seconds' delay.[18][f] The first section of three aircraft from 487 Squadron were to attack the eastern wall at 12:00 at low altitude, using the main road as a guide onto the target, the second three to make a north–south attack on the northern wall once the first bombs had exploded. The first section of 464 Squadron RAAF would attack the south–eastern end of main building three minutes later and the second section would attack the north–western end.[20]
Operation Jericho ("Ramrod 564"), was allocated to 140 Wing, RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force.[10] Eighteen de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk VIs, six from No. 487 Squadron RNZAF (Wing Commander Irving "Black" Smith), six of No. 464 Squadron RAAF (Wing Commander Bob Iredale), both being Article XV squadrons. Six Mosquitos of 21 Squadron (Wing Commander Danny Dale) were to follow up in case the raid failed and bomb the gaol, killing the prisoners.[11][c] A photographic reconnaissance (PR) Mosquito was laid on for the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (FPU), to film the raid. The raid was provisionally set for 17 February; the Mosquitos were to arrive over the prison at noon sharp, to catch the guards at lunch for the second wave to bomb them. The plan was divulged to the Resistance for them to tip off the underground in the gaol and to arrange for accomplices to be waiting outside.[13]
Air Vice-Marshal Basil Embry, the officer commanding 2 Group, intended to lead the raid but was overruled and forced to stand down because he was involved in the planning of the Invasion of Normandy. Group Captain Percy Pickard, the RAF Hunsdon station commander took over command, despite having limited experience of low-level attack.[14][d] Each Mosquito squadron was to have an escort of one Hawker Typhoon squadron, 174 Squadron and 245 Squadron from RAF Westhampnett and a squadron provided by Air Defence of Great Britain (the part of Fighter command not transferred to the 2nd Tactical Air Force) from RAF Manston.[16] A plaster of paris model of the gaol was built, based on photographs and other details sent from France, a common practice in RAF planning.[17] The model showed the prison as it would look at a distance of 4 mi (6.4 km) at a height of 1,500 ft (460 m); attacking at such low altitude needed careful timing to avoid collisions.[14][e] Bomb load for the Mosquitos was two 500 lb (230 kg) Semi-armour piercing (SAP) bombs for the outer walls and two 500 lb (230 kg) Medium Capacity (MC) for the inner walls all fuzed for 11 seconds' delay.[18][f] The first section of three aircraft from 487 Squadron were to attack the eastern wall at 12:00 at low altitude, using the main road as a guide onto the target, the second three to make a north–south attack on the northern wall once the first bombs had exploded. The first section of 464 Squadron RAAF would attack the south–eastern end of main building three minutes later and the second section would attack the north–western end.[20]
That must be why Germany was defeated in October 1939, and our boys were home for Christmas.
No, wait......
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You must stop using Captain Hurricane comics as a reference source
I wonder if Gasbag's sources can tell him how many of the German forces were killed, wounded, missing or captured facing the Soviets
And what fraction of that number facing the Western allies.
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What's that got to do with the price of eggs? If it wasn't for the British , Eurooe would now be occupied as well with us...
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