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Exmoor beast said:
Except the British!
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" Those Brits are a strange old race.They show affection by abusing each other, will think nothing of casually stopping in the middle of a fire fight for their ' brew up ' and eat food I wouldn't give to a dying dog ! But fuck me !! I would rather have one British soldier on side than a battalion of others ! Why ? Because the British are the only people in the world who when the chips are down and it seems there is no hope left, instead of getting sentimental or hysterical,will strap on their pack , charge their rifle,light up a smoke and calmly and wryly grin " Well are we going then you wanker"??
 
Perry said:
" Those Brits are a strange old race.They show affection by abusing each other, will think nothing of casually stopping in the middle of a fire fight for their ' brew up ' and eat food I wouldn't give to a dying dog ! But fuck me !! I would rather have one British soldier on side than a battalion of others ! Why ? Because the British are the only people in the world who when the chips are down and it seems there is no hope left, instead of getting sentimental or hysterical,will strap on their pack , charge their rifle,light up a smoke and calmly and wryly grin " Well are we going then you wanker"??
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They have an excellent propaganda machine is all I can say.
British race?
Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
No, it's mostly been what the British call the English Channel and the French the Pas-de-Calais.
Otherwise, you'd be speaking German.
Paul
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No, we would just talk slower putting an “o” on the end - Johnny Foreigner seems to like this- works all over the world.
In time our invaders would learn to drop the “o” and hey presto they’re speaking English, now there’s a good fellow!
 
Paul Marx said:
No, it's mostly been what the British call the English Channel and the French the Pas-de-Calais.
Otherwise, you'd be speaking German.
Paul
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I recall a little stretch of water didn’t deter the Romans, Angles, Saxons, Danes, Norse and their froggy cousins the Normans. I think the difference in 1940 was a few dozen squadrons of Spitfires and Hurricanes. 😁
 
Paul Marx said:
No, it's mostly been what the British call the English Channel and the French the Pas-de-Calais.
Otherwise, you'd be speaking German.
Paul
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Andy J said:
I recall a little stretch of water didn’t deter the Romans, Angles, Saxons, Danes, Norse and their froggy cousins the Normans. I think the difference in 1940 was a few dozen squadrons of Spitfires and Hurricanes. 😁
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Let us not forget the US military, Army, Navy, and the might of the US Eighth Airforce.
 
Andy J said:
I recall a little stretch of water didn’t deter the Romans, Angles, Saxons, Danes, Norse and their froggy cousins the Normans. I think the difference in 1940 was a few dozen squadrons of Spitfires and Hurricanes. 😁
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78jotadave said:
Let us not forget the US military, Army, Navy, and the might of the US Eighth Airforce.
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Yes, and Stalin's Red Army. If it weren't for Stalingrad....we'd have had A bombs in Europe. Thanks to the might of European scientists.
Paul
 
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Perry said:
Never forgotten but I think we are talking summer 1940, some 18 months before their welcome arrival.
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Lend lease was March 1941.
A lot of the equipment of the British armies stayed in France in June 1940. There was something like 50 Bren guns in the UK at that point.
Paul
 
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