Time to rewrite History

[OrangeHopper]

Everyone has assumed geek meant the WWII.

His argument is more applicable to WWI.

[_V_]

It is about time the truth about "British" history was told.

90% of WWII Spitfire and Hurricane pilots were Muslims.

Lord Horatio Nelson was actually black and originally from Trinidad.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel used mostly lesbians to build his great engineering feats.

Henry VIII was a paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair.

[EternalOptimist]

But the Yanks didn't step in in WWII

The Germans declared war on the US a few days after Pearl Harbour

[DBA_bloke]

King Arthur was a homosexual from Tahiti. Shame he's dead, he'd be hot property for ITV's 5 o' clock gay teatime slot.

[NotAllThere]

Oh, you mean when the Nazis had virtually all of Europe, marching on Leningrad and Perl Harbour triggered the war on the Pacific. Meanwhile Britain had already lost Hong Kong and Singapore (On BICYCLE by the Japanese!).

PURLEASE!

Britain could not have 'won' had it not been for US planes and commodities gratis.

The rewriting happened when Britain decided it 'won' the war!

Ah, a zero understanding of irony. You are a yank and I claim my 5¢.

[DBA_bloke]

But the Yanks didn't step in in WWII

The Germans declared war on the US a few days after Pearl Harbour

True. But I think the US would have been declaring war on the Germans and Co. anyway.

[sasguru]

The US president had wanted to assist from the word go, but knew he'd never get the US on-side. Had to wait for something close to home to happen, i.e. Pearl Harbor. Then it was impossible to say no to assisting us.

Recently saw an interesting documentary about British homeland defences in the war. The Krauts would, possibly, not have been able to invade for a long, long time (if ever), owing to our rather excellent defences both on the coast, and inland, as well as the US being willing to supply the UK with its own V2-like technology. They might, of course, eventually managed it, but the current theory is that Hitler may well have tried for a truce with us, keeping Europe for himself. Who knows?

You're joking aren't you? Dad's army? V2s would have been useless against an invading mobile army. If the Germans had landed they would have won In a few weeks. And don't argue till you have read all available literature on the subject
The thing that stopped them was the Channel. That was a kiilling zone the Navy could have exploited.

[sasguru]

Ah, a zero understanding of irony. You are a yank and I claim my 5¢.

She's not too bright you see. Also she doesn't understand the materiel wasn't gratis.

[Lucy]

Ah, a zero understanding of irony. You are a yank and I claim my 5¢.

Yes Jeremy.

At least TRY to be original...

[wendigo100]

You're joking aren't you? Dad's army? V2s would have been useless against an invading mobile army. If the Germans had landed they would have won In a few weeks. And don't argue till you have read all available literature on the subject

I suspect we'd be aiming the V2s at their bases over the channel, rather than at their soldiers marching across Kent.

The thing that stopped them was the Channel. That was a kiilling zone the Navy could have exploited.

Then we had good defences on the coast, didn't we?

Not sure about inland though, but maybe at the time of possible invasion our soldiers were mostly in the country (back from Dunkirk, not yet sent to North Africa), so perhaps we didn't depend on the home guard.

And we had Paddy Payne!