Nu Labour Edukasion standards

[NickFitz]

Would Britain have won without the American involvement?

Probably not, or at best not as soon as 1945. This is generally accepted by most WW2 historians.

I think that's what Cameron means by "junior partner".

You seem to have missed the point: Cameron has made a fool of himself by referring to the US and Britain fighting together in 1940. The US hadn't entered the war in 1940.

[AtW]

You seem to have missed the point: Cameron has made a fool of himself by referring to the US and Britain fighting together in 1940. The US hadn't entered the war in 1940.

He is the Prime Minister, and you are a chimp - he's got access to top secret stuff and maybe it does say US were at war, only undeclared

Seriously though USA were supplying Britain with war materials 9 months before official declaration of war - this is effectively entering war on side of Britain, and this agreement was certainly made before 1941.

[TimberWolf]

He is the Prime Minister, and you are a chimp - he's got access to top secret stuff and maybe it does say US were at war, only undeclared

Seriously though USA were supplying Britain with war materials 9 months before official declaration of war - this is effectively entering war on side of Britain, and this agreement was certainly made before 1941.

Which would make an effective "divide and conquer" strategy. Equal up both sides so that they might destroy each other more effectively, sit back, then move in and take the spoils. The big moat around the UK that the French didn't have must have saved our arses more than once in our history, including from Hitler, together with the ships in it.

[AtW]

The big moat around the UK that the French didn't have must have saved our arses more than once in our history, including from Hitler, together with the ships in it.

That's why they've built the Eurotunnel

[AtW]

Not to mention the bijou problemette with the Maginot Line.

Let's not mention it at all

[AtW]

Best not.

[DimPrawn]

Or maybe not

BBC News - David Cameron criticised over World War II history slip

David Cameron has been criticised after mistakenly saying the UK was the "junior partner" in the allied World War II fight against Germany in 1940.

"I think it is important in life to speak as it is and the fact is that we are a very effective partner of the US but we are the junior partner," he said.

"We were the junior partner in 1940 when we were fighting the Nazis."

FFS Even Prescott wouldn't have come out with that!

Is this the best you can come up with you Labour voting goon?

[Bagpuss]

Is this the best you can come up with you Labour voting goon?

You are about as accurate as Dave there. A politician not knowing some very important political history, now that would be a goon.

[AtW]

You are about as accurate as Dave there. A politician not knowing some very important political history, not that would be a goon.

He knows one very critical historical thing that half of the country seems to have forgotten: Labour Govts always end up in economical ruin.

[d000hg]

It's an embarrassing slip but he's only wrong on one digit, is this just a headline and 2min later he corrected himself or even when reminded did he stick to that story? Anyone's memory can make errors and to be honest going to Eton wouldn't automatically mean you remember dates when you've got a whole country to run.