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Originally Posted by roly
i.e. before you entered the war you were a shop keeper charging extorniate prices, it was the bravery of british (and some other country's) pilots that "stopped the Nazi's from bombing the UK into oblivion".
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I don't disagree with that and there is really nothing to be gained or learned by a silly point/counterpoint about undeniable or indisputable facts. I was commenting more on the trademark stupidity of DVDtimes. London sacrificed a lot. Lot of people were brave. Lot of people died. Lot of innocent people were killed. Defeating the Nazi's involved the bravery and sacrifice of a lot of people... etc... etc. You can't say that Britain had them beat. US can't say that it was the primary cause of their defeat.
And "before we entered the war" - we were giving what we had to give. The cost of that "extortion" as you'd like to put it was the loss of 1:26 merchant marine sailors trying to supply Britain and a loss of over 30 ships per week and over 1000 ships sank in 1942 alone, trying to supply Britain to aid their efforts.
So you should keep a little perspective on sacrifice and bravery, just as much as I should.
