True. Although having the English channel separate the island probably prevented the same thing happening as in France in 1940. Some natural barrier.
However, considering the several times worse destruction the people in the USSR faced when facing the might of the Nazi war machinery, and sacrificing their women, children, old and millions of civilians in a struggle for survival against seemingly impossible odds (at the start of the war), what balls did they have?
I have created a music album which charts this same period of British history:
Britain At War - Darkest Hour by Rhesus Monkey. The album covers the Prelude to War, The King's Speech, The Battle of France, Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, and of course The Blitz. I've also created a video to accompany Churchill's address to the United States in June 1941: 'The Old Lion'. You can view that video within my YouTube channel.
Haha I am lol @ the ignoant Martinrobyn121. This person needs to take some history lessons. Probably one of those conspiracy freaks who doesn't beliave in the holocaust. Britian saw thru Hitler's psychotic warmongeing mentality and would never ally with the Nazi scumbags. Thanx for posting this series, m8. Cheers!
@crazeeborg What? You do realise Germany & Italy invaded France & the low countries because the Allies declared war. Yes, The German-Soviet invasion of Poland 1939 was corrupt, Adolf Hitler wanted war with the Communists, Both Hitler & Stalin were planning for war, Britain was caught up in the cross-fire Hitler was a fool. And Britain would not back down or even accept any peace-talks only total victory. Remember We ALLIED with the Communists? And even the Nazis after the war, (Research!!)
@martynrobin121 you stupid dumbfuck, Germany pre-emptively invaded Poland in 1939' and that started ww2. The invasion of France & low countrys was almost 1/2 yr later.
@fluffy1931 Cant you read? For a start, The British declared war on Germany 1939 because they refused to leave Poland. France also declared war 1939. Germany & Italy invaded France & the low Countries 1940. "IF" they didnt the Allies would have invaded Germany. Did you even read my comment? I said nothing about the war started, I gave the reason for the German invasion of France.
@martynrobin121 no dumbfuck, ww2 started when Germany pre-emptively invaded Poland & started a war of 'aggression' despite your fantasy about 'declarations of war'. What part of 'pre-emptive' does your brain not process? At Nuremberg Germany was found guilty of waging a war of 'aggression'.
As early as Jan 31, 1934. nations had defined an act of aggression as follows:
"Invasion by its armed forces, with or without a declaration of war, of the territory of another State"
@fluffy1931 What? When Germany invaded Poland, Britain or France did not declare war. The British gave the Germans a final chance of peace and asked Hitler to withdraw his Force, Hitler refused and the war started. Remember Germany broke the Munich Treaty 1938 and occupied Czech illegal. That is German aggression and more than enough excuse for peace. What about the Soviet agression? THINK ABOUT IT!!!
The moment that Germany invaded Poland regardless of or absent 'declarations' of war by either Germany, Poland, Britain or France defined as 'aggression'.
"Invasion by its armed forces, with or without a declaration of war, of the territory of another State"
Existing international agreements signed by Germany that made aggressive war and certain wartime actions unlawful, such as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the Covenant of the League of Nations, Hague Conventions.
@fluffy1931 You obviously dont know much, AFTER Germany invaded Poland the British gave the Germans a final chance of peace, Withdraw or face war. The Germans agression started 1938, Germany betrayed the Munich treaty and occupied all of Czech. Germany could have invaded got their revenge on the poles and pulled out and the British & French would not have declared war. The reason for the Allies who decalred war on Germany 1939, Was because Hitler refused to leave!!
@fluffy1931 Obviously your history is pathetic, You said the Allies declared war on Germany because of the invasion of Poland and breaking the treaty. However the British made it clear the Germans could invade and leave without war. The British said if the Germans did not withdraw thier troops by a certain hour they would face war, Hitler refused to leave and started the war. Germany could have smashed Poland and then moved back to its borders without a war, However they stayed illegal.
@martynrobin121 obviously I posted what Germany was found guilty of at Nuremberg & etc international courts & treatys after the war. dumbfuck.
"Invasion by its armed forces, with or without a declaration of war, of the territory of another State"
From existing international agreements signed by Germany that made aggressive war and certain wartime actions unlawful, such as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the Covenant of the League of Nations, Hague Conventions.
THese good for nothing yanks always wanting to be the main character of everything, just like a homllywood movie. Can't wait for them to end so we stop reading these dumb ass yanks pretending they own the world.
Brazil. My admiration for all sacrifcio the UK in 40 years. Both civilian and military. especially with the RAF and Royal Navy. Only fought against Hitler and Stalin, who was then allies. In memory of Mr. Churchill, in all occupied countries and the UK own sabotaging the war effort against Germany. At the behest of Moscow. The luck of the draw that the leadership had a great human being, who refused to have an honorable peace with Hitler offered several times since the fall of France.
Battle of Britain was Britains only real contribution to the War, and while it certainly saved *them*, its role, and Britains, in contributing to the destruction of Nazi Germany is heavily overstated in my opinion.
Approx 4 million Wehrmacht were killed in the Eastern Front, by the Soviets, which amounted to 80% of Germanys fighting force in WW2, so how could 3 beaches in Normandy have WON THE ENTIRE EUROPEAN WAR.
@gunninlinguist Dont confuse dying with winning wars... it was much more than "3 beaches" as any superficial reading of WW2 will reveal.. including 250,000 chevy trucks built by USA & delivered by UK, USA & Canada to Russia at the cost of 50,000 merchant marine lives. the 55,000 UK RAF dead of the area bombing of Germany meant Russia faced much fewer G arms not to mnention the highly mechanised G army in the west neede to watch Britain. Without B & USA Russia would have lost WW2
German war production actually increased during the War, while the death toll on German civilians of this terror, or "morale" bombing, had the opposite effect and would have served to unify German spirit and War effort. To destroy Fortress Europe, the German force needed to be met head on, and destroyed. The country that paid the blood price was Russia. Remember that French, Dutch, British etc were no better at dealing with the Wehrmacht in its prime.
@gunninlinguist Although some German war production did increase during the war fighters being one example the underlying cause of Germany losing is it ran out of war making & building resources. Thank god. The whole point of WW2 from Hitler & Nazi point of view was the land & resources of White Russia and Ukraine.
@jayc342009 not quite. recall it was the resources of Empire that enabled Britain to fight on. The end of Empire was the result of many factors including war warriousness and economics. B Empire was at its heart a financial entity which after ww2 was looking more and more like costing more to run than it was worth so B correctly let go.
I will admit I have some personal bias towards the Eastern Front as I have German family who fought there. 2 Great Granduncles of mine were killed in the Siege of Sevastopol. But my point still stands.
@gunninlinguist Oh do not misunderstand me. It took everything Britain, Empire, USA, Russia & much of the rest of the world to bring Nazi Germany down. Point being that by not defeating B Germany guaranteed it would lose no matter the fighting in Russia. “Of all Germany’s possible enemies, Britain is the most dangerous” said Oberst Beppo Schmidt Head of Luftwaffe intelligence. Nov 1939. He had that right.
@gunninlinguist Oh you are uninformed pick up any well wriiten book on WW2 to gain a realistic understanding of Britian's contribution to the destruction of Nazi Germany. Start with Keegan's book WW2 . having said that BofB was the most importnat pivital battle that determined if the WW2 would be fought at all. The stalemate that was BofB turned a localized European war into a world war in which B played a major role
Well I mostly study the Eastern Front. Seemed like the bloody focal point of WW2 to me, where Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, and Nazi Germany bled dry. I would see Stalingrad as a far bigger turning point. This was the bloodiest battle ever fought in human history, where a million German soldiers died, kind strange thing to ignore.
Youre opinion doesnt mean shit. The facts speak for themselves, whether you ignore them or not, which you are clearly trying to do. The war could not have been won without Britain...simple as that.
Now, now, language. I'm not ignoring anything. Stalins Soviets and the Americans were the big hitters of WW2. They were after all the dominant superpowers of the following Cold War. 80% of Germanys military power was destroyed by Stalin, so what does that fact tell you. No need to get all emotional about it.
@gun while true that "80% of Germanys military power destroyed” in Russia this was only after Red Army became mobilized thanks in large part to B & USA (see below) also remember that 90% of Germany’s army was non mechanized despite those huge tank battles so once Soviets acquired mobility Germans were toast. Also many of German casualty’s result of weather, disease & prisoners not battle casualties.
@WolfytheWolf5667 "USSR countries" there were no USSR countries. with the Nazis at the gates of Moscow, Stalingrad etc. there were no countries that was the piont of the war. Allies provided huge resources to Russia including 250,000 3/4 ton trucks which gave Red Army mobility needed to engage in modern mechanized warfare. 50,000 allied merchant marine sailors perished taking the task of carrying the non existant arms to Stalin. try reading some authoritaive books on the subject.
@MartinIDavies You are very wrong, Allied supplies from both the British Empire,United States couldnt even make up 25% of the Soviet war-effort. The most vital thing the Allies gave the Soviets was info,vehicles. The Soviet Industry was hudge and in the Urals, Out the way of the war Russia has endless resources of everything as the European Axis forces found out during the first weeks of the war. Stalin refused to pay for much of the supplies due to the Allies planning to attack 1945.
@martynrobin121 nonesene... Stalin was totally uninterested in information. It would have required him to think & deal with reallity. As late as the very eve of Nazi invasion of Russia he didn't believe what the British were telling him. Allies shipped 250,000 trucks to Russia it was this that gave Red Army the mobility it needed to fight effectivley. The Allies plans of attacking the Soviet in 1945 were in Stalins derannged mind. read some real history books and ome back.
@MartinIDavies Honestly shows how much you know, The Allies were planning to attack the Soviet Union as early as 1945, Thats a well known fact look into Operation Unthinkable, It was the Allies who started the Cold war 1945 why dont you read some history! And yes the Vehicles,Info were the most vital things that Allies gave the Soviets, However 75% of the Soviet war-effort came from Russia, It was impossible for Russia to lose the war, The Axis never had no plan to defeat Russia it was insane!
@martynrobin121 "Operation Unthinkable" the very name gives it away. By war's end Britian as physically exhausted & near bankrupt. The very notion of an allied invasion of Soviet Union was absurd. Don't get me wromg I'm all sorts of plans knocking about including feasible vs delusions like this one. I bet you hidden deep in the vaults of both USA & UK military were plans that involve them fighting each other. feasible? I think not.
@MartinIDavies The Cold war started during World war 2 with D-Day, Relations between the Allies and Soviets were very poor, Operation Unthinkable was only called off due to Allied forces been moved for the Final push on Japan. Nazis became the Allies and started to work for the Allies, The Soviet Union became the main enemy and stopping the spread of Communism. And the U.S plans with the British Empire was to destroy there military might by economic ruin.
@martynrobin121 tell us something we don’t know. In my mind the cold war began in Stalin’s mind probably as soon as the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1941. He saw no difference between Nazi Germany & liberal western democracies all had to go. Recall Russia imposed single party communism on all countries “liberated” in eastern Europe wasting 2 generation’s lives. It was Russia that tried to force allies out of Berlin, Russians who tried to deploy missiles in Cuba
@MartinIDavies Relations between the Allies and Soviets were always very poor, Both sides didnt trust or agree with each other. Both sides are to blame for the Cold war, You cant just blame 1. And dont forget the Allied had Nuclear weapons whitch surrounded the Soviet Union, Obviously the Soviets were going to get revenge, Remember it was the Allies who used Nuclear weapons on Civilians, Soviets were shit scared of nuclear war, The Allies had Russia surrrounded by land,sea,Air.
@martynrobin121 "Allies had Russia surrrounded by land,sea,Air." then the soviets should have behaved accodingly and not waste 2 generations experiemneting with a failure social systems via the use of thuggery and murder. Facys are the Soviets were just as evil and waste of time as Nazis. and we had to wait 5 years for the lunacy to reveal its ineptitude, they wasted alomost 3/4 of the 20th C in their barbarism and delusions about human nature
@MartinIDavies Why didnt the Allies behave?? They planned to attack the Soviet Union, The Allies started to surround Russia with nukes, And the Allies used WMD on civilians. What about the Allies corrupt policy? The habbit the Allis have still to this day in invaded nations and mass killing civilians?? And the Americans exterminated the American natives, The U.S done what Hitler wanted to do with Russia. You make out the Soviets were evil and Allies the heroes, PROPPAGANDA both bad!
@marty Nazis, Soviets & Japs equally evil. Allies focused on Nazi's 1st because they were most threatening to Britain & by extension western civilization . As to civilians you have your decimal points confused. Nazi, Communists & Japanese killed millions. Allies did kill civilians in strategic bombing but in much smaller numbers. To compare the scale of civilian death as comparable in size & ignore the moral element of why we the west fought means you misunderstand why the war was fought
@MartinIDavies The Nazis did not threaten Britain or its interests, Hitler admired the British and wanted the British as Allies, Hitler was begging the British for peace during the war, Hitlers goal was to destroy Communism and expand into Russia and Eastern Europe. Hitler called the war with Britain "waste of life". Yes the Japs did threaten British,U.S,European interests, However they were sly and only attacked thinking the Allies were weak and too busy fighting the European Axis to care.
@martynrobin121 no... to say that Nazis did not threaten Britian is iether revisionist nonsense of plain idiocy.. what is it about the underlying rotten evilm core of Nazism was a direct threat to western civilization which meant a war you don't get. Hitler attacked everyone of his peaceful neighbors and got the war Hitker wanted so bad. What Hitler wanted from Britain was to be left alone to murder the world. Do you seriously believe he would have left Britian in peace. No
@MartinIDavies You obviously know nothing,-Hitlers main goal was to expand into Eastern Europe & Russia and to destory Communism. Hitler wanted a strong Britain and often spoke how vital there Empire was to the world, You do realise Hitler wanted a world ruled by the British and Germans? Hitler called the war in the West a waste of life, Hitler was begging the British for peace, After-all it was Britain,France who declared on Germany. Hitler wanted to destory Communism,Russia!
@martynrobin121 Actually I know plenty as a quick read back will attest. Hitler was mad & needed to be destroyed just like a mad dog pity it took so long and so many people had to die in order to accomplish it. If you think Britain was going to rely on Hitler's delusional promises you're a fool. get over it. accept that Nazi German was a bad thing. there could be no co-existing with them.
@MartinIDavies Adolf Hitler wanted the British Empire as Friends and Allies, Hitler saw a world ruled by Britain,Germany. Remember it was Britain who declared war on Germany, Hitler was begging the British for peace even after the defeat of France & BEF, Hitler said he would withdraw from E.Europe and even help the British if the U.S plan-"War plan Red" went ahead. Hitler wanted to destroy Communism and the Soviet Union, Britain started 1 war,Just to start anouther, Communism was evil!
@martynrobin121 "Adolf Hitler wanted" a lot of things but mostly to kill miilions of people becuase his mad mind told him so. Is there something about Hitler & his drug addicted murdeous hench men's nature you don't get? have you actually read any real history on WW2 and its leadup? the causes and subsequent behavour of the variuos countries and principle characters.. I mean you can evidentaly type on a keyboard but your comments and beliefs are astiundingly delusional and idiototic
@MartinIDavies What about Winston Churchill the alcoholic war mongor? Hitler was begging the British for peace, And even said the Nazis would withdraw from W.Europe. Instead Churchill refused whitch caused the deaths of countless millions. If Churchill had accepted peace then Fasism and Communism would have killed each other, Britain would stay strong and the worlds superpower. Instead the Allies helped Communism and then betrayed Communism whitch started more wars and deaths of millions. THINK!
@martynrobin121 " If Churchill had accepted peace" surely you mean had Britain cowtowed to Nazi thugs things would have been better. what is it about the nature of both Nazis & Soviets that makes you think they would have allowed anyone they disapproved of to stay alive. Dont you get it. we all would be iether dead or slaves. "betrayed coomunism" I have no idea what you mean. So explain what you mean when you say that western democracies caused millions of deaths? no we stopped the killing
@MartinIDavies Adolf Hitler was begging the British for peace, Hitler said the German forces would withdraw from W.Europe. The Nazi goals was to unite Greater Germany and expand into the East to destroy Communism. Churchill was a war mongor who caused countless millions to die, If the British had accepted peace then the Famism and Communism could have destroy each other, Winston Churchill said "There shall be no peace for Germany, They would give in too easy", Churchill was a war mongor!
@MartinIDavies In 1940, Adolf Hitler asked the British for peace and said Germany would withdraw from Western Europe. Nazi-Germany was begging the British for peace during the war many attempts were made just research. Churchill was a war mongor who destroyed Britain and its Empire and Europe. Stalin and Communsim took over Eastern Europe, Communism was bigger threat than Nazis! Britain got nothing out of the war accept humiliation and debt, The Soviets,U.S got eveything they ever wanted!
@martynr True in 1940 Hitler did offer Britain peace, of the vanquished. May 1940 British cabinet debated just that “5 days in May 1940’ by John Lukacs. Hitler hoped he could scare Britain into acquiesce & win without having to fight. After the fall of France Britain knew any peace would require the surrender/destruction of Royal Navy without which Britain would be defenseless with resources of Empire & USA permanently out of reach & so revert to a slave state. No better to fight to the end.
@MartinIDavies Hitler never wanted a war with Britain, Infact Hitler wanted a strong Britain and often spoke how vital the Empire was to the world. Hitler saw the British as equals and Allies against Communism. If Britain had agreed to peace talks 1940, Millions would have been saved and Communism destroyed and Fasism weak and bankrupt due to war debts instead of Britain, The European Axis powers wanted to protect Europe from Communism, Churchill gave Eastern Europe to Stalin who was more evil!!
@martynrobin121 I don't think you have actually read what i have written. What is it about Britian being uninterested in pandering to Hitler and his wants you do not understand. Hitler wanted a lot of things so do we all. You seem a very dim person. As early as 1933 it was obvious that there would be a war with Germany. A 'peace' made in 1940 with Germany would have been exactly what I have described... Britain would not allow itself to become a vassal of Nazi Germany.. ever period fool
@MartinIDavies You seem to be brainwashed by proppaganda that Hitler wanted to take over the world, Whitch is foolish. Hitler wanted to expand east and destroy Communism, The Axis were seen as liberators in the East and millions joined the Axis armies to defeat Communism. Germany only invaded W.Europe because France,Britain had declared war on Germany, Because Germany would no longer accept Germans been killed in the Danzig massacre. Hitler said he would withdraw 1940, Churchill refused!
@MartinIDavies You just dont seem to get it, Adolf Hitler wanted a strong Britain and said the Empire was vital to the world. The only nation planning for war with Britain in the 1930s was the United States in war plan red. Hitler wanted to unite greater Germany and expand into the East and to destroy Communism. It was Britain who declared on Germany, The war destroyed both Britain,Germany,Europe and Communism won and spread like wild fire, The U.S got everything they wanted, Britain humiliated
“dont seem to get it” of course I get it. I‘ve read Mien Kampf how else can you put ww2 into perspective. I’ve also read many other books on WW2. In 1930s none of the liberal democracies in the west wanted war hence their unpreparedness for it when it came. “Britain; declared war on Germany” She certainly did as compared to Hitler just kicked down the doors of almost all his neighbors when it suited him. Meanwhile without a fleet there would be no British Empire. You seem simple minded
@MartinIDavies Britain declared war for Poland, And they lost just like 1939, By 1945 Poland still occupied by the Red Army. You do realise the reason Germany invaded Poland was because of the Daniz massacre? Germans been mass murdered,tortured. When the European Axis powers invaded East they were seen as liberators and heroes, Millions joined the Axis armies to fight Communism and fight for Europe. Germany,Italy invaded Western Europe because Britain,France declared war.
@martynrobin121 "European Axis powers wanted to protect Europe" no by their actions we know what they (Hitler) wanted, to subjegate & murder anyine they disliked or disagreed with... including Britain if they could have managed it. Germany could not have allowed a powerful Royal Navy and British Empire to exist at his back... He started a total war there was no going back NO peace until all was won or lost . are you on drugs?
@MartinIDavies Adolf Hilter never wanted a war with Britain thats fact, Hitler called the war in the West a waste of life. Hitlers main goal was to Unite greater Germany and expand into the East and destroy Communism. Hitler wanted a strong Britain and said that the Empire was vital to the World. Stalin was evil and paranoid and killed countless millions, Communism was abigger threat then the Axis and Britain lost everything just to give E.Europe to Communism bigger threat!!
@martynrobin121 From around 1936 no one in Britain cared what Hitler thought or wanted. He was a murdering lying psychopath. Hitler was afraid of war with Britain because he (& generals) knew Britain was tough nut to crack being the only power capable of defeating them. Germany great at bullying weaker or cowed states but when it came to fighting a technologically superior a foe that was capable of fighting on land, sea & air Germany was in trouble as this vid shows us
@MartinIDavies You do realise Britain declared war on Germany 1939 for Poland, And in 1945 just like 1939 Poland was occupied by the Red Army and Eastern Europe taken over by Communism. Stalin was evil and more paranoid than Hitler, Before the war and after the war, Stalin killed millions of his own people. Communism was abigger threat to Fasism, Adolf Hitler never wanted a war with Britain, Read Mein Kampf, Hitler wanted to destroy communism and expand east. Hitler saw Britain as Allies!
@martynrobin121 “Hitler saw Britain as Allies” what a deluded fool was Hitler if he seriously thought that Britain would stand idly by while he systematically invaded all his neighbors, loot them of resources & march millions off to slave & death camps he misjudged Britain. And that cost him the war and the hellish world he & his drug addicted murderous Nazi thugs had in mind for us all. Left to itself communism would have collapsed under it’s own ineptitude as it eventually did in 1989
@MartinIDavies Germany invaded Poland, Because Germans were been wiped out in the Danzig massacre. Germany invaded Western Europe because Britain,France declared war. Just like the Nazis the British invaded nations and looted for resources and enslaved and had concentration camps, What about the Soviets camps and slaves? Churchill was a war mongor who destroyed Britain and Europe, And helped Communism take over Eastern Europe, Britain lost the war, Poland was still occupied by the Reds!
You are also ignoring the Battle of the Atlantic, the Campaign in Africa and in Southern Italy, you are ignoring alot of what Britain contributed to the war.
@gunninlinguist In regards to the Western Allies viewpoint of the war, I think you miss the point. Had Britain lost the air war in 1940 the US would never have obtained a foot hold in Europe. The BoB was the pinnacle battle that sowed the seed for the Nazi's destruction. If any battle that had to be won, it was that one.
@BJBTJF Yes you are dead right. BofB was the critical battle that had it gone the other way both Russia and later a lone USA would been unable to defeat Nazi Germany. It is very easy to forget this as we see from the comments of the semi-educated here
Outnumbered. Facing seemingly insurmountable odds. And somehow despite this beating back the enemy to win the day. Every Hollywood action movie since has followed the Battle of Britain imprint. Only this was real.
Yes,the war is destructive.Nazi Germany was quite aggressive at that time.France can be said,a great victory for Hitler.That's a harsh battle for Britain.She was almost fighting alone.
the lon was a result of wilsons 14 points of light (especially the 14th). it came about because of the paris conference(wilson, loyd george, clemenceau and italian vittorrio orlando), we didnt join because of the crap that was extra that the american public wanted no part of, so the personal gain of britain and france started ww2 eventually(hardships)
the fault isn't , "German" it's" Nazi." the greater part of the German nation didn't recognise the evil of Hitler until he had them all by the throat.
@ooreoo9 "German nation didn't recognise the evil of Hitler until he had them all by the throat"
not quite.. they knew the NAZI's were popular, they the German people had a front row seat & particitpated in NAZI rise to power. Remember NAZI's came to power through a democractic election the violence hadn't really got going then. They were the will of the German people. Lets not delude ourselves on this
I live in Portsmouth. Portsmouth still keeps the battle of britain alive with its museums and memorials and to make things more interesting there are still bombs and mines being descovered of the coast of Portsmouth like 3 or 4 times a year!
England also destroyed the tyrant Napoleon and halted the Nazi advance in ww2 through the very battle this video is about. We gave the world our language which is now known as the language of the planet earth. And if you look back far enough though your family history, you will find that your family was English once. Learn some history, get some comon sense, and stop being a dumb arse retard. England gave the world ten fold what the U.S ever has or ever will.
I think you have to learn some history and dont be so egocentric. The ALLY of Britain, Preussen, Russia etc destroyed Napoleons tyrant regime. The ALLY of Britain, Russia and USA halted the Nazi Advance in ww2. If you do some research you will find out that chinese is the most spoken language in the world. And if he look back far enough though his family history he might will find out that his family was Italian, German, Russian,... once.
1. Every country has allies in war, but we had the most troops and armaments in the war against Napoleon. We also delt him a major blow at Trafalgar.
2. The Battle of Britain was a key factor in the Nazi defeat, if we had fallen, the U.S would have been surrounded, Germans on one side, Japanese on the other=allies losing the war. Its you that need some history lessons
3. 95% of white Americans can trace there lineage back to Britain one way or another. Thats fact.
1. But you have written it like Britain was the only nation fighting against Napoleon
2. How you could know? Fact is that Britains got a lot of help in the Battle of Britain by polish, the common wealth... Moreover the defeat at Stalingrad was the turning point at ww2. You had forgot the Russians.
3. You wrote ist like he MUST be british. And where you got this fact from?
2. Hitler only invaded Russia because he couldent take Great Britain. If Britain had fallen, he would have invaded Russia in the summer and not the Winter, which means Germany would have won in russia as Russias winter was key to germanys defeat in the USSR. And we had that help from our EMPIRE, it was not the common wealth then. So obviously they had to help us.
3. Did i say he was British?, no, i said its more than likely he has British lineage somewhere along the line.
@MrDeano324 “Hitler only invaded Russia because he couldn’t take Great Britain” this is nonsense. Operation Barbarossa the German invasion of Soviet Union began on 22 June 1941 which in the northern hemisphere is summer not winter! You do know this don’t you? Further Hitler had always planned on invading USSR his mistake was thinking Britain was defeated and would not be able to do anything to prevent his plans. Of course we now all know he got that wrong
And Chinese is only the most spoken languge purley bacause China is has the largest population of any country on earth by quite a way. English is spoken by 4 of the most influetioal countries in the world, as well as New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, the entire Carribean, Zimbabwe and more. Hence English is a world wide language.
@Mudacc I think you will find English is the most spoken language. I can see where you are comming from that China is over populated but more countries speak English.
@MrDeano324 England destroyed Napoleon......You are one blinkered english moron you gits are and never will be the master race you like to think you are...GOON!
I know Great Britain and the allies destroyed Napoleon. And the master race refers to the Nazi regime, not the British. Also a "goon" is a nickname for a german prisioner of war guard. So where on my profile does it state I am german?. Learn the right terminology before you insult someone. You dumb little troll. Grow up and get a life....and an education.
@jimmy27paul "England, austria, russia, prussia beat Napoleon...... after 14 years........" yes you have that dead right it took many European allies to take Napoleon down.. this despite USA's helping to finance him by the Louisiana purchase and the stab in the back but failed invasion of Canada in 1812 while Britain was fully preoccupied with Napoleon.
@jimmy27paul Yes Britain had many European allies brining Napoleon down. And let’s not forget yje role of the USA. The $15 million paid to France for the lands of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 gave Napoleon a huge financial jolt enabling him to continue destroying Europe and then 1812 USA thinks it sees an opportunity to annex British North America (Canada) while Britain was preoccupied with fighting France.
You Americans are dumb shits arnt you?, if it wernt for England you wouldn't even have a country. And if your a White American, you wouldn't even be alive now if it wasn't for England. And your proud icon George washigton was English. England also created Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and brought the world into the modern age by starting the industrial revoloution.
@laetrille I am American and youre sad english moron pretending to be an American !!!!
you have respect to the British ? who exactly ? the Scottish i agree the welsh i agree but English ? what morons did for America ever ? they reaped American people you moron.
the English used scotland as slave welsh as servant and Irish were enslaved ny the english years before africans so why do you have respect to the English ?
you fukking english cunt stop pretending to be an American !!
@ Loots`er,Haven`t you ever heard of operation sea lion,Another fucking idiot,Who knows nothing,Operation sea lion was code name of invasion of britain,Which failed,Germans had 1000 mile of coast line,Yet couldn`t beat the R a f.
@ studenentrepreneur,The english didn`t even use the navy in the battle of britain,It would`ve been suicidal,They were all over the world protecting supple lines and cargo you idiot,Please watch the full battle of britain before sprouting nonense.
once again, britain defeats another foolish attacker who believed he could simply cross the channel and kill 98.84% of world tea drinkers. fools. nobody since William the conqueror managed, and that was close, and the brtish army was i the north, and they had been attacked by vikings, and they had to leave troops in the north. I like the way british women just come up and say; "hey, let's do this and thisand this"and work 70 hours a week. barmy britons. I'm a frenchie.
@Mneutralcritic If Hitler decided to invade England that would have been the end of Ebgland. A cake walk. The English are better fightres then the faggot french but the Germans were the best. By the way the Germans wanted to have England as an ally not a enemy. They could easily have defeated the English if they did not invade Russia.
@LootsEr Another youtube faggot that has 0 knowledge of history. Germany DID attempt to invade Britain. The Battle of Britain was fought so they could gain air superiority over the British and launch an invasion attempt. They failed to win this battle therefore could NOT invade Britain. The reason for this is the channel was lined with the British navy which was the LARGEST of all ship fleets in WW2. Hitler attacked Russia with the belief that the British be scared into surrendering.
@LootsEr And yes the Germans wanted Britain as an ally as they would not be able to expand the German empire to the size they wanted without us. Seriously, do some real fucking research before you go spouting your absolute bullshit theories. Hitler TRIED to clear the skies for an invasion attempt and couldnt even achieve that. Even with air superiority the chances of them invading us were still little. "I will do what Napoleon failed to do and set foot on Britain"- Hitler's famous failed words.
@StudentEntrepreneur the royal navy would be target practice if germany decided to build torpedo planes and level bombers if they had air superiority.
if it wrent for the brave men of the RAF britian would have been invaded by the nazis and we would have been screwed the germans would have signed a deal with the americans and that would have been it
@AlchemicGnosis Battle of britain The RAF had 1,200 planes on the eve of the battle. include 800 spitfires and hurricanes but only 660 were serviceable. Luftwaffe had 2,800 aircraft stationed in france Belgium, Holland and Norway
@AlchemicGnosis Sorry its just I think its a shame that most people nowadays dont bother to read up on subjects anymore and as you have so rightly said believe everything thats on TV ,video or film and even by todays standards newspapers!.
@ihaterudeamericans As a rude american I have to disagree. The fortitude, tenacity and spirit of the British people during the war was the one thing that saved the world from facsism. The men of the RAF in particullar deserve the highest honor any men deserve.
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@ RifledBarrel
What went wrong?
Socialism.THAT'S what went wrong.Bleeding hearts,hand-wringers and do-gooders thinking life can be fair.Useful idiots whiteanting society.People that spit on their freedom.Dr Benjamin Spock.Oh,and Islamic immigration.
Yes muzzster, you are correct. It's creeping socialism My definition of socialism is: politics for the envious. A creed for the self loathing. It is greed minus sweat and endeavour.
And Churchill's take.
"The vice of capitalism is that not all get to share in it's benefits. The virtue of socialism is that all get to share in it's miseries".
After 3 Labour governments, surely everyone must be better equipped to understand this.
Lefties HATE Churchill because he dealt only in reality.They will not stop until they've handed our hard fought freedoms and prosperity on a plate to the enemy and undeserving.
Churchill to Chaimberlain,in the House of Commons:"You were given the choice between war and dishonour.You chose dishonour,and you will have war".
I see you have some serious issues, Muzzster. I don't mean to pick on you, but you're just ranting without making half an ounce of sense.
You remind me of Steve Martin yelling at John Candy in the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles, "Oh, and by the way, when you talk, HAVE A POINT! It makes it so much more interesting for the listener."
@laetrille: "I am an American, but I have great respect for our British allies"
And I'm a Brit & as far as I'm concerned every American who came across to England to fight is an adopted son & I hope they as well as their children are treated very well any time they visit their 2nd home
P.S. There was an American named Ed Murrow, 1 of my personal heroes due to the fact he contributed immeasurably to saving my homeland. Murrow, at personal risk, broadcast the Blitz live to his fellow Americans
@laetrille Thank you, It's very refreshing to hear that coming from an American, so many Americans seem to want to put down the British, and belittle our wartime involvement. The Americans were our wartime allies and we have great respect for those that fought the wars with us.
when that vid was made Britain was a great, proud and respectful nation.......but now it'a all hoodies, disrespect and vandalism - so what went wrong?
We're no longer at war in Europe and thus people have returned to how they always act. The current eldest generations in the UK at the min were brought up in a war atmosphere and thus their idea of what is "normal" is skewed.
Britain has always had disrespect and vandalism, it just so happens that the media is much more pervasive now than in the past. The Gin lane scandals in the 19th century is a perfect example of how Britain used to be like. There has never been a "golden age".
look how the UK get ready for war and look at France lol. France was like a joke lol. No disrespect but the French could have done way better. France had the power and resources to dual solo with Hitler, but the French commanders were suck*ss to be honest, they didn't even form national guard like the Brit. lol French.
Germany made the fatal mistake of invading the Soviet Union. Many german generals had a tremendous amount of respect for the russian soldiers after the first few months of the war during operation barbarossa. The russians fought extremely hard, something the germans never saw in poland, or against france, and british troops in the west.
Was R.A.F Brize norton involved in this? I know it was later with Horsa gliders and the Pegasus Bridge aspect of D-Day. BUT, were any fighters stationed there?
And I wasn't saying the British and Russians didn't do well by the way. They did great! It took skill to take the German army. It's really a shame though. I didn't agree with the Treaty of Versailles either and Germany was poorly treated for it despite everyone really being at fault in WW1. If Hitler had just rebuilt Germany and didn't wish to conquer this may have been a better world at the time and those brave souls might still be alive. It's just tragic how all this happened.
Interesting comment about the Treaty of Versailles. I do believe that the Allies, in part, had brought the war upon themselves. The terms imposed by the Treaty were among the harshest Germany ever had to suffer.
Yeah. In a sort of way Germany had a right to take back it's lost territory. The country was only about 2/3 of it's original size after the first war. Hitler however didn't stop. If the European countries just banded together we'd be far more sophisticated today. And reallright for France and Britain to claim they were right. They made empire's of their own. A the Austrians, Serbians, and Russians that started it all. But imnperialism and nationalism was everywhere in Europe.
But didn't the territory you are referring to belong to France anyway, pre 1870?...The Germans took it off them as a spoil of war back then...The French were therefore only reclaiming what was taken from them 40 years prior to 1918.....tit for tat....
True but France invaded Germany even before WW1 began and Germany defeated them by taking that territory as a response to stop the invasion. That's why they were so willing to go to war with Germany in the beginning. Back then imperialism was common amoung all the major countries so everyone was kinda at fault for the war and no one's motives were innocent. In WW2 it was more of Germany's fault in the end, but that was set off from poor treatment by the Allies, which started pure evil.
Yeah but as I said ALL the powers were ready to go to war and none of them had good motives. I'm not saying Germany is innocent when it came to the wars, and I'm certainly not saying they are innocent in the second, but we get told that the Allies were better. Although France and Britain were just as bad at the time and their unfair terms only caused the Germans to hate them more. When you have a war this big you must try to be fair to the losing side. That's the right choice we made after WW2.
By demanding reparations and an army limit after a disastorous war? Besides, it was France who invaded the Rhineland - not Britian.
Hitler loved Britain, he wanted an alliance with the British, but we gave up our empire fighting against him so Europe would stay free. Although, i will say that the Nazis were nowhere near as bad as the Soviets.
When I said France and Britain were just as bad I menat they wanted to gain more power just as much. WWI was a war where everyone was at fault, not just the Axis powers. In WWII the war was Germany's fault retaliating over harsh treatment by the Allies. I'm mainly refering to WWI though. And technically the British still have certain lands under their control anyway so The British EMpire is still standing. No I like Britain and France but refering back then practically everyone was imperialist.
Very true. The British organized the League of Nations to avoid future wars. Sadly the Italians and Americans would not join because they would accept Blacks as equals to Whites.
Re Britain organizing the League of Nations - not exactly - this was the brainchild of Woodrow Wilson (a great Pres & world diplomat) who came up with 14 points which is how the Treaty Of Versailles should have read if the nations at the time had truly wanted a lasting peace. Point # 14 "General Association of Nations' which became the League of Nations - sadly the 1 nation that was missing was the U.S.
@atrumira The US set up the league of nations, but didn't join it, not really. The LON demanded all citizens were given equal rights and Italy and the USA would not accept their black population as equal, thus they refused to join. Hence the UK and France were left alone to fight fro democracy.
@atrumira The idea that "collective security" would have worked any better in the League of Nations, even with US involvement, than it did/does with the U.N. is unsupportable. In the 20's and 30's, the WWI allies lost the will to keep themselves properly armed, and nothing Wilson proposed would have prevented that. Nor would anything Wilson proposed would have deterred the Germans from seeking another war. Only certain or likely defeat would have deterred them.
@warriorprince1010 Nonsense.. League of Nations was the handywork of Woodrow Wilson the American President not Britain. USA refused to join because it would have committed USA to foreign entanglements & after WW1 USA yearned for the isolationism that the 19th Cent had provided it had nothing to with racism of USA. Meanwhile Italy was a founding member! Do you actually think before you spout your thoughts. Getting it right is not difficult but it does take application of thought
@MartinIDavies The League of Nation was mainly the UK and France. If it was the USA handywork then they would have joined. The USA did not join because the LON demanded all citizens were given equal rights and the USA refused to give blacks and native Americans such rights. The military part was the whole point of the LON, it was the UN of its day.
@warriorprince1010 LON was Woodrow Wilons baby not B and F although after the slaughter of WW1 and their reduction in power they were interested in a way to prevent a repeat so the collective security of LON seemed to fit the bill it didnt becuase no country was prepared to fight (similar to todays UN). I have explained the resaons why USA declined to join LON it could not gete Congress top ratify joining.. read some proper history books boy.
@MartinIDavies "boy"...lol what an idiot. The USA refused to join because they would not give equal rights to blacks and natives people whos land they stole. The UK and France were the two main members of the LON as they did not want anymore wars. The USA should have made a stand and joined the LON.
Great Britain - smaller than the state of Wyoming.. balls bigger than those barrage balloons.
bigjobs5000 1 week ago
@bigjobs5000
True. Although having the English channel separate the island probably prevented the same thing happening as in France in 1940. Some natural barrier.
However, considering the several times worse destruction the people in the USSR faced when facing the might of the Nazi war machinery, and sacrificing their women, children, old and millions of civilians in a struggle for survival against seemingly impossible odds (at the start of the war), what balls did they have?
McLarenMercedes 3 days ago
u guys are hilarous lol
tumak1966 2 weeks ago
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I have created a music album which charts this same period of British history:
Britain At War - Darkest Hour by Rhesus Monkey. The album covers the Prelude to War, The King's Speech, The Battle of France, Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, and of course The Blitz. I've also created a video to accompany Churchill's address to the United States in June 1941: 'The Old Lion'. You can view that video within my YouTube channel.
rhesusmonkey2012 4 weeks ago
world domination,lol ridiculous propaganda
hilletehnoob 1 month ago
Britain's finest hour and the first major defeat for the Nazis.
Thanks for uploading artensdaskomodie, very enjoyable.
bigjobs5000 2 months ago
Haha I am lol @ the ignoant Martinrobyn121. This person needs to take some history lessons. Probably one of those conspiracy freaks who doesn't beliave in the holocaust. Britian saw thru Hitler's psychotic warmongeing mentality and would never ally with the Nazi scumbags. Thanx for posting this series, m8. Cheers!
crazeeborg 3 months ago
@crazeeborg What? You do realise Germany & Italy invaded France & the low countries because the Allies declared war. Yes, The German-Soviet invasion of Poland 1939 was corrupt, Adolf Hitler wanted war with the Communists, Both Hitler & Stalin were planning for war, Britain was caught up in the cross-fire Hitler was a fool. And Britain would not back down or even accept any peace-talks only total victory. Remember We ALLIED with the Communists? And even the Nazis after the war, (Research!!)
martynrobin121 1 month ago
@martynrobin121 you stupid dumbfuck, Germany pre-emptively invaded Poland in 1939' and that started ww2. The invasion of France & low countrys was almost 1/2 yr later.
pls go jump off a cliff assclown
fluffy1931 1 month ago
@fluffy1931 Cant you read? For a start, The British declared war on Germany 1939 because they refused to leave Poland. France also declared war 1939. Germany & Italy invaded France & the low Countries 1940. "IF" they didnt the Allies would have invaded Germany. Did you even read my comment? I said nothing about the war started, I gave the reason for the German invasion of France.
martynrobin121 1 month ago
@martynrobin121 no dumbfuck, ww2 started when Germany pre-emptively invaded Poland & started a war of 'aggression' despite your fantasy about 'declarations of war'. What part of 'pre-emptive' does your brain not process? At Nuremberg Germany was found guilty of waging a war of 'aggression'.
As early as Jan 31, 1934. nations had defined an act of aggression as follows:
"Invasion by its armed forces, with or without a declaration of war, of the territory of another State"
pls gtfoh
fluffy1931 1 month ago
@fluffy1931 What? When Germany invaded Poland, Britain or France did not declare war. The British gave the Germans a final chance of peace and asked Hitler to withdraw his Force, Hitler refused and the war started. Remember Germany broke the Munich Treaty 1938 and occupied Czech illegal. That is German aggression and more than enough excuse for peace. What about the Soviet agression? THINK ABOUT IT!!!
martynrobin121 1 month ago
@martynrobin121
The moment that Germany invaded Poland regardless of or absent 'declarations' of war by either Germany, Poland, Britain or France defined as 'aggression'.
"Invasion by its armed forces, with or without a declaration of war, of the territory of another State"
Existing international agreements signed by Germany that made aggressive war and certain wartime actions unlawful, such as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the Covenant of the League of Nations, Hague Conventions.
fluffy1931 1 month ago
@fluffy1931 You obviously dont know much, AFTER Germany invaded Poland the British gave the Germans a final chance of peace, Withdraw or face war. The Germans agression started 1938, Germany betrayed the Munich treaty and occupied all of Czech. Germany could have invaded got their revenge on the poles and pulled out and the British & French would not have declared war. The reason for the Allies who decalred war on Germany 1939, Was because Hitler refused to leave!!
martynrobin121 1 month ago
@martynrobin121 lol,..more dribble.
fluffy1931 1 month ago
@fluffy1931 Learn history you fool.
martynrobin121 1 month ago
@martynrobin121 lol,..your not a historian, assclown.
fluffy1931 1 month ago
@fluffy1931 Obviously your history is pathetic, You said the Allies declared war on Germany because of the invasion of Poland and breaking the treaty. However the British made it clear the Germans could invade and leave without war. The British said if the Germans did not withdraw thier troops by a certain hour they would face war, Hitler refused to leave and started the war. Germany could have smashed Poland and then moved back to its borders without a war, However they stayed illegal.
martynrobin121 1 month ago
@martynrobin121 obviously I posted what Germany was found guilty of at Nuremberg & etc international courts & treatys after the war. dumbfuck.
"Invasion by its armed forces, with or without a declaration of war, of the territory of another State"
From existing international agreements signed by Germany that made aggressive war and certain wartime actions unlawful, such as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the Covenant of the League of Nations, Hague Conventions.
fluffy1931 1 month ago
@fluffy1931 What the hell are you talking about? My point was- Britain declared war on Germany 1939 because they refused to withdraw from Poland.
martynrobin121 1 month ago
@martynrobin121 lol,.. more dribble.
fluffy1931 1 month ago
THese good for nothing yanks always wanting to be the main character of everything, just like a homllywood movie. Can't wait for them to end so we stop reading these dumb ass yanks pretending they own the world.
DisidenciaTricolor 4 months ago
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ejc45 5 months ago
Brazil. My admiration for all sacrifcio the UK in 40 years. Both civilian and military. especially with the RAF and Royal Navy. Only fought against Hitler and Stalin, who was then allies. In memory of Mr. Churchill, in all occupied countries and the UK own sabotaging the war effort against Germany. At the behest of Moscow. The luck of the draw that the leadership had a great human being, who refused to have an honorable peace with Hitler offered several times since the fall of France.
aczjbr 6 months ago
Battle of Britain was Britains only real contribution to the War, and while it certainly saved *them*, its role, and Britains, in contributing to the destruction of Nazi Germany is heavily overstated in my opinion.
gunninlinguist 6 months ago
@gunninlinguist Have you even researched about WW2, As Britain played a major part in the war.
arsenaljsutliffuk 6 months ago
@gunninlinguist
Africa, 3 of the 5 beaches in France, WON THE ENTIRE EUROPEAN WAR...(by ourselves)
Whilst cowards gave up!
WolfytheWolf5667 6 months ago
@WolfytheWolf5667
Approx 4 million Wehrmacht were killed in the Eastern Front, by the Soviets, which amounted to 80% of Germanys fighting force in WW2, so how could 3 beaches in Normandy have WON THE ENTIRE EUROPEAN WAR.
gunninlinguist 6 months ago
@gunninlinguist Dont confuse dying with winning wars... it was much more than "3 beaches" as any superficial reading of WW2 will reveal.. including 250,000 chevy trucks built by USA & delivered by UK, USA & Canada to Russia at the cost of 50,000 merchant marine lives. the 55,000 UK RAF dead of the area bombing of Germany meant Russia faced much fewer G arms not to mnention the highly mechanised G army in the west neede to watch Britain. Without B & USA Russia would have lost WW2
MartinIDavies 6 months ago
@MartinIDavies
German war production actually increased during the War, while the death toll on German civilians of this terror, or "morale" bombing, had the opposite effect and would have served to unify German spirit and War effort. To destroy Fortress Europe, the German force needed to be met head on, and destroyed. The country that paid the blood price was Russia. Remember that French, Dutch, British etc were no better at dealing with the Wehrmacht in its prime.
gunninlinguist 5 months ago
@gunninlinguist Although some German war production did increase during the war fighters being one example the underlying cause of Germany losing is it ran out of war making & building resources. Thank god. The whole point of WW2 from Hitler & Nazi point of view was the land & resources of White Russia and Ukraine.
MartinIDavies 5 months ago
@gunninlinguist Britain gave up their empire for WW2, because we contributed so much in the war.
jayc342009 6 months ago
@jayc342009 not quite. recall it was the resources of Empire that enabled Britain to fight on. The end of Empire was the result of many factors including war warriousness and economics. B Empire was at its heart a financial entity which after ww2 was looking more and more like costing more to run than it was worth so B correctly let go.
MartinIDavies 5 months ago
@MartinIDavies
I will admit I have some personal bias towards the Eastern Front as I have German family who fought there. 2 Great Granduncles of mine were killed in the Siege of Sevastopol. But my point still stands.
gunninlinguist 5 months ago
@gunninlinguist Oh do not misunderstand me. It took everything Britain, Empire, USA, Russia & much of the rest of the world to bring Nazi Germany down. Point being that by not defeating B Germany guaranteed it would lose no matter the fighting in Russia. “Of all Germany’s possible enemies, Britain is the most dangerous” said Oberst Beppo Schmidt Head of Luftwaffe intelligence. Nov 1939. He had that right.
MartinIDavies 5 months ago
@gunninlinguist Oh you are uninformed pick up any well wriiten book on WW2 to gain a realistic understanding of Britian's contribution to the destruction of Nazi Germany. Start with Keegan's book WW2 . having said that BofB was the most importnat pivital battle that determined if the WW2 would be fought at all. The stalemate that was BofB turned a localized European war into a world war in which B played a major role
MartinIDavies 5 months ago
@MartinIDavies
Well I mostly study the Eastern Front. Seemed like the bloody focal point of WW2 to me, where Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, and Nazi Germany bled dry. I would see Stalingrad as a far bigger turning point. This was the bloodiest battle ever fought in human history, where a million German soldiers died, kind strange thing to ignore.
gunninlinguist 5 months ago
@gunninlinguist
Youre opinion doesnt mean shit. The facts speak for themselves, whether you ignore them or not, which you are clearly trying to do. The war could not have been won without Britain...simple as that.
DeamonStorm666 5 months ago
@DeamonStorm666
Now, now, language. I'm not ignoring anything. Stalins Soviets and the Americans were the big hitters of WW2. They were after all the dominant superpowers of the following Cold War. 80% of Germanys military power was destroyed by Stalin, so what does that fact tell you. No need to get all emotional about it.
gunninlinguist 5 months ago
@gun while true that "80% of Germanys military power destroyed” in Russia this was only after Red Army became mobilized thanks in large part to B & USA (see below) also remember that 90% of Germany’s army was non mechanized despite those huge tank battles so once Soviets acquired mobility Germans were toast. Also many of German casualty’s result of weather, disease & prisoners not battle casualties.
MartinIDavies 5 months ago
@MartinIDavies
actually USSR supplies came from USSR countries, USA supplies did not arrive and/or were damaged upon entry to Russia.
Plus, they had VERY LITTLE supplies from USA.
WolfytheWolf5667 5 months ago
@WolfytheWolf5667 "USSR countries" there were no USSR countries. with the Nazis at the gates of Moscow, Stalingrad etc. there were no countries that was the piont of the war. Allies provided huge resources to Russia including 250,000 3/4 ton trucks which gave Red Army mobility needed to engage in modern mechanized warfare. 50,000 allied merchant marine sailors perished taking the task of carrying the non existant arms to Stalin. try reading some authoritaive books on the subject.
MartinIDavies 5 months ago
@MartinIDavies You are very wrong, Allied supplies from both the British Empire,United States couldnt even make up 25% of the Soviet war-effort. The most vital thing the Allies gave the Soviets was info,vehicles. The Soviet Industry was hudge and in the Urals, Out the way of the war Russia has endless resources of everything as the European Axis forces found out during the first weeks of the war. Stalin refused to pay for much of the supplies due to the Allies planning to attack 1945.
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 nonesene... Stalin was totally uninterested in information. It would have required him to think & deal with reallity. As late as the very eve of Nazi invasion of Russia he didn't believe what the British were telling him. Allies shipped 250,000 trucks to Russia it was this that gave Red Army the mobility it needed to fight effectivley. The Allies plans of attacking the Soviet in 1945 were in Stalins derannged mind. read some real history books and ome back.
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies Honestly shows how much you know, The Allies were planning to attack the Soviet Union as early as 1945, Thats a well known fact look into Operation Unthinkable, It was the Allies who started the Cold war 1945 why dont you read some history! And yes the Vehicles,Info were the most vital things that Allies gave the Soviets, However 75% of the Soviet war-effort came from Russia, It was impossible for Russia to lose the war, The Axis never had no plan to defeat Russia it was insane!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 "Operation Unthinkable" the very name gives it away. By war's end Britian as physically exhausted & near bankrupt. The very notion of an allied invasion of Soviet Union was absurd. Don't get me wromg I'm all sorts of plans knocking about including feasible vs delusions like this one. I bet you hidden deep in the vaults of both USA & UK military were plans that involve them fighting each other. feasible? I think not.
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies The Cold war started during World war 2 with D-Day, Relations between the Allies and Soviets were very poor, Operation Unthinkable was only called off due to Allied forces been moved for the Final push on Japan. Nazis became the Allies and started to work for the Allies, The Soviet Union became the main enemy and stopping the spread of Communism. And the U.S plans with the British Empire was to destroy there military might by economic ruin.
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 tell us something we don’t know. In my mind the cold war began in Stalin’s mind probably as soon as the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1941. He saw no difference between Nazi Germany & liberal western democracies all had to go. Recall Russia imposed single party communism on all countries “liberated” in eastern Europe wasting 2 generation’s lives. It was Russia that tried to force allies out of Berlin, Russians who tried to deploy missiles in Cuba
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies Relations between the Allies and Soviets were always very poor, Both sides didnt trust or agree with each other. Both sides are to blame for the Cold war, You cant just blame 1. And dont forget the Allied had Nuclear weapons whitch surrounded the Soviet Union, Obviously the Soviets were going to get revenge, Remember it was the Allies who used Nuclear weapons on Civilians, Soviets were shit scared of nuclear war, The Allies had Russia surrrounded by land,sea,Air.
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 "Allies had Russia surrrounded by land,sea,Air." then the soviets should have behaved accodingly and not waste 2 generations experiemneting with a failure social systems via the use of thuggery and murder. Facys are the Soviets were just as evil and waste of time as Nazis. and we had to wait 5 years for the lunacy to reveal its ineptitude, they wasted alomost 3/4 of the 20th C in their barbarism and delusions about human nature
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies Why didnt the Allies behave?? They planned to attack the Soviet Union, The Allies started to surround Russia with nukes, And the Allies used WMD on civilians. What about the Allies corrupt policy? The habbit the Allis have still to this day in invaded nations and mass killing civilians?? And the Americans exterminated the American natives, The U.S done what Hitler wanted to do with Russia. You make out the Soviets were evil and Allies the heroes, PROPPAGANDA both bad!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@marty Nazis, Soviets & Japs equally evil. Allies focused on Nazi's 1st because they were most threatening to Britain & by extension western civilization . As to civilians you have your decimal points confused. Nazi, Communists & Japanese killed millions. Allies did kill civilians in strategic bombing but in much smaller numbers. To compare the scale of civilian death as comparable in size & ignore the moral element of why we the west fought means you misunderstand why the war was fought
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies The Nazis did not threaten Britain or its interests, Hitler admired the British and wanted the British as Allies, Hitler was begging the British for peace during the war, Hitlers goal was to destroy Communism and expand into Russia and Eastern Europe. Hitler called the war with Britain "waste of life". Yes the Japs did threaten British,U.S,European interests, However they were sly and only attacked thinking the Allies were weak and too busy fighting the European Axis to care.
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 no... to say that Nazis did not threaten Britian is iether revisionist nonsense of plain idiocy.. what is it about the underlying rotten evilm core of Nazism was a direct threat to western civilization which meant a war you don't get. Hitler attacked everyone of his peaceful neighbors and got the war Hitker wanted so bad. What Hitler wanted from Britain was to be left alone to murder the world. Do you seriously believe he would have left Britian in peace. No
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies You obviously know nothing,-Hitlers main goal was to expand into Eastern Europe & Russia and to destory Communism. Hitler wanted a strong Britain and often spoke how vital there Empire was to the world, You do realise Hitler wanted a world ruled by the British and Germans? Hitler called the war in the West a waste of life, Hitler was begging the British for peace, After-all it was Britain,France who declared on Germany. Hitler wanted to destory Communism,Russia!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 Actually I know plenty as a quick read back will attest. Hitler was mad & needed to be destroyed just like a mad dog pity it took so long and so many people had to die in order to accomplish it. If you think Britain was going to rely on Hitler's delusional promises you're a fool. get over it. accept that Nazi German was a bad thing. there could be no co-existing with them.
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies Adolf Hitler wanted the British Empire as Friends and Allies, Hitler saw a world ruled by Britain,Germany. Remember it was Britain who declared war on Germany, Hitler was begging the British for peace even after the defeat of France & BEF, Hitler said he would withdraw from E.Europe and even help the British if the U.S plan-"War plan Red" went ahead. Hitler wanted to destroy Communism and the Soviet Union, Britain started 1 war,Just to start anouther, Communism was evil!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 "Adolf Hitler wanted" a lot of things but mostly to kill miilions of people becuase his mad mind told him so. Is there something about Hitler & his drug addicted murdeous hench men's nature you don't get? have you actually read any real history on WW2 and its leadup? the causes and subsequent behavour of the variuos countries and principle characters.. I mean you can evidentaly type on a keyboard but your comments and beliefs are astiundingly delusional and idiototic
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies What about Winston Churchill the alcoholic war mongor? Hitler was begging the British for peace, And even said the Nazis would withdraw from W.Europe. Instead Churchill refused whitch caused the deaths of countless millions. If Churchill had accepted peace then Fasism and Communism would have killed each other, Britain would stay strong and the worlds superpower. Instead the Allies helped Communism and then betrayed Communism whitch started more wars and deaths of millions. THINK!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 " If Churchill had accepted peace" surely you mean had Britain cowtowed to Nazi thugs things would have been better. what is it about the nature of both Nazis & Soviets that makes you think they would have allowed anyone they disapproved of to stay alive. Dont you get it. we all would be iether dead or slaves. "betrayed coomunism" I have no idea what you mean. So explain what you mean when you say that western democracies caused millions of deaths? no we stopped the killing
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies Adolf Hitler was begging the British for peace, Hitler said the German forces would withdraw from W.Europe. The Nazi goals was to unite Greater Germany and expand into the East to destroy Communism. Churchill was a war mongor who caused countless millions to die, If the British had accepted peace then the Famism and Communism could have destroy each other, Winston Churchill said "There shall be no peace for Germany, They would give in too easy", Churchill was a war mongor!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 "Adolf Hitler was begging the British for peace" give us all a break.. what planet are you from?
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies In 1940, Adolf Hitler asked the British for peace and said Germany would withdraw from Western Europe. Nazi-Germany was begging the British for peace during the war many attempts were made just research. Churchill was a war mongor who destroyed Britain and its Empire and Europe. Stalin and Communsim took over Eastern Europe, Communism was bigger threat than Nazis! Britain got nothing out of the war accept humiliation and debt, The Soviets,U.S got eveything they ever wanted!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynr True in 1940 Hitler did offer Britain peace, of the vanquished. May 1940 British cabinet debated just that “5 days in May 1940’ by John Lukacs. Hitler hoped he could scare Britain into acquiesce & win without having to fight. After the fall of France Britain knew any peace would require the surrender/destruction of Royal Navy without which Britain would be defenseless with resources of Empire & USA permanently out of reach & so revert to a slave state. No better to fight to the end.
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies Hitler never wanted a war with Britain, Infact Hitler wanted a strong Britain and often spoke how vital the Empire was to the world. Hitler saw the British as equals and Allies against Communism. If Britain had agreed to peace talks 1940, Millions would have been saved and Communism destroyed and Fasism weak and bankrupt due to war debts instead of Britain, The European Axis powers wanted to protect Europe from Communism, Churchill gave Eastern Europe to Stalin who was more evil!!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 I don't think you have actually read what i have written. What is it about Britian being uninterested in pandering to Hitler and his wants you do not understand. Hitler wanted a lot of things so do we all. You seem a very dim person. As early as 1933 it was obvious that there would be a war with Germany. A 'peace' made in 1940 with Germany would have been exactly what I have described... Britain would not allow itself to become a vassal of Nazi Germany.. ever period fool
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies You seem to be brainwashed by proppaganda that Hitler wanted to take over the world, Whitch is foolish. Hitler wanted to expand east and destroy Communism, The Axis were seen as liberators in the East and millions joined the Axis armies to defeat Communism. Germany only invaded W.Europe because France,Britain had declared war on Germany, Because Germany would no longer accept Germans been killed in the Danzig massacre. Hitler said he would withdraw 1940, Churchill refused!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies You just dont seem to get it, Adolf Hitler wanted a strong Britain and said the Empire was vital to the world. The only nation planning for war with Britain in the 1930s was the United States in war plan red. Hitler wanted to unite greater Germany and expand into the East and to destroy Communism. It was Britain who declared on Germany, The war destroyed both Britain,Germany,Europe and Communism won and spread like wild fire, The U.S got everything they wanted, Britain humiliated
martynrobin121 3 months ago
“dont seem to get it” of course I get it. I‘ve read Mien Kampf how else can you put ww2 into perspective. I’ve also read many other books on WW2. In 1930s none of the liberal democracies in the west wanted war hence their unpreparedness for it when it came. “Britain; declared war on Germany” She certainly did as compared to Hitler just kicked down the doors of almost all his neighbors when it suited him. Meanwhile without a fleet there would be no British Empire. You seem simple minded
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies Britain declared war for Poland, And they lost just like 1939, By 1945 Poland still occupied by the Red Army. You do realise the reason Germany invaded Poland was because of the Daniz massacre? Germans been mass murdered,tortured. When the European Axis powers invaded East they were seen as liberators and heroes, Millions joined the Axis armies to fight Communism and fight for Europe. Germany,Italy invaded Western Europe because Britain,France declared war.
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 "European Axis powers wanted to protect Europe" no by their actions we know what they (Hitler) wanted, to subjegate & murder anyine they disliked or disagreed with... including Britain if they could have managed it. Germany could not have allowed a powerful Royal Navy and British Empire to exist at his back... He started a total war there was no going back NO peace until all was won or lost . are you on drugs?
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies Adolf Hilter never wanted a war with Britain thats fact, Hitler called the war in the West a waste of life. Hitlers main goal was to Unite greater Germany and expand into the East and destroy Communism. Hitler wanted a strong Britain and said that the Empire was vital to the World. Stalin was evil and paranoid and killed countless millions, Communism was abigger threat then the Axis and Britain lost everything just to give E.Europe to Communism bigger threat!!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 From around 1936 no one in Britain cared what Hitler thought or wanted. He was a murdering lying psychopath. Hitler was afraid of war with Britain because he (& generals) knew Britain was tough nut to crack being the only power capable of defeating them. Germany great at bullying weaker or cowed states but when it came to fighting a technologically superior a foe that was capable of fighting on land, sea & air Germany was in trouble as this vid shows us
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies You do realise Britain declared war on Germany 1939 for Poland, And in 1945 just like 1939 Poland was occupied by the Red Army and Eastern Europe taken over by Communism. Stalin was evil and more paranoid than Hitler, Before the war and after the war, Stalin killed millions of his own people. Communism was abigger threat to Fasism, Adolf Hitler never wanted a war with Britain, Read Mein Kampf, Hitler wanted to destroy communism and expand east. Hitler saw Britain as Allies!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@martynrobin121 “Hitler saw Britain as Allies” what a deluded fool was Hitler if he seriously thought that Britain would stand idly by while he systematically invaded all his neighbors, loot them of resources & march millions off to slave & death camps he misjudged Britain. And that cost him the war and the hellish world he & his drug addicted murderous Nazi thugs had in mind for us all. Left to itself communism would have collapsed under it’s own ineptitude as it eventually did in 1989
MartinIDavies 3 months ago
@MartinIDavies Germany invaded Poland, Because Germans were been wiped out in the Danzig massacre. Germany invaded Western Europe because Britain,France declared war. Just like the Nazis the British invaded nations and looted for resources and enslaved and had concentration camps, What about the Soviets camps and slaves? Churchill was a war mongor who destroyed Britain and Europe, And helped Communism take over Eastern Europe, Britain lost the war, Poland was still occupied by the Reds!
martynrobin121 3 months ago
@gunninlinguist
You are also ignoring the Battle of the Atlantic, the Campaign in Africa and in Southern Italy, you are ignoring alot of what Britain contributed to the war.
DeamonStorm666 5 months ago
@gunninlinguist In regards to the Western Allies viewpoint of the war, I think you miss the point. Had Britain lost the air war in 1940 the US would never have obtained a foot hold in Europe. The BoB was the pinnacle battle that sowed the seed for the Nazi's destruction. If any battle that had to be won, it was that one.
BJBTJF 5 months ago
@BJBTJF Yes you are dead right. BofB was the critical battle that had it gone the other way both Russia and later a lone USA would been unable to defeat Nazi Germany. It is very easy to forget this as we see from the comments of the semi-educated here
MartinIDavies 5 months ago
Outnumbered. Facing seemingly insurmountable odds. And somehow despite this beating back the enemy to win the day. Every Hollywood action movie since has followed the Battle of Britain imprint. Only this was real.
RedJoe10 6 months ago
lol napoleon was a better man hitler could ever be
buffalo827 6 months ago
8:20 is womens work and not worth the mention here... on to the battle.
the82spartans 7 months ago
Yes,the war is destructive.Nazi Germany was quite aggressive at that time.France can be said,a great victory for Hitler.That's a harsh battle for Britain.She was almost fighting alone.
fearingpredators 7 months ago
the lon was a result of wilsons 14 points of light (especially the 14th). it came about because of the paris conference(wilson, loyd george, clemenceau and italian vittorrio orlando), we didnt join because of the crap that was extra that the american public wanted no part of, so the personal gain of britain and france started ww2 eventually(hardships)
TheEdhoyt 8 months ago
the fault isn't , "German" it's" Nazi." the greater part of the German nation didn't recognise the evil of Hitler until he had them all by the throat.
ooreoo9 10 months ago
@ooreoo9 "German nation didn't recognise the evil of Hitler until he had them all by the throat"
not quite.. they knew the NAZI's were popular, they the German people had a front row seat & particitpated in NAZI rise to power. Remember NAZI's came to power through a democractic election the violence hadn't really got going then. They were the will of the German people. Lets not delude ourselves on this
MartinIDavies 9 months ago
Why does this film start with the island of Britain being called england? and then go on to talk about the Battle of Britain........F'n eejits.
strathpipe 11 months ago
I live in Portsmouth. Portsmouth still keeps the battle of britain alive with its museums and memorials and to make things more interesting there are still bombs and mines being descovered of the coast of Portsmouth like 3 or 4 times a year!
liukin95 1 year ago
@MegaAlice555
England also destroyed the tyrant Napoleon and halted the Nazi advance in ww2 through the very battle this video is about. We gave the world our language which is now known as the language of the planet earth. And if you look back far enough though your family history, you will find that your family was English once. Learn some history, get some comon sense, and stop being a dumb arse retard. England gave the world ten fold what the U.S ever has or ever will.
MrDeano324 1 year ago
@MrDeano324
I think you have to learn some history and dont be so egocentric. The ALLY of Britain, Preussen, Russia etc destroyed Napoleons tyrant regime. The ALLY of Britain, Russia and USA halted the Nazi Advance in ww2. If you do some research you will find out that chinese is the most spoken language in the world. And if he look back far enough though his family history he might will find out that his family was Italian, German, Russian,... once.
Mudacc 1 year ago
@Mudacc
1. Every country has allies in war, but we had the most troops and armaments in the war against Napoleon. We also delt him a major blow at Trafalgar.
2. The Battle of Britain was a key factor in the Nazi defeat, if we had fallen, the U.S would have been surrounded, Germans on one side, Japanese on the other=allies losing the war. Its you that need some history lessons
3. 95% of white Americans can trace there lineage back to Britain one way or another. Thats fact.
MrDeano324 1 year ago
@MrDeano324
1. But you have written it like Britain was the only nation fighting against Napoleon
2. How you could know? Fact is that Britains got a lot of help in the Battle of Britain by polish, the common wealth... Moreover the defeat at Stalingrad was the turning point at ww2. You had forgot the Russians.
3. You wrote ist like he MUST be british. And where you got this fact from?
Mudacc 1 year ago
@Mudacc
1. How?
2. Hitler only invaded Russia because he couldent take Great Britain. If Britain had fallen, he would have invaded Russia in the summer and not the Winter, which means Germany would have won in russia as Russias winter was key to germanys defeat in the USSR. And we had that help from our EMPIRE, it was not the common wealth then. So obviously they had to help us.
3. Did i say he was British?, no, i said its more than likely he has British lineage somewhere along the line.
MrDeano324 1 year ago
@MrDeano324 “Hitler only invaded Russia because he couldn’t take Great Britain” this is nonsense. Operation Barbarossa the German invasion of Soviet Union began on 22 June 1941 which in the northern hemisphere is summer not winter! You do know this don’t you? Further Hitler had always planned on invading USSR his mistake was thinking Britain was defeated and would not be able to do anything to prevent his plans. Of course we now all know he got that wrong
MartinIDavies 9 months ago
@Mudacc
And Chinese is only the most spoken languge purley bacause China is has the largest population of any country on earth by quite a way. English is spoken by 4 of the most influetioal countries in the world, as well as New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, the entire Carribean, Zimbabwe and more. Hence English is a world wide language.
MrDeano324 1 year ago
@Mudacc
Your entire comment was flawed and poorley thought through.
MrDeano324 1 year ago
@Mudacc I think you will find English is the most spoken language. I can see where you are comming from that China is over populated but more countries speak English.
liukin95 1 year ago
@MrDeano324 England destroyed Napoleon......You are one blinkered english moron you gits are and never will be the master race you like to think you are...GOON!
strathpipe 11 months ago
@strathpipe
I know Great Britain and the allies destroyed Napoleon. And the master race refers to the Nazi regime, not the British. Also a "goon" is a nickname for a german prisioner of war guard. So where on my profile does it state I am german?. Learn the right terminology before you insult someone. You dumb little troll. Grow up and get a life....and an education.
MrDeano324 11 months ago
@strathpipe England, austria, russia, prussia beat Napoleon...... after 14 years........
jimmy27paul 11 months ago
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@jimmy27paul "England, austria, russia, prussia beat Napoleon...... after 14 years........" yes you have that dead right it took many European allies to take Napoleon down.. this despite USA's helping to finance him by the Louisiana purchase and the stab in the back but failed invasion of Canada in 1812 while Britain was fully preoccupied with Napoleon.
MartinIDavies 9 months ago
@jimmy27paul Yes Britain had many European allies brining Napoleon down. And let’s not forget yje role of the USA. The $15 million paid to France for the lands of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 gave Napoleon a huge financial jolt enabling him to continue destroying Europe and then 1812 USA thinks it sees an opportunity to annex British North America (Canada) while Britain was preoccupied with fighting France.
MartinIDavies 9 months ago
@MegaAlice555
You Americans are dumb shits arnt you?, if it wernt for England you wouldn't even have a country. And if your a White American, you wouldn't even be alive now if it wasn't for England. And your proud icon George washigton was English. England also created Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and brought the world into the modern age by starting the industrial revoloution.
MrDeano324 1 year ago
@laetrille I am American and youre sad english moron pretending to be an American !!!!
you have respect to the British ? who exactly ? the Scottish i agree the welsh i agree but English ? what morons did for America ever ? they reaped American people you moron.
the English used scotland as slave welsh as servant and Irish were enslaved ny the english years before africans so why do you have respect to the English ?
you fukking english cunt stop pretending to be an American !!
MegaAlice555 1 year ago
@ Loots`er,Haven`t you ever heard of operation sea lion,Another fucking idiot,Who knows nothing,Operation sea lion was code name of invasion of britain,Which failed,Germans had 1000 mile of coast line,Yet couldn`t beat the R a f.
splintercell7620 1 year ago
@ studenentrepreneur,The english didn`t even use the navy in the battle of britain,It would`ve been suicidal,They were all over the world protecting supple lines and cargo you idiot,Please watch the full battle of britain before sprouting nonense.
splintercell7620 1 year ago
Germans were foolish to challenge the might of England.
twimoonclips 1 year ago
@twimoonclips the might of england? lol
LootsEr 1 year ago
once again, britain defeats another foolish attacker who believed he could simply cross the channel and kill 98.84% of world tea drinkers. fools. nobody since William the conqueror managed, and that was close, and the brtish army was i the north, and they had been attacked by vikings, and they had to leave troops in the north. I like the way british women just come up and say; "hey, let's do this and thisand this"and work 70 hours a week. barmy britons. I'm a frenchie.
Mneutralcritic 1 year ago
@Mneutralcritic If Hitler decided to invade England that would have been the end of Ebgland. A cake walk. The English are better fightres then the faggot french but the Germans were the best. By the way the Germans wanted to have England as an ally not a enemy. They could easily have defeated the English if they did not invade Russia.
LootsEr 1 year ago
@LootsEr yup on all of that, especially the faggot french part, though our commanders suck, we sometimes have good soldiers
Mneutralcritic 1 year ago
@LootsEr Another youtube faggot that has 0 knowledge of history. Germany DID attempt to invade Britain. The Battle of Britain was fought so they could gain air superiority over the British and launch an invasion attempt. They failed to win this battle therefore could NOT invade Britain. The reason for this is the channel was lined with the British navy which was the LARGEST of all ship fleets in WW2. Hitler attacked Russia with the belief that the British be scared into surrendering.
StudentEntrepreneur 1 year ago 3
@LootsEr And yes the Germans wanted Britain as an ally as they would not be able to expand the German empire to the size they wanted without us. Seriously, do some real fucking research before you go spouting your absolute bullshit theories. Hitler TRIED to clear the skies for an invasion attempt and couldnt even achieve that. Even with air superiority the chances of them invading us were still little. "I will do what Napoleon failed to do and set foot on Britain"- Hitler's famous failed words.
StudentEntrepreneur 1 year ago 2
@StudentEntrepreneur the royal navy would be target practice if germany decided to build torpedo planes and level bombers if they had air superiority.
ahnilator123 1 year ago
makes me proud to be british
stargate355 1 year ago
if it wrent for the brave men of the RAF britian would have been invaded by the nazis and we would have been screwed the germans would have signed a deal with the americans and that would have been it
charlieiscool1000 1 year ago
Hats off to the RAF for making sure I don't speak German today!
bing434 1 year ago 4
@AlchemicGnosis Battle of britain The RAF had 1,200 planes on the eve of the battle. include 800 spitfires and hurricanes but only 660 were serviceable. Luftwaffe had 2,800 aircraft stationed in france Belgium, Holland and Norway
viperreturns 1 year ago
@AlchemicGnosis Sorry its just I think its a shame that most people nowadays dont bother to read up on subjects anymore and as you have so rightly said believe everything thats on TV ,video or film and even by todays standards newspapers!.
I think maybe I misunderstood sorry,
swollower 1 year ago
@AlchemicGnosis does it matter its a propaganda film from the late forties.It was allowed to bullshit when you`d won!
swollower 1 year ago
Thank God for The Few who SAVED THE WORLD.
MrJST87 1 year ago 3
Britain deserves honour. americans will never understand this.
ihaterudeamericans 1 year ago 16
@ihaterudeamericans As a rude american I have to disagree. The fortitude, tenacity and spirit of the British people during the war was the one thing that saved the world from facsism. The men of the RAF in particullar deserve the highest honor any men deserve.
phookadude 5 months ago
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@ RifledBarrel
What went wrong?
Socialism.THAT'S what went wrong.Bleeding hearts,hand-wringers and do-gooders thinking life can be fair.Useful idiots whiteanting society.People that spit on their freedom.Dr Benjamin Spock.Oh,and Islamic immigration.
muzzster1970 2 years ago
Yes muzzster, you are correct. It's creeping socialism My definition of socialism is: politics for the envious. A creed for the self loathing. It is greed minus sweat and endeavour.
And Churchill's take.
"The vice of capitalism is that not all get to share in it's benefits. The virtue of socialism is that all get to share in it's miseries".
After 3 Labour governments, surely everyone must be better equipped to understand this.
ingerlander 2 years ago
Lefties HATE Churchill because he dealt only in reality.They will not stop until they've handed our hard fought freedoms and prosperity on a plate to the enemy and undeserving.
Churchill to Chaimberlain,in the House of Commons:"You were given the choice between war and dishonour.You chose dishonour,and you will have war".
Thank God Chamberlain resigned.
muzzster1970 2 years ago
I see you have some serious issues, Muzzster. I don't mean to pick on you, but you're just ranting without making half an ounce of sense.
You remind me of Steve Martin yelling at John Candy in the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles, "Oh, and by the way, when you talk, HAVE A POINT! It makes it so much more interesting for the listener."
AppleSouffle 2 years ago 2
me too
Dmundell1 2 years ago
I am an American, but I have great respect for our British allies.
laetrille 2 years ago 38
Its a shame not all people are like you.
CaptainWatson234 2 years ago 5
@laetrille: "I am an American, but I have great respect for our British allies"
And I'm a Brit & as far as I'm concerned every American who came across to England to fight is an adopted son & I hope they as well as their children are treated very well any time they visit their 2nd home
P.S. There was an American named Ed Murrow, 1 of my personal heroes due to the fact he contributed immeasurably to saving my homeland. Murrow, at personal risk, broadcast the Blitz live to his fellow Americans
atrumira 1 year ago 9
@laetrille we needed this victory it was vital to keep a foothold in europe and we also crippled and demoralised the nazi air force.
rocksoliddude1 1 year ago
@laetrille Thank you, It's very refreshing to hear that coming from an American, so many Americans seem to want to put down the British, and belittle our wartime involvement. The Americans were our wartime allies and we have great respect for those that fought the wars with us.
KevinJKtheman 1 year ago
when that vid was made Britain was a great, proud and respectful nation.......but now it'a all hoodies, disrespect and vandalism - so what went wrong?
RifledBarrel 2 years ago
@RifledBarrel hoodies rep a small % of the population
FlytheUnionJack 2 years ago 7
@RifledBarrel : Britain lost it's colonies......now they have to go and work for a living.
TheBeerNut1 2 years ago
We're no longer at war in Europe and thus people have returned to how they always act. The current eldest generations in the UK at the min were brought up in a war atmosphere and thus their idea of what is "normal" is skewed.
Britain has always had disrespect and vandalism, it just so happens that the media is much more pervasive now than in the past. The Gin lane scandals in the 19th century is a perfect example of how Britain used to be like. There has never been a "golden age".
ariaelwen 1 year ago
So much uninformed opinion in one place - wow
berlinmitte10117 2 years ago 2
To be fair - I think Britain was saved because it was an island. If we had land borders then I think it would have been a different story.
creaton1976 2 years ago 12
look how the UK get ready for war and look at France lol. France was like a joke lol. No disrespect but the French could have done way better. France had the power and resources to dual solo with Hitler, but the French commanders were suck*ss to be honest, they didn't even form national guard like the Brit. lol French.
nttb6403 2 years ago 14
wow
polkapete 2 years ago
Germany made the fatal mistake of invading the Soviet Union. Many german generals had a tremendous amount of respect for the russian soldiers after the first few months of the war during operation barbarossa. The russians fought extremely hard, something the germans never saw in poland, or against france, and british troops in the west.
quest8899 2 years ago 3
wow even then they had some leet edits :D
ShinobiBoiX 2 years ago
Was R.A.F Brize norton involved in this? I know it was later with Horsa gliders and the Pegasus Bridge aspect of D-Day. BUT, were any fighters stationed there?
ILIKETOSAYBLATOMOOSE 2 years ago
Sqadron 303
Pracz45 2 years ago
And I wasn't saying the British and Russians didn't do well by the way. They did great! It took skill to take the German army. It's really a shame though. I didn't agree with the Treaty of Versailles either and Germany was poorly treated for it despite everyone really being at fault in WW1. If Hitler had just rebuilt Germany and didn't wish to conquer this may have been a better world at the time and those brave souls might still be alive. It's just tragic how all this happened.
balrog13571 2 years ago 9
Interesting comment about the Treaty of Versailles. I do believe that the Allies, in part, had brought the war upon themselves. The terms imposed by the Treaty were among the harshest Germany ever had to suffer.
artensdaskomodie 2 years ago 5
Yeah. In a sort of way Germany had a right to take back it's lost territory. The country was only about 2/3 of it's original size after the first war. Hitler however didn't stop. If the European countries just banded together we'd be far more sophisticated today. And reallright for France and Britain to claim they were right. They made empire's of their own. A the Austrians, Serbians, and Russians that started it all. But imnperialism and nationalism was everywhere in Europe.
balrog13571 2 years ago 4
But didn't the territory you are referring to belong to France anyway, pre 1870?...The Germans took it off them as a spoil of war back then...The French were therefore only reclaiming what was taken from them 40 years prior to 1918.....tit for tat....
wickedwilluk 2 years ago
True but France invaded Germany even before WW1 began and Germany defeated them by taking that territory as a response to stop the invasion. That's why they were so willing to go to war with Germany in the beginning. Back then imperialism was common amoung all the major countries so everyone was kinda at fault for the war and no one's motives were innocent. In WW2 it was more of Germany's fault in the end, but that was set off from poor treatment by the Allies, which started pure evil.
balrog13571 2 years ago 3
although the Germans were pretty eager to go to war in 1914...hence they had the Schlieffen Plan at the ready well in advance....
wickedwilluk 2 years ago
Yeah but as I said ALL the powers were ready to go to war and none of them had good motives. I'm not saying Germany is innocent when it came to the wars, and I'm certainly not saying they are innocent in the second, but we get told that the Allies were better. Although France and Britain were just as bad at the time and their unfair terms only caused the Germans to hate them more. When you have a war this big you must try to be fair to the losing side. That's the right choice we made after WW2.
balrog13571 2 years ago 8
"Although France and Britain were just as bad "
By demanding reparations and an army limit after a disastorous war? Besides, it was France who invaded the Rhineland - not Britian.
Hitler loved Britain, he wanted an alliance with the British, but we gave up our empire fighting against him so Europe would stay free. Although, i will say that the Nazis were nowhere near as bad as the Soviets.
smoochym 2 years ago 13
When I said France and Britain were just as bad I menat they wanted to gain more power just as much. WWI was a war where everyone was at fault, not just the Axis powers. In WWII the war was Germany's fault retaliating over harsh treatment by the Allies. I'm mainly refering to WWI though. And technically the British still have certain lands under their control anyway so The British EMpire is still standing. No I like Britain and France but refering back then practically everyone was imperialist.
balrog13571 2 years ago 9
Very true. The British organized the League of Nations to avoid future wars. Sadly the Italians and Americans would not join because they would accept Blacks as equals to Whites.
warriorprince1010 2 years ago 20
They would not accept blacks as equals.*
warriorprince1010 2 years ago 9
@warriorprince1010,
Re Britain organizing the League of Nations - not exactly - this was the brainchild of Woodrow Wilson (a great Pres & world diplomat) who came up with 14 points which is how the Treaty Of Versailles should have read if the nations at the time had truly wanted a lasting peace. Point # 14 "General Association of Nations' which became the League of Nations - sadly the 1 nation that was missing was the U.S.
atrumira 1 year ago
@atrumira not to mention the League was a failure.
artensdaskomodie 1 year ago
@atrumira The US set up the league of nations, but didn't join it, not really. The LON demanded all citizens were given equal rights and Italy and the USA would not accept their black population as equal, thus they refused to join. Hence the UK and France were left alone to fight fro democracy.
warriorprince1010 1 year ago 4
@atrumira The idea that if Wilson has only got his way there would have been a "lasting peace" is a fantasy.
davidrodgersNJ 1 year ago
@davidrodgersNJ: "The idea that if Wilson had got his way there would have been a "lasting peace" is a fantasy.
Present your case, a simple defacto statement doesn't cut it.
atrumira 1 year ago
@atrumira The idea that "collective security" would have worked any better in the League of Nations, even with US involvement, than it did/does with the U.N. is unsupportable. In the 20's and 30's, the WWI allies lost the will to keep themselves properly armed, and nothing Wilson proposed would have prevented that. Nor would anything Wilson proposed would have deterred the Germans from seeking another war. Only certain or likely defeat would have deterred them.
davidrodgersNJ 1 year ago
@warriorprince1010 Nonsense.. League of Nations was the handywork of Woodrow Wilson the American President not Britain. USA refused to join because it would have committed USA to foreign entanglements & after WW1 USA yearned for the isolationism that the 19th Cent had provided it had nothing to with racism of USA. Meanwhile Italy was a founding member! Do you actually think before you spout your thoughts. Getting it right is not difficult but it does take application of thought
MartinIDavies 9 months ago
@MartinIDavies The League of Nation was mainly the UK and France. If it was the USA handywork then they would have joined. The USA did not join because the LON demanded all citizens were given equal rights and the USA refused to give blacks and native Americans such rights. The military part was the whole point of the LON, it was the UN of its day.
warriorprince1010 9 months ago
@warriorprince1010 LON was Woodrow Wilons baby not B and F although after the slaughter of WW1 and their reduction in power they were interested in a way to prevent a repeat so the collective security of LON seemed to fit the bill it didnt becuase no country was prepared to fight (similar to todays UN). I have explained the resaons why USA declined to join LON it could not gete Congress top ratify joining.. read some proper history books boy.
MartinIDavies 9 months ago
@MartinIDavies "boy"...lol what an idiot. The USA refused to join because they would not give equal rights to blacks and natives people whos land they stole. The UK and France were the two main members of the LON as they did not want anymore wars. The USA should have made a stand and joined the LON.
warriorprince1010 9 months ago