bill5936 ""all that was won with the blood of our forfathers (sic) " like the fucking colonies gave nothing - Commonwealth Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors (Merchant and Military) all died far from home to save you, so don't be so effing egotistical about "Our forefathers"
"unregulated influx of third world immigrants" What Planet are you from !!!!!!!!!!!
this song isn't about England, or about Britain, the song represents humanity, the idea that hope transcend borders, that freedom is an idea that cannot be killed, it recognises though we may have many flags and many languages, we are all human, and though the few will try and divide us, we are stronger together, our similarities outweigh our differences If people think this song, this idea of hope and glory is something that only the British deserve then you aren’t British at heart, we are one
watch the documentaries of young british soldiers in afghanistan,,,,,watch the programmes of the severely wounded who rebuild their lives and do wonderful things,the spirit does live on.deep and undiluted.
@Malliday I am 14 and I know the words and I am proud to know them and sing this song however, I am the only one I know my age who actully knows the words which makes me sad to have missed my country in her prime :(
@PolishedMonocle too true. We are a shadow of our former self. The past 50 years, and sucessive governments who have run us into the ground. We need to rebuild and be the once proud nation that we once were!!
sadly,. greedy bankers and fat cats who cared nothing ,.our childrens future ,.or the great country our fathers and grandfathers fought and died for..they have destroyed all our future .
What a lovely hymn. Perhaps that ought to be the national anthem of England, just like "America the Beautiful" should be our national anthem instead of that gawdawful thing we have to sing that so many singers end up slaying badly because they cannot reach the high notes on "the rockets red glare". Frankly, a national anthem about war seems so inappropriate anymore and I'd sooner sing a song extolling our national beauty. All we've done throughout our history is to find excuses to fight wars.
@KSUgrad79 countries and history is and was formed through war. F*** it being inappropriate. It really annoys my when people are so PC that even your anthem has to change. Not saying you are really PC i don't know.
@rctsos Completely agree with everything you said mate. I'm British but personally I've always been fascinated by Japan, I hope to visit and maybe even live there one day.
Brit ex-pat here, now living in Canada. I weep for England...for what it has become...its weak leadership and the changed face of its culture with the unregulated influx of third world immigrants. A shameful waste of all that was won with the blood of our forfathers! I fear I can never go back. Yet the memory of the rolling hills of Berkshire will stay with me always. This song and "Jerusalem" speak volumes about the olove I have for my beloved England. God bless her... and God help her!
@bill5936 I love to Britain...The Queen and all its culture...but remember your ancestors robbed most parts of the world which is now known as third world so their generation come to England to a country that otherwise wouldn't have even remember where...So now they bring their culture along with other weaknesses which will be the ultimate penalty of England!..the best example is the mean lame riots we've had recently.
England no longer the country of the noble Queen! ibut the bitch of US
@tomgilchrist57 Tom, we could no doubt complain to each other at length over a pint or two. It would be an honour. But therein lies the problem. All people generally do is complain. Rarely do they take any action and only then when it is too little, too late. The people get the government they deserve and if no action is taken and no one stands up to say what really needs to be said...they will still get the government they desereve...one way or another. I would love to see England great again!
@bill5936 so british you ditch your own country. and these "third world immigrants" are citizens of the commonwealth in the most part and are a direct result of empire. the security of britain was secured by the blood of commonwealth troops as well. england is an amazing nation because of its diversity and general tolerance, not in spite of it
@MrKennethfelch "Ditch my country"? I did nothing of the sort. I simply made a conscious choice to be with my Canadian wife in her homeland instead of insisting she come to mine. Which, by the way, was damned good timing (if I do say so myself). Observing the steady decline since Maggie Thatcher was so treacherously ousted by those self-serving, chinless cowards in her own party, my decision to leave has been validated again and again. I still love England, or at least the memory of it.
@bill5936 A glorious anthem. I am Canadain but lived in Britain in the 60's. I fell in love with rural England & the cosy village lifestyle I expected to find there. Britain the 'idyll' now only exists in novels & Christie mysteries. Cld. one hope to find the type of men who gave so selflessly of themselves in 2 wars. I'm doubtful. Many scoff at the idea of a saviour or the existence of God.The last verse is best. Being Godless on a battlefield wld. be the prelude to hell.
the great irony is your children will live in a multicultultural canada just like britian. The majority of people who are moving are from the third world. Does not take a genius. have a close look at canada now and the uk in the 90s.
@bill5936 I hear what you say. my parents immigrated and never went back to England, myfather always said 'we have given our heritage away', there is England anymore, he fought in WW11 as a bomber pilot, was a Prisoner of War, because he loved England, he is right we have let other people who claim to be British take over our beautiful country and ruin it. I love my country but I am at a loss to find it............
@bill5936 hello there, if you are so passionate about the country you love, why are you living elsewhere. Someone has to clean up the mess being made, but I guess you'll hang on till it's done eh!
A soldier died on the battlefield, where he traveled up to meet God at the gates of heaven. Once he met God, the soldier looked up and said "I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, even more that you won't approve of, so if you decide to send me to hell, im OK with it." God looked at the soldier, then turned to the gatekeeper of heaven, "let him in," God ordered. The gate keeper, confused asked why. God turned to face the soldier as he answered,"Because this man just came from hell."
All hail America!! Land of the free and the brave! Diversity is beauty and strength, not a weakness. All you 'pure pedigree' racist bigots, wake up to the new world. You can keep dreaming of 'what has been', but down here in reality, we have 1.2billion indians and they need a place to live. Mexicans now 120million and counting. So what do you do? Slaughter them? LOVE AND LET LIVE!!!! I love this song anyway.
@TheMightyBlighty well how can a culture exist without the people? the culture IS the people. Europe is being diluted with useless and failed people. They are individually responsible for trying to force their primitive ideas and customs on us. Here in this video: /watch?v=HIvwtey9Qcg I see 5 creatures who should be sent to Asia. Not a culture but 5 creatures. One by one.
@TheMightyBlighty do you know what those "noble" people did in China? Do you know about the Nanking Massacre? I like modern Japan but man WW2 and before they were a bunch of wackos
I am German and I enjoy the beautiful anthem. I am so sorry for what we did to the British in the war! I am glad that aristocracy is alive and well in England. May God protect England!
wars in of the last couple of centures were created for the interest for a handful of fools rather than the people as a whole? what people wants to see their children or father in a coffin? none? who does not deep down have some form of compassion for humanity? nobody. pull back the veil and the barriers
@berlinmanful Ich bin kein Deutscher aber denke dass' auf beide Seiten, furchtbare
Taten geschehen sind. Solche Lieder bringen das Beste aus dem Volk. Auch das Nationalhymn Deutschlands bringt mich fast immer zum heulen wenn ich es hoere.
Sowie neulich in Berlin beim 20ten Jubileumstag der Deutscheeinheit. Riesende Flaggen und voll Orchester. Das Volleprogram. Wir koennen uns nur freuen das wir die
@berlinmanful You really have no need to apologise. I'm fairly sure y had nothing to do with it and besides, it was an extremely complicated period in history for Germany, and one which we have no right to further chastise such a wonderful country for. Germany has been grown up enough to move on and so should everyone else. There is nothing better at illustrating this than watching two veterans of the War embracing one another as friends instead of old enemies. Live long and prosper, Deutschland
@berlinmanful You don't have to be sorry. You probably weren't even alive during WWII; sin is not genetic. We did horrible things to each other, and the important thing is that we never do the same again. We're friends now and we must remain so.
@berlinmanful Hey, if it weren't you lot, they wouldn't be there (House of Hanover), so basically we owe you guys from saving us from our complete inability to get with the 21st century
@berlinmanful I served in Germany in the 1960's and lived with a German family. They were the nicest people I have ever had the privelage to meet. I know people have done bad thing over the century's and will do for century's to come, but just remember the nice and good things in life, and you will be a happy person.
@rctsos "One thing I feel sorry that nowadays Britain seems that it hasbeen losing their true characteristic&colour and ruined by the massive influx of immigrants from the Third World." im so glad you said that rctsos its good to see that other great nations can see what is happening to ours!. its just a massive shame that the government dont seem to care or just wont to anything about it as they are scared of being called racist!!!
@TheMightyBlighty I wouldn't be so quick to point the finger at America for not entering the war immediately because you Brits avoided it as long as you could. It was obvious that Hitler was mobilizing for a full-scale war, yet European nations did nothing to stop him. Also, we shipped vital supplies to the UK through waters patrolled by wolfpacks(German submarines). Alot of men lost their lives getting aid to England.
i have read through your coments guys did you all watch monty pythons life of brian you sound like you have .who cares who don what lets hope it never happens again
Even here people are talking about Germany. I tell you one thing, my dear Germanic brothers from England: if Britain had joined the England-friendly Germany instead of fighting against her, you would still have your Empire instead of Pakistanis and Indians floating your country.
@HerrWagnerfreund Yes and I would be writing in German right now... We stood against Nazi tyranny and we were stronger- Rule Britannia and the diversity of her kingdoms
You wouldn't. That's something you don't understand. Germany has never been anti-English. The contrary is true. Wilhelm II, whose mother was English, and Hitler who admired Houstan Steward Chamberlain admired England, and the rest of Germany at least regarded the English as Germanic brothers. You would still speak and write English but you would have an Empire and an ethnically clean England. Rule Britannia? Those times have passed... Britannia, or better: Great Pakistan, will never rule again.
@HerrWagnerfreund Trust me, all our boys didn't die just for you to say that Hitler would've given Britain a longer lasting Empire. Don't get me wrong, I see myself as quite right-wing but Hitler was a CUNT. He murdered 14 million innocent people and, if you would actually read history books, hated the British after we turned down his offer of allegiance with British defiance.
Churchill was a cunt. If he had hated you, he wouldn't have wanted peace. He even let your army escape from Dünkirchen although he could have captured all the British there. He hoped that blood is stronger than water, that our Germanic brothers, the Anglo-Saxons, won't fight against us. That he might have changed his opinion after your treason of our blood, is understandable. Your boys died for Jewish and American interests. Not for their own, not for Britain's and not for England's.
@HerrWagnerfreund Dogged British resistance allowed for the great escape at DUNKIRK, not beacuse Hitler 'let us'. Your lies and falsities are indicative of a thick, over-zealous Fascist. You keep carping on about Germanic brothers as well- you didn't seem to give as much of a shit about the Dutch... It's because Hitler was scared of us, he wanted to become like us that he respected the British. Jewish and American interests???? We had to literally force the yanks to come and fight!
1. Sir, the one who lies surely is you. Hitler loved England, as did Wilhelm II.
2. All Germans thought of you as Germanic brothers. You obviously don't see that. You rather live with your "countrymen with immigrant background" than with your relatives.
3. The Dutch are even closer related to us than the English.
4. You shouldn't have declared war on us at all. Why did you care for the Poles? We wanted to get back West Prussia, they wanted to conquer "Ostelbien". That was our issue, not yours.
serving in the forces brings a tear to my eye shit i´m proud to have had the chance to fight for my country and stand next to a soldier whereevery he come´s from and know he will protect me and the same i shall do, shall we both fall then there will be more , we brit´s fight to the end and never give up, knowing we do are best and have done our best during the wars we have fought. Be proud and hold your head up high will shall go on and always win. God save the Queen.
@eelcofacebook , Yes its nice but as a Brit give me the Dutch national anthem anyday, especially at the football matches. Now that does bring tears to the eyes and I don't even know what there singing about other than some reference to the King Of Spain?
@the big JM92.....Fair play to you, I thought I was the only person that knew that....mainly because I now work in Sweden!!! It´s actually celebrated at the British Embassy here on every Remembrance Sunday.
Thanks for posting. The tune is very moving. This tune has made its way into the Lutheran Service Book (LSB) for the Te Deum used in the Matins service. Different wording. It begins with "We praise you and acknowledge you.." I think the Australian Lutherans were the first to adopt this tune and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in America followed by putting the hymn into the LSB.
nice ditty written by an englishman. but anyone could sing it about their own country. the music was written by gustav holst. if it were not for the music the lyrics would be forgetable(?).
@eyeboan The lyrics were written as a separate poem with no intention of being put to music. It was written by a British diplomat serving in Sweden who was trying to link his duty to his homeland and his duty to god as a good Christian. Only after the Great War and all the awful suffering that occured was this put together and became popular as a proud Christian nation came to terms with horrific war, its necessity and cost or otherwise. Its not about the words themselves its what they represent
@thebigJM92 theres only one problem with it's use nowadays though... we are not (in all respect) a christian country any more. With the majority of Youth and near 40% of the total population being secular in belief.
that's not meant as a dig, I understand the meaning of the song and it is a very beautiful one... I just wonder, like the poppy (which originated in WW1, but in Afghan it's used to make drugs, links to which have caused many soldiers to have died) if it's still relevant to us.
@A16AdamWalker I see your point and i respect your view, it is certainly valid. But i would argue that our history is a part of our nation, even though it slowly grows smaller in the memory it is still an integral part. Never before in our history has Britain suffered like in WW1, we lost more in WW1 than WW2 and Afghanistan is nothing in comparison. And whilst our population is becoming less christian it doesn't change the fact that our nation is shaped around it.
Reminds me of what Cecil Rhodes said to his nephew. "Always remember that you were born an Englishman, and have, therefore, already won first prize in the lottery of life". And just for the record, despite what my passport says I am not a Eurpean Citizen I am a subject of Her Brittanic Majesy Queen Elizabeth II. Oh and another thing, like Boris Johnson, if the government ever decides to send me an ID card I'll eat it.
@alanpatey And judging by the current state of the European Union it would appear you folks made the right choice. May God always protect England. Thanks from a grateful American.
@RichBanks2010 lol it's game over man. You're in debt, your miltary is impotent. You've been in decline for a long time. Canada will be the next world power.
I'm surprised at how many ppl had hymn books in their hands. No doubt this is not the national anthem but surely at least half of the crowd should know most of the words, no? Scary part is even the royal family are looking at the hymn books.
We need to be proud about our country , we are a dying breed, the only British history I don't like is what happened with Ireland. Long live Britain, no retreat! No surrender!
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I assure you that the Queen knows the words but she is not on your age, so she can't remember all the lyrics by heart, that of course does not mean that she doesn't know how to sing the hymn. We are humans not robots its natural sometimes not to remember some words of a hymn or song.
Brings a tear to my eye. For all those who died and for all those who serve for this country! Our country is us, and those who defend it defend us. God save the Queen, god save Britain, and god save its defenders!
@Kkardemumma Very good point. I'd forgotten Jerusalem is explicitly about England; I can't imagine it would go down too well with everybody else. But as an English anthem, fair enough.
Apparently there is a Scottish version, with 'England' replaced by 'Albion'. But to be honest, I can't see them replacing 'Flower of Scotland' any time soon. That's a brilliant anthem
I doubt the war will be forgotten. We have remembrance day to remember all those who have lost their lives during and since and every one will know how it started. Why we remember. The sacrifice of millions.
So many of the people in this audience are wearing uniforms from WWII. I have to wonder, what will become of this world when that war passes from all living memory. In a few years the last of that generation will pass on. A few will last a few years longer, but most will be gone. Will the younger generation, raised is such softness & presumed entitlement, be able to preserve what their sacrifice bequeathed to them?
What are you on about? Theres a war with Britain involved going on right now. Most of the infantry are under 25. War remembrance will always be part of British identity. Thats the legacy of Empire!
After listening to such beautiful, rousing and patriotic music i would gladly die for this country! Even if i were 80 years old i would take a shotgun outside and take aim at any invader! How i love my country, how i hate my government for its hatred of patriotism. Patriotism is the oxygen on which a nation survives, without it it is only a matter of time before the country falls. This country is choking, gasping, we MUST increase the flow of oxygen, before it is too late.
This from an American of British descent: Many of us across the pond would fight for Queen and Country if the need arose. We are one in language and heritage and feel close to the Mother Country. We here in Virginia welcomed Her Majesty in 2007 during her visit as she helped us observe the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown colony by Englishmen in 1607. God Save the Queen indeed.
Its nice to see not everyone of colonial descent have forgoten where they came from. God bless those from both out countrys, and our people fighting together.
@kopec1 Finally, they've let an American with a brain comment on our videos! Welcome! Come and have some tea. (If you even think about chucking it off a boat you're dead :P) I'm fed up of Americans thinking we owe them something for their contribution to World War 2. How many more damn wars you going to drag us into before we're even?
@AjRhCp I believe that Britian still owes the United States a great debt. We sent Britain supplies even though German submarines were sinking our ships. We also sent troops, tanks, and equipment that was vital in defeating the Nazi war machine. We lost alot of brave men fighting to free Britian and all of Europe from the Nazis.
@ZM7241994 Great Britain owes the USA absolutely nothing old boy. Every last item was paid for, even the obsolete WW1 destroyers..And then with total contempt for the British, the mendacious president decided to kill the Empire by bankrupting it.....that by setting an interest rate that would make a mafia loan shark whince. The US owes Great Britain the debt old son and remember, the US has never won a war against GB and never won a war without GB..you give morons a bad name!
@MrMickroach Great Britian was about to fall to the Nazi war machine, and then we arrived and, as usual, saved the day. After the war we even helped rebuild the United Kingdom. You should be grateful that the U.S. did help you Birts because ya did try to conquer us twice in the past.
@ZM7241994 Quite obviously, thats why we had stood alone for almost 3 years you cretin. And with all due respect, it ws the might of the USSR that won WW2. after WW2 the USA gave nothing, NADA to the UK, it took away the Empire by charging huge fees for the war materials, that was the avaowed intent of FDR, it is in his memoirs, the mendacious and evil man..the fact that we couldnt afford the to have an Empire resulted in the twin towers..Help from the US?? You are having a turkish old son
@MrMickroach Great Britian did a great job at holding off the Nazi war machine but they were on the brink of defeat. The USSR wasn't much better off and if Hitler had just went around Stalingrad it is highly likely he would captured Moscow and crushed the Soviet Union. When the United States entered the war it forced the Nazis to divert troops from the Eastern front to the Western front which took pressure off the USSR.
@ZM7241994 Gosh, seems you have a retarded and puerile slant on history! Great Brutain had won the Battle of Britain, Great Britain had been at war for almost three years and by far, was not beaten, Great Britain had defeated Rommel in the Desert well before the US was on the horizon..I think you should go and talk to a hisory teacher my old son, you are quite barking! Remember, never won a war without us and never won a war against us.
@ZM7241994 The only theatre that the USA put troops into straight away was the pacific. And the germans weren't fighting there. It wasn't until the invasion of Sicily and D-Day did germany have to call on reserves. And besides, most of the german divisions involved were D-day were already in France taking leave or just defending the atlantic wall.
@ZM7241994 If you are refering to the war of 1812 - might i remind you that the americans started it because they wanted to control canada, and as they said - 'liberate the canadians'. And in actual fact we owned you... at least until you revolted and got the french and spanish to help you with your troublesome battles with the redcoats - which most of the time you were losing.
@ZM7241994 I agree, and am not taking anything away from the soldiers who lost their life from the US during the War. I'm just stating that without Russia, the European campaign wouldn't have been successful, America didn't have as huge a part as you guys seem to think. D-Day was a British led campaign, with relatively small numbers of US forces taking part, so to say you diverted Germany to the Western front is bull. You may have given us materials, but your reluctance to do so wasn't welcome.
@AjRhCp Without Russia the liberation of Europe would have been more diffcult because the Germans would have had only two fronts instead of three, but it wouldn't be impossible. American intervention in World War 2 is what turned the tide against the Nazis. It was also American intervention that broke the stalemate in World War 1.
@ZM7241994 The only thing america gave that was needed by any allied country was money and lend-lease equipment. The allies already had a lot of manpower - the soviets and their spam and Britain and its colonies. The only thing america did in the world wars was profit from the deaths of millions of people. Some amazing country that is.
@columnsx If Britain and the Soviet Union did have enough strength to push back the Germans why were they both on the defensive? Britian was constantly fending off German air raids, and the Germans were going through Russia like a hot knife through butter. The Nazis had both Britian and the Soviet Union on the ropes.
@ZM7241994 But Britain was not always on the defensive. In Africa almost all of the time Britain was on the attack, granted Rommels attacks prior to El Alamein was not an attack. Britain may have been on the run on land but for land sea and air, we were running the Germans into the ground. The hunt for KMS Bismarck is a prime example. Russia wasn't on the run in Finland, and only before Stalingrad were the Soviets on the run. After that, it was a constant retreat for the germans.
@columnsx Britain may have had some success in Africa but they weren't anywhere near pushing the Germans out of Africa. England didn't have the resources, nor the military might to force the Nazis to withdraw. As for Russia, they were in a full retreat as the Germans pushed deeper into the Motherland. Had Hitler heeded the advice from his generals, and not become obsessed with Stalingrad, Moscow would have been captured and the Soviet Union destroyed.
I'm sorry, but I don't know what your problem is. You come onto an English song bragging about America and the war.
Nobody cares about America, It's a big country full of fat people, where 1 in 10 people have actually had a decent education.
Also, America was not needed to help in Europe. The British and Russians had that covered after the failed invasions of Nazi Germany. You was only needed in Africa.
Also the Canadians deserve more respect, she came to the aid of her mother.
@ThePatrickUK I was responding to some jackass who insulted America and I wasn't bragging. In the first World War there was a stalemate and neither side could push the ohter back. It was America's intervention that provided the military might to break through German lines and force Germany's surrender. In the second World War the Nazi's had both Britain and Russia on the ropes, and it was American intervention that turned the tide.
@ZM7241994 After 3 years of being "too proud to fight" The Americans only deigned to help when the Germans offered the Mexicans money and arms to invade America.
A move they repeated again in WW2 when they refused to get involved for 2 years leaving the Allied forces to rot in the trenches. Again they deigned to help out only when the Japanese attacked US and UK ships.
America only turned the tide because they hadn't spent 2 years building their body count.
@jaz88pa The are many reason why the United States didn't get involved in the first World War until 1917. Some didn't want to get involved because they were isolationists, and ohters wanted to avoid the bloodshed. As to what caused the U.S. to enter the war is also a combination of many reasons. Though I doubt that the fear of a Mexican invasion is what caused them to enter the war. Germany was having a hard enough time keeping their own army supplied, yet alone fund a overseas invasion.
@jaz88pa There are also multiple reasons why the United States didn't officially enter the second World War untl 1941. Keep in mind that the United States was shipping vital supplies to the United Kingdom through waters patrolled by German submarines before Pearl Harbor. The reason why the United States was able to turn the tide was because they had the industrial might and the numbers. For every German tank produced, 10 American tanks were produced.
@ZM7241994 Wrong on both accounts. The Great War was already won by the time you yanks entered. The Royal Navy's blockade of Germany was starving Germany of raw materials critical to the continued survival of the German war effort. That and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire meant the British Empire could send even more troops to the Western Front.
It was the German failure to capitilise of the gains of Barbarossa that turned the war against the Third Reich, not American Intervention.
Best of luck from sweden!! Long Live The Queen!!
TheXinforel 1 day ago
I VOW TO THEE MY COUNTRY THAT I WILL NOT THINK FOR MYSELF.
80sLizzie 6 days ago
We should sing the middle verse to this amazing poem/hymn. In memoriam to those who died for this country.
"I heard my country calling, away across the sea,
Across the waste of waters she calls and calls to me.
Her sword is girded at her side, her helmet on her head,
And round her feet are lying the dying and the dead.
I hear the noise of battle, the thunder of her guns,
I haste to thee my mother, a son among thy sons."
thebigJM92 1 week ago
@thebigJM92 Was not aware ot this verse. Thanhs for posting it.
PVR1962 5 days ago
bill5936 ""all that was won with the blood of our forfathers (sic) " like the fucking colonies gave nothing - Commonwealth Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors (Merchant and Military) all died far from home to save you, so don't be so effing egotistical about "Our forefathers"
"unregulated influx of third world immigrants" What Planet are you from !!!!!!!!!!!
Surrinder93 1 week ago
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this song isn't about England, or about Britain, the song represents humanity, the idea that hope transcend borders, that freedom is an idea that cannot be killed, it recognises though we may have many flags and many languages, we are all human, and though the few will try and divide us, we are stronger together, our similarities outweigh our differences If people think this song, this idea of hope and glory is something that only the British deserve then you aren’t British at heart, we are one
Mr1100112233 2 weeks ago
ENGLAND MY ENGLAND HOW I ADORE THEE..
grooverheliboy 3 weeks ago
watch the documentaries of young british soldiers in afghanistan,,,,,watch the programmes of the severely wounded who rebuild their lives and do wonderful things,the spirit does live on.deep and undiluted.
ronsiris1 1 month ago
@Malliday I am 14 and I know the words and I am proud to know them and sing this song however, I am the only one I know my age who actully knows the words which makes me sad to have missed my country in her prime :(
VoRlC 1 month ago
I'm an American and have always loved Britain, but I also fear for Britain... It is not the country it once was.
PolishedMonocle 3 months ago
@PolishedMonocle too true. We are a shadow of our former self. The past 50 years, and sucessive governments who have run us into the ground. We need to rebuild and be the once proud nation that we once were!!
snitch5000 1 month ago 2
sadly,. greedy bankers and fat cats who cared nothing ,.our childrens future ,.or the great country our fathers and grandfathers fought and died for..they have destroyed all our future .
hujjesb 3 months ago
What a lovely hymn. Perhaps that ought to be the national anthem of England, just like "America the Beautiful" should be our national anthem instead of that gawdawful thing we have to sing that so many singers end up slaying badly because they cannot reach the high notes on "the rockets red glare". Frankly, a national anthem about war seems so inappropriate anymore and I'd sooner sing a song extolling our national beauty. All we've done throughout our history is to find excuses to fight wars.
KSUgrad79 3 months ago
@KSUgrad79 countries and history is and was formed through war. F*** it being inappropriate. It really annoys my when people are so PC that even your anthem has to change. Not saying you are really PC i don't know.
xjxism 3 months ago
Another Brit expat here, now living in Canada - I echo all your sentiments Bill
valcran16 4 months ago
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brianward5 4 months ago
@rctsos Completely agree with everything you said mate. I'm British but personally I've always been fascinated by Japan, I hope to visit and maybe even live there one day.
Greetings from Britain my friend!
gymnutter89 5 months ago
@rctsos while Japan also lost their culture because they bend over US and do what they please ...
AngelsRamin 6 months ago
@patchworkplaid No, because he is a massive cunt. Good riddance to bad racist trash.
FusionWarrior 6 months ago
Brit ex-pat here, now living in Canada. I weep for England...for what it has become...its weak leadership and the changed face of its culture with the unregulated influx of third world immigrants. A shameful waste of all that was won with the blood of our forfathers! I fear I can never go back. Yet the memory of the rolling hills of Berkshire will stay with me always. This song and "Jerusalem" speak volumes about the olove I have for my beloved England. God bless her... and God help her!
bill5936 7 months ago 33
@bill5936 I love to Britain...The Queen and all its culture...but remember your ancestors robbed most parts of the world which is now known as third world so their generation come to England to a country that otherwise wouldn't have even remember where...So now they bring their culture along with other weaknesses which will be the ultimate penalty of England!..the best example is the mean lame riots we've had recently.
England no longer the country of the noble Queen! ibut the bitch of US
AngelsRamin 6 months ago
@bill5936 Bill, Im still here and wouold shake your hand were we face to face. NEVER truer words spoken.
tomgilchrist57 3 months ago
@tomgilchrist57 Tom, we could no doubt complain to each other at length over a pint or two. It would be an honour. But therein lies the problem. All people generally do is complain. Rarely do they take any action and only then when it is too little, too late. The people get the government they deserve and if no action is taken and no one stands up to say what really needs to be said...they will still get the government they desereve...one way or another. I would love to see England great again!
bill5936 2 months ago
@bill5936 so british you ditch your own country. and these "third world immigrants" are citizens of the commonwealth in the most part and are a direct result of empire. the security of britain was secured by the blood of commonwealth troops as well. england is an amazing nation because of its diversity and general tolerance, not in spite of it
MrKennethfelch 2 months ago
@MrKennethfelch "Ditch my country"? I did nothing of the sort. I simply made a conscious choice to be with my Canadian wife in her homeland instead of insisting she come to mine. Which, by the way, was damned good timing (if I do say so myself). Observing the steady decline since Maggie Thatcher was so treacherously ousted by those self-serving, chinless cowards in her own party, my decision to leave has been validated again and again. I still love England, or at least the memory of it.
bill5936 2 months ago
@bill5936 A glorious anthem. I am Canadain but lived in Britain in the 60's. I fell in love with rural England & the cosy village lifestyle I expected to find there. Britain the 'idyll' now only exists in novels & Christie mysteries. Cld. one hope to find the type of men who gave so selflessly of themselves in 2 wars. I'm doubtful. Many scoff at the idea of a saviour or the existence of God.The last verse is best. Being Godless on a battlefield wld. be the prelude to hell.
jeanluc1404 1 month ago
@bill5936
all the british who died in the war died for nothing. your culture is gone and has been replaced by muslim culture
menacinghat 1 month ago
@bill5936
the great irony is your children will live in a multicultultural canada just like britian. The majority of people who are moving are from the third world. Does not take a genius. have a close look at canada now and the uk in the 90s.
menacinghat 1 month ago
@bill5936 Don't fret my friend - England still lives large in the heart of those that dare to call themselves "English". We number many.
Bushcamper4Sale 4 weeks ago 3
@bill5936 I hear what you say. my parents immigrated and never went back to England, myfather always said 'we have given our heritage away', there is England anymore, he fought in WW11 as a bomber pilot, was a Prisoner of War, because he loved England, he is right we have let other people who claim to be British take over our beautiful country and ruin it. I love my country but I am at a loss to find it............
margaret097 4 weeks ago
@bill5936 hello there, if you are so passionate about the country you love, why are you living elsewhere. Someone has to clean up the mess being made, but I guess you'll hang on till it's done eh!
Albashewolf 2 weeks ago
@bill5936 England is not Britain.
roscoe181690 4 days ago
@bill5936 England is not Britain.
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Corkii095 7 months ago
A soldier died on the battlefield, where he traveled up to meet God at the gates of heaven. Once he met God, the soldier looked up and said "I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, even more that you won't approve of, so if you decide to send me to hell, im OK with it." God looked at the soldier, then turned to the gatekeeper of heaven, "let him in," God ordered. The gate keeper, confused asked why. God turned to face the soldier as he answered,"Because this man just came from hell."
MrDiddydodd 8 months ago 7
All hail America!! Land of the free and the brave! Diversity is beauty and strength, not a weakness. All you 'pure pedigree' racist bigots, wake up to the new world. You can keep dreaming of 'what has been', but down here in reality, we have 1.2billion indians and they need a place to live. Mexicans now 120million and counting. So what do you do? Slaughter them? LOVE AND LET LIVE!!!! I love this song anyway.
shyftah 8 months ago
@TheMightyBlighty well how can a culture exist without the people? the culture IS the people. Europe is being diluted with useless and failed people. They are individually responsible for trying to force their primitive ideas and customs on us. Here in this video: /watch?v=HIvwtey9Qcg I see 5 creatures who should be sent to Asia. Not a culture but 5 creatures. One by one.
sondano 8 months ago
@TheMightyBlighty do you know what those "noble" people did in China? Do you know about the Nanking Massacre? I like modern Japan but man WW2 and before they were a bunch of wackos
sondano 9 months ago
I am German and I enjoy the beautiful anthem. I am so sorry for what we did to the British in the war! I am glad that aristocracy is alive and well in England. May God protect England!
berlinmanful 9 months ago 46
@berlinmanful
wars in of the last couple of centures were created for the interest for a handful of fools rather than the people as a whole? what people wants to see their children or father in a coffin? none? who does not deep down have some form of compassion for humanity? nobody. pull back the veil and the barriers
menacinghat 2 months ago
@berlinmanful Ich bin kein Deutscher aber denke dass' auf beide Seiten, furchtbare
Taten geschehen sind. Solche Lieder bringen das Beste aus dem Volk. Auch das Nationalhymn Deutschlands bringt mich fast immer zum heulen wenn ich es hoere.
Sowie neulich in Berlin beim 20ten Jubileumstag der Deutscheeinheit. Riesende Flaggen und voll Orchester. Das Volleprogram. Wir koennen uns nur freuen das wir die
Frieden geniessen duerfen. Gott sei Dank!
jeanluc1404 1 month ago
@berlinmanful You really have no need to apologise. I'm fairly sure y had nothing to do with it and besides, it was an extremely complicated period in history for Germany, and one which we have no right to further chastise such a wonderful country for. Germany has been grown up enough to move on and so should everyone else. There is nothing better at illustrating this than watching two veterans of the War embracing one another as friends instead of old enemies. Live long and prosper, Deutschland
IRememberTheOldDays 4 weeks ago
@berlinmanful You don't have to be sorry. You probably weren't even alive during WWII; sin is not genetic. We did horrible things to each other, and the important thing is that we never do the same again. We're friends now and we must remain so.
chikubichan 4 weeks ago
@berlinmanful Hey, if it weren't you lot, they wouldn't be there (House of Hanover), so basically we owe you guys from saving us from our complete inability to get with the 21st century
A16AdamWalker 2 weeks ago
@berlinmanful
Thanks Berliner!
HarryBodensson 2 weeks ago
@berlinmanful I served in Germany in the 1960's and lived with a German family. They were the nicest people I have ever had the privelage to meet. I know people have done bad thing over the century's and will do for century's to come, but just remember the nice and good things in life, and you will be a happy person.
aajlrrecruit 1 week ago
@berlinmanful England is not Britain
roscoe181690 4 days ago
NIce channel!
TheYurichan 9 months ago
@rctsos "One thing I feel sorry that nowadays Britain seems that it hasbeen losing their true characteristic&colour and ruined by the massive influx of immigrants from the Third World." im so glad you said that rctsos its good to see that other great nations can see what is happening to ours!. its just a massive shame that the government dont seem to care or just wont to anything about it as they are scared of being called racist!!!
hazzyp666 10 months ago
@hazzyp666 If things keep going as they are in Britian, in fifty years it will be an Islamic state.
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Kevierae 9 months ago
@TheMightyBlighty I wouldn't be so quick to point the finger at America for not entering the war immediately because you Brits avoided it as long as you could. It was obvious that Hitler was mobilizing for a full-scale war, yet European nations did nothing to stop him. Also, we shipped vital supplies to the UK through waters patrolled by wolfpacks(German submarines). Alot of men lost their lives getting aid to England.
ZM7241994 10 months ago
@ZM7241994 Most of the the lives lost were British.We paid cash for the supplies,last payment about 3 years ago.
mandeville7474 3 weeks ago
@mandeville7474 It's been awhile since I commented on this video. You're gonna have to remind me what I said in my comment.
ZM7241994 3 weeks ago
is really sad to read racist comments....the world is only one!! we,the humanity are only ONE!!!wake up!!
oliban78 10 months ago
i have read through your coments guys did you all watch monty pythons life of brian you sound like you have .who cares who don what lets hope it never happens again
djray2001 10 months ago
isn't it amazing how music can make you feel?
Emiejg 11 months ago
Even here people are talking about Germany. I tell you one thing, my dear Germanic brothers from England: if Britain had joined the England-friendly Germany instead of fighting against her, you would still have your Empire instead of Pakistanis and Indians floating your country.
HerrWagnerfreund 11 months ago
@HerrWagnerfreund Yes and I would be writing in German right now... We stood against Nazi tyranny and we were stronger- Rule Britannia and the diversity of her kingdoms
pulsengine 11 months ago
You wouldn't. That's something you don't understand. Germany has never been anti-English. The contrary is true. Wilhelm II, whose mother was English, and Hitler who admired Houstan Steward Chamberlain admired England, and the rest of Germany at least regarded the English as Germanic brothers. You would still speak and write English but you would have an Empire and an ethnically clean England. Rule Britannia? Those times have passed... Britannia, or better: Great Pakistan, will never rule again.
HerrWagnerfreund 11 months ago
@HerrWagnerfreund Trust me, all our boys didn't die just for you to say that Hitler would've given Britain a longer lasting Empire. Don't get me wrong, I see myself as quite right-wing but Hitler was a CUNT. He murdered 14 million innocent people and, if you would actually read history books, hated the British after we turned down his offer of allegiance with British defiance.
pulsengine 11 months ago 2
Churchill was a cunt. If he had hated you, he wouldn't have wanted peace. He even let your army escape from Dünkirchen although he could have captured all the British there. He hoped that blood is stronger than water, that our Germanic brothers, the Anglo-Saxons, won't fight against us. That he might have changed his opinion after your treason of our blood, is understandable. Your boys died for Jewish and American interests. Not for their own, not for Britain's and not for England's.
HerrWagnerfreund 11 months ago
@HerrWagnerfreund Dogged British resistance allowed for the great escape at DUNKIRK, not beacuse Hitler 'let us'. Your lies and falsities are indicative of a thick, over-zealous Fascist. You keep carping on about Germanic brothers as well- you didn't seem to give as much of a shit about the Dutch... It's because Hitler was scared of us, he wanted to become like us that he respected the British. Jewish and American interests???? We had to literally force the yanks to come and fight!
pulsengine 11 months ago 5
1. Sir, the one who lies surely is you. Hitler loved England, as did Wilhelm II.
2. All Germans thought of you as Germanic brothers. You obviously don't see that. You rather live with your "countrymen with immigrant background" than with your relatives.
3. The Dutch are even closer related to us than the English.
4. You shouldn't have declared war on us at all. Why did you care for the Poles? We wanted to get back West Prussia, they wanted to conquer "Ostelbien". That was our issue, not yours.
HerrWagnerfreund 11 months ago
@teren237 Fuck you!
ZM7241994 1 year ago
this makes me eyes water listening ti this wonderful music
Robby334 1 year ago
serving in the forces brings a tear to my eye shit i´m proud to have had the chance to fight for my country and stand next to a soldier whereevery he come´s from and know he will protect me and the same i shall do, shall we both fall then there will be more , we brit´s fight to the end and never give up, knowing we do are best and have done our best during the wars we have fought. Be proud and hold your head up high will shall go on and always win. God save the Queen.
goodyrot 1 year ago
Always impressed! Eelco van der Brug Rotterdam (NL)
eelcofacebook 1 year ago
@eelcofacebook , Yes its nice but as a Brit give me the Dutch national anthem anyday, especially at the football matches. Now that does bring tears to the eyes and I don't even know what there singing about other than some reference to the King Of Spain?
TennisUK11 1 year ago
I'm choked up in tears... These are the hands that made the WORLD!
agnosticcc 1 year ago
I heard my country calling, away across the sea,
Across the waste of waters she calls and calls to me.
Her sword is girded at her side, her helmet on her head,
And round her feet are lying the dying and the dead.
I hear the noise of battle, the thunder of her guns,
I haste to thee my mother, a son among thy sons.
Should have sang the middle verse but due to political correctness it is deemed 'not suitable'. Madness.
averythehero 1 year ago 2
11:00 11/11/2010 Lest we forget
rowey111 1 year ago
@the big JM92.....Fair play to you, I thought I was the only person that knew that....mainly because I now work in Sweden!!! It´s actually celebrated at the British Embassy here on every Remembrance Sunday.
smeggy501 1 year ago
@smeggy501 Ah thank you! I'm glad you know its history too!
thebigJM92 1 year ago
Does anyone here even realise that this is a hymn? A religious song?
MrGurlyboy 1 year ago
Thanks for posting. The tune is very moving. This tune has made its way into the Lutheran Service Book (LSB) for the Te Deum used in the Matins service. Different wording. It begins with "We praise you and acknowledge you.." I think the Australian Lutherans were the first to adopt this tune and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in America followed by putting the hymn into the LSB.
MrJonathanSwift 1 year ago
@ukanian is a Marxist. There is no saving him.
Advancedape 1 year ago
nice ditty written by an englishman. but anyone could sing it about their own country. the music was written by gustav holst. if it were not for the music the lyrics would be forgetable(?).
eyeboan 1 year ago
@eyeboan The lyrics were written as a separate poem with no intention of being put to music. It was written by a British diplomat serving in Sweden who was trying to link his duty to his homeland and his duty to god as a good Christian. Only after the Great War and all the awful suffering that occured was this put together and became popular as a proud Christian nation came to terms with horrific war, its necessity and cost or otherwise. Its not about the words themselves its what they represent
thebigJM92 1 year ago
@thebigJM92 theres only one problem with it's use nowadays though... we are not (in all respect) a christian country any more. With the majority of Youth and near 40% of the total population being secular in belief.
that's not meant as a dig, I understand the meaning of the song and it is a very beautiful one... I just wonder, like the poppy (which originated in WW1, but in Afghan it's used to make drugs, links to which have caused many soldiers to have died) if it's still relevant to us.
A16AdamWalker 1 year ago
@A16AdamWalker I see your point and i respect your view, it is certainly valid. But i would argue that our history is a part of our nation, even though it slowly grows smaller in the memory it is still an integral part. Never before in our history has Britain suffered like in WW1, we lost more in WW1 than WW2 and Afghanistan is nothing in comparison. And whilst our population is becoming less christian it doesn't change the fact that our nation is shaped around it.
thebigJM92 1 year ago
@A16AdamWalker But as i said you make a fair point and make it well. I respect your view. It really is a case of perspective.
thebigJM92 1 year ago
This should be our national anthem. It makes me proud to be a Brit :)
SpawtAwnProductions 1 year ago
Quick thing...to Britons out there, this song is so amazing, it really should be your national anthem.
Jaz553 1 year ago
ein wunderschönes Lied, ich liebe es , es sit ja auch eine Filmusik
HeidrunChristiane 1 year ago
Reminds me of what Cecil Rhodes said to his nephew. "Always remember that you were born an Englishman, and have, therefore, already won first prize in the lottery of life". And just for the record, despite what my passport says I am not a Eurpean Citizen I am a subject of Her Brittanic Majesy Queen Elizabeth II. Oh and another thing, like Boris Johnson, if the government ever decides to send me an ID card I'll eat it.
alanpatey 1 year ago
@alanpatey And judging by the current state of the European Union it would appear you folks made the right choice. May God always protect England. Thanks from a grateful American.
Vydio 1 year ago
@Vydio Thankyou sir from a grateful Brit.
mandeville7474 3 weeks ago
@RichBanks2010 Canda isn't a colony any more.
johnnyponny4 1 year ago
@johnnyponny4
No but we still love you :]
ignorantpom 1 year ago
God Save her Majesty the Queen!
randallscott25 1 year ago
@RichBanks2010 lol it's game over man. You're in debt, your miltary is impotent. You've been in decline for a long time. Canada will be the next world power.
johnnyponny4 1 year ago
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lelboy 1 year ago
God Save The Queen, Rule Britannia & Long Live our noble Monarchy.
RoyalistUK 1 year ago 2
I'm surprised at how many ppl had hymn books in their hands. No doubt this is not the national anthem but surely at least half of the crowd should know most of the words, no? Scary part is even the royal family are looking at the hymn books.
femwrest 1 year ago
We need to be proud about our country , we are a dying breed, the only British history I don't like is what happened with Ireland. Long live Britain, no retreat! No surrender!
Muserockeruk 1 year ago 2
im one proud Englishman.
HolteEnder85 1 year ago
I am a Roman Catholic and I still love this song :)
mantheycalltom 1 year ago
@mantheycalltom Good on you, but it is not a song it's a Hymn.
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TheDustpile 1 year ago
God save the Queen. Long live the Union!
agnosticcc 1 year ago 2
Your comment is clearly pointless.
I assure you that the Queen knows the words but she is not on your age, so she can't remember all the lyrics by heart, that of course does not mean that she doesn't know how to sing the hymn. We are humans not robots its natural sometimes not to remember some words of a hymn or song.
GSTQ.
RoyalistUK 1 year ago
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN & RULE BRITANNIA.
RoyalistUK 1 year ago 5
Amen brother!
bornfromashes2008 1 year ago
Wonderful. Should be England's national anthem.
markdami 2 years ago 8
Brings a tear to my eye. For all those who died and for all those who serve for this country! Our country is us, and those who defend it defend us. God save the Queen, god save Britain, and god save its defenders!
thebigJM92 2 years ago 12
How stirring and beautiful, and how sad. One of the lovliest things I've ever heard.
operamichael 2 years ago 7
This should be the national anthem of Britain. I love it.
James09854 2 years ago 21
@James09854 That or jerusalem. Both better than our current one
mathieuadams 2 years ago 3
@mathieuadams Jerusalem wouldn't really represent Britain, would it? I think you mean England...
Kkardemumma 1 year ago
@Kkardemumma Very good point. I'd forgotten Jerusalem is explicitly about England; I can't imagine it would go down too well with everybody else. But as an English anthem, fair enough.
Apparently there is a Scottish version, with 'England' replaced by 'Albion'. But to be honest, I can't see them replacing 'Flower of Scotland' any time soon. That's a brilliant anthem
mathieuadams 1 year ago
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about time we moved on and got rid of all the royal parasites..
colfer222 2 years ago
I think it was Remembrance Service.
emanuele28165 2 years ago
What was this event? Both the Prime Minister and half the Royal Family, including The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were there.
bill1745 2 years ago
Can't you see the poppies on the left lapel & the War veterans?
It's Remembrance Day of course.
RoyalistUK 2 years ago 3
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Makes me proud to be British
Vote BNP 2010
BritishistheBest 2 years ago
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Roma Victor!!!!!!
griffonsa 2 years ago
It's difficult not to be proud of being British, sad some manage. God Save Britain!
gdbalck 2 years ago 9
RULE BRITANNIA!
RoyalistUK 2 years ago 7
I doubt the war will be forgotten. We have remembrance day to remember all those who have lost their lives during and since and every one will know how it started. Why we remember. The sacrifice of millions.
alex471996 2 years ago
God save her Majesty the Queen and the Princess of Wales whereever she may be now.
mierau1012 2 years ago 3
God Save The Queen!
God Bless The Queen!
Long live Elizabeth II !!
Long May She Reign!!
***--E II R--***
4EverBritish 2 years ago 9
So many of the people in this audience are wearing uniforms from WWII. I have to wonder, what will become of this world when that war passes from all living memory. In a few years the last of that generation will pass on. A few will last a few years longer, but most will be gone. Will the younger generation, raised is such softness & presumed entitlement, be able to preserve what their sacrifice bequeathed to them?
VictorLepanto 2 years ago
What are you on about? Theres a war with Britain involved going on right now. Most of the infantry are under 25. War remembrance will always be part of British identity. Thats the legacy of Empire!
pipeup1 2 years ago 2
im 23 , the younger generation you speak of. Our fallen will never be forgotten.
mccarlad 2 years ago 8
God Save The Queen
nortynine 2 years ago
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
RoyalistUK 2 years ago 4
Its a damnable shame. It makes a mockery of history and it makes me both angry and sad in equal measure
thebigJM92 2 years ago
This should be the national anthem.
stulancs 2 years ago 2
Long live the Union! God save the Queen!
agnosticcc 2 years ago 18
After listening to such beautiful, rousing and patriotic music i would gladly die for this country! Even if i were 80 years old i would take a shotgun outside and take aim at any invader! How i love my country, how i hate my government for its hatred of patriotism. Patriotism is the oxygen on which a nation survives, without it it is only a matter of time before the country falls. This country is choking, gasping, we MUST increase the flow of oxygen, before it is too late.
thebigJM92 2 years ago 41
Hear, hear, thebigJM. Wonderfully put.
pauls32812 2 years ago 5
This from an American of British descent: Many of us across the pond would fight for Queen and Country if the need arose. We are one in language and heritage and feel close to the Mother Country. We here in Virginia welcomed Her Majesty in 2007 during her visit as she helped us observe the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown colony by Englishmen in 1607. God Save the Queen indeed.
kopec1 2 years ago 25
Its nice to see not everyone of colonial descent have forgoten where they came from. God bless those from both out countrys, and our people fighting together.
adammiller84 2 years ago 4
Thankyou for your comment kopec1. We have so many similarities and we are good and faithful allies.
thebigJM92 2 years ago 3
Virginia is named after Queen Elizibeth the first, she never married.
Interesting fact for a Virginian to have i thought.
cook119 2 years ago
Good Queen Bess.
kopec1 2 years ago
@cook119 And not one many smokers would know either ;-)
Damnblastify 2 years ago
@kopec1
I'm American of British descent! IF ONLY MORE WOULD CLAIM IT AND PRO CLAIM IT.
God save the Queen and protect the Isle.
randallscott25 1 year ago 3
@kopec1 Finally, they've let an American with a brain comment on our videos! Welcome! Come and have some tea. (If you even think about chucking it off a boat you're dead :P) I'm fed up of Americans thinking we owe them something for their contribution to World War 2. How many more damn wars you going to drag us into before we're even?
AjRhCp 1 year ago
@AjRhCp We're even my friend. I'll gladly join you for that cup of tea; with milk of course.
kopec1 1 year ago
@AjRhCp I believe that Britian still owes the United States a great debt. We sent Britain supplies even though German submarines were sinking our ships. We also sent troops, tanks, and equipment that was vital in defeating the Nazi war machine. We lost alot of brave men fighting to free Britian and all of Europe from the Nazis.
ZM7241994 1 year ago
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MrMickroach 1 year ago
@ZM7241994 Great Britain owes the USA absolutely nothing old boy. Every last item was paid for, even the obsolete WW1 destroyers..And then with total contempt for the British, the mendacious president decided to kill the Empire by bankrupting it.....that by setting an interest rate that would make a mafia loan shark whince. The US owes Great Britain the debt old son and remember, the US has never won a war against GB and never won a war without GB..you give morons a bad name!
MrMickroach 1 year ago
@MrMickroach Great Britian was about to fall to the Nazi war machine, and then we arrived and, as usual, saved the day. After the war we even helped rebuild the United Kingdom. You should be grateful that the U.S. did help you Birts because ya did try to conquer us twice in the past.
ZM7241994 1 year ago
@ZM7241994 Quite obviously, thats why we had stood alone for almost 3 years you cretin. And with all due respect, it ws the might of the USSR that won WW2. after WW2 the USA gave nothing, NADA to the UK, it took away the Empire by charging huge fees for the war materials, that was the avaowed intent of FDR, it is in his memoirs, the mendacious and evil man..the fact that we couldnt afford the to have an Empire resulted in the twin towers..Help from the US?? You are having a turkish old son
MrMickroach 1 year ago
@MrMickroach Great Britian did a great job at holding off the Nazi war machine but they were on the brink of defeat. The USSR wasn't much better off and if Hitler had just went around Stalingrad it is highly likely he would captured Moscow and crushed the Soviet Union. When the United States entered the war it forced the Nazis to divert troops from the Eastern front to the Western front which took pressure off the USSR.
ZM7241994 1 year ago
@ZM7241994 Gosh, seems you have a retarded and puerile slant on history! Great Brutain had won the Battle of Britain, Great Britain had been at war for almost three years and by far, was not beaten, Great Britain had defeated Rommel in the Desert well before the US was on the horizon..I think you should go and talk to a hisory teacher my old son, you are quite barking! Remember, never won a war without us and never won a war against us.
MrMickroach 1 year ago
@ZM7241994 The only theatre that the USA put troops into straight away was the pacific. And the germans weren't fighting there. It wasn't until the invasion of Sicily and D-Day did germany have to call on reserves. And besides, most of the german divisions involved were D-day were already in France taking leave or just defending the atlantic wall.
columnsx 1 year ago
@ZM7241994 If you are refering to the war of 1812 - might i remind you that the americans started it because they wanted to control canada, and as they said - 'liberate the canadians'. And in actual fact we owned you... at least until you revolted and got the french and spanish to help you with your troublesome battles with the redcoats - which most of the time you were losing.
columnsx 1 year ago
@ZM7241994 I agree, and am not taking anything away from the soldiers who lost their life from the US during the War. I'm just stating that without Russia, the European campaign wouldn't have been successful, America didn't have as huge a part as you guys seem to think. D-Day was a British led campaign, with relatively small numbers of US forces taking part, so to say you diverted Germany to the Western front is bull. You may have given us materials, but your reluctance to do so wasn't welcome.
AjRhCp 1 year ago
@AjRhCp Without Russia the liberation of Europe would have been more diffcult because the Germans would have had only two fronts instead of three, but it wouldn't be impossible. American intervention in World War 2 is what turned the tide against the Nazis. It was also American intervention that broke the stalemate in World War 1.
ZM7241994 1 year ago
@ZM7241994 The re was no stalemate in WWI. Germany was nearly beaten anyway, all the yanks did was shorten the war.
columnsx 1 year ago
@AjRhCp In both World Wars America provided the troops, vehicles, aircraft, and industrial might that was required to defeat Germany and her allies.
ZM7241994 1 year ago
@ZM7241994 The only thing america gave that was needed by any allied country was money and lend-lease equipment. The allies already had a lot of manpower - the soviets and their spam and Britain and its colonies. The only thing america did in the world wars was profit from the deaths of millions of people. Some amazing country that is.
columnsx 1 year ago
@columnsx If Britain and the Soviet Union did have enough strength to push back the Germans why were they both on the defensive? Britian was constantly fending off German air raids, and the Germans were going through Russia like a hot knife through butter. The Nazis had both Britian and the Soviet Union on the ropes.
ZM7241994 1 year ago
@ZM7241994 But Britain was not always on the defensive. In Africa almost all of the time Britain was on the attack, granted Rommels attacks prior to El Alamein was not an attack. Britain may have been on the run on land but for land sea and air, we were running the Germans into the ground. The hunt for KMS Bismarck is a prime example. Russia wasn't on the run in Finland, and only before Stalingrad were the Soviets on the run. After that, it was a constant retreat for the germans.
columnsx 1 year ago
@columnsx Britain may have had some success in Africa but they weren't anywhere near pushing the Germans out of Africa. England didn't have the resources, nor the military might to force the Nazis to withdraw. As for Russia, they were in a full retreat as the Germans pushed deeper into the Motherland. Had Hitler heeded the advice from his generals, and not become obsessed with Stalingrad, Moscow would have been captured and the Soviet Union destroyed.
ZM7241994 1 year ago
@ZM7241994
I'm sorry, but I don't know what your problem is. You come onto an English song bragging about America and the war.
Nobody cares about America, It's a big country full of fat people, where 1 in 10 people have actually had a decent education.
Also, America was not needed to help in Europe. The British and Russians had that covered after the failed invasions of Nazi Germany. You was only needed in Africa.
Also the Canadians deserve more respect, she came to the aid of her mother.
ThePatrickUK 1 year ago
@ThePatrickUK I was responding to some jackass who insulted America and I wasn't bragging. In the first World War there was a stalemate and neither side could push the ohter back. It was America's intervention that provided the military might to break through German lines and force Germany's surrender. In the second World War the Nazi's had both Britain and Russia on the ropes, and it was American intervention that turned the tide.
ZM7241994 1 year ago
@ZM7241994 After 3 years of being "too proud to fight" The Americans only deigned to help when the Germans offered the Mexicans money and arms to invade America.
A move they repeated again in WW2 when they refused to get involved for 2 years leaving the Allied forces to rot in the trenches. Again they deigned to help out only when the Japanese attacked US and UK ships.
America only turned the tide because they hadn't spent 2 years building their body count.
jaz88pa 11 months ago
@jaz88pa The are many reason why the United States didn't get involved in the first World War until 1917. Some didn't want to get involved because they were isolationists, and ohters wanted to avoid the bloodshed. As to what caused the U.S. to enter the war is also a combination of many reasons. Though I doubt that the fear of a Mexican invasion is what caused them to enter the war. Germany was having a hard enough time keeping their own army supplied, yet alone fund a overseas invasion.
ZM7241994 11 months ago
@jaz88pa There are also multiple reasons why the United States didn't officially enter the second World War untl 1941. Keep in mind that the United States was shipping vital supplies to the United Kingdom through waters patrolled by German submarines before Pearl Harbor. The reason why the United States was able to turn the tide was because they had the industrial might and the numbers. For every German tank produced, 10 American tanks were produced.
ZM7241994 11 months ago
@ZM7241994 Wrong on both accounts. The Great War was already won by the time you yanks entered. The Royal Navy's blockade of Germany was starving Germany of raw materials critical to the continued survival of the German war effort. That and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire meant the British Empire could send even more troops to the Western Front.
It was the German failure to capitilise of the gains of Barbarossa that turned the war against the Third Reich, not American Intervention.
SceptrumBritannia 1 year ago
@kopec1
nice one mate,we would do the same for you,you are our bretheren,it even says that in the dec of independence:O)