WW II NORTH AFRICA 1 of 3 1942 RARE COLOR FILM
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naturally they overplay their role, its only natural
however you forget to mention the American steel, engines, cannons, ammo, and fuel which enabled the Brits to win Alamein ;)
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jew propaganda
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@mjeshaw The History Channel sucks at history.
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take a trip to Vrindavan, visit the poor there, then tell me about Krshna being anything.. been there, done that
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@LordGeorgeRodney I am informed that prior to 1917 the british in support of their allies in various european wars gave them the money. ie to Fredrick the great to raise & pay for an army we didn't have to send.
In early 1917 the Americans entered the war without an army to send so they raised the money with domestic war bonds then lent the money to the the allies. this was the first time that inter govenmental loans were instituted. It was so we could buy the munitions and crosses.
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@lucius1976 The Australians even were the first to beat the Japs in a ground battle before the US in the pacific but they seem to think they were the only ones there.
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That will be interesting ..
The US did do a lot in the war from 1942 onwards & its industrial might accelerated after this that there is no doubt..
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@LordGeorgeRodney The statement was in reflection to how the US didn't do much during the war and just came in the final moments. The US provided the industrial capacity to beat the German Reich whose only industrial rival would've been the US. Whether or not the US provided the .303 cartridge to fight the 3rd Reich, I suppose we'd have to see some ship maniests. :P
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@MKWestberg Lee Enfield is a British rifle with British bullets
: ) I never actually denied the US sent supplies.. lol but so what if they did
thanks very much ...
it isn't a big deal unless that country who is supplying is actually using them..
In 19th century Brits supplied the world with munitions & loans.
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@LordGeorgeRodney By monetary I was implying the leasing of bases through rent that would provide monetary subsidies. While it's true that the US didin't have the UK pay for any of billions of dollars worth of goods, the UK did pay for the supplies that went past the Lend Lease act (left over supplies). Either way, what does this have to do with your original statement. You sneered at the fact that the British used US bullets during WWII, and then reaffirmed that they rec'd military hardware?
@lucius1976 There were also the 1st and 2nd battles of El Alamein in the same theatre of operations, without USA. Axis forces got beaten both times of course and were already retreating before Operation Torch began, but that just doesn't fit with the "Hollywood history" of how the good ol' US of A won the war single-handed. There's another documentary on YouTube about Arracourt where a US vet, with a straight face, claims it was "the biggest tank battle ever. I can't think of any other." ROFL
mjeshaw 1 year ago 20
Typical US documentary in that the entire North Africa campaign is reduced down to Operation Torch and subsequent US involvement in Tunisia. In its defence, I can only hope that the original title was more specific. Also, about the only genuine colour footage is the modern day interviews of the surviving veterans. Most , if not all, of the rest has just been colour tinted on a computer.
mjeshaw 1 year ago 2