WWII French Helmets

[Habu]

It really pains me to see young Euros being taught how the US was not a friend in WW2 until they were attacked themselves.

Wow what next? How bad can you make the US seem?

Question for you bright young guys. Why was the US attacked in the first place? I mean why shake the hornets nest if they are content to sit on the sidelines?

Why did the U-boat fleet redeploy after Pearl Harbour and sink hundreds of thousands of tons of US flagged shipping if Hitler had such a good thing going?

I am amazed at how stupid some people here are. And scared that they are living where this was was fought and they no so little about it.

[straffo]

Originally posted by Habu
It really pains me to see young Euros being taught how the US was not a friend in WW2 until they were attacked themselves.

It's an abusive interpretation.

[AWMac]

Originally posted by Hawklore
What did the RF stand for on the WWII French Helemts?

Royal French?

 Nope...stood for   "Run Forrest...."

[dedalos]

Originally posted by deSelys
Hey Crumpp, Gunslinger and the like...a quick reminder:

Why were the U.S. so quiet when Germany invaded Poland? Which were the 2 only countries who stood against the Nazis? UK and France.

Have to go call my dad.  Aparently, he thought he was fighting against the Italians and Germans in Greece.  I better have a talk with him about this.  He has been lying to me all this time

[Furball]

Thankyou America for those lend lease P-40's and Curtiss Hawks that saved us during the Battle of Britain, and Ben Affleck for shooting the entire luftwaffe down in between boning a nurse and bombing japan.

..and thank you for your ambassador who fled the country saying we didn't stand a chance.

..and thank you for those 1,000 bombers we used to bomb germany in the first 1,000 bomber raid in may 1941.

[TalonX]

That's like condoms to a gelding, isn't it?

[Habu]

I could mention Canada's contribution to the war from 1939 onwards, but the truth is so much more boreing than the fiction.

[Furball]

Originally posted by Habu
I could mention Canada's contribution to the war from 1939 onwards, but the truth is so much more boreing than the fiction.

fiction? you mean like those films of USA winning war on their own and saving the world?

Canada did a huge amount, and they were in for the fight from the start.

I think in bomber command alone they made up about 15 squadrons.

[BUG_EAF322]

There is always a form of politics.


i mean :

russia-german pact
japan russia pact
finland against russia
later on finland against germany

poland that got teared apart

and the allies that couldnt ssave poland after the war.

all polish that fought on allied side weren't allowed to go back after the war

there is always a political interest.

btw i always learned the US only saved us

offcourse it's not US only

russia is almost never mentioned in my history lessons.

The wo2 is one of my biggest interest
andi i have a very big respect for what happened.

Hate to see some US guys like Habu bashing about that

[BUG_EAF322]

Holland is mainly freed by canadians

[TalonX]

What is the point of arguing about who did what?

How can you even prove it?

America put more men and machines into the war (WWII) than any other country....frankly, could have won the war without help...  Reality is that there were many countries fighting, so it's impossible to say who did what.

Forget about it....

[BUG_EAF322]

America put more men and machines into the war (WWII) than any other country....frankly, could have won the war without help... Reality is that there were many countries fighting, so it's impossible to say who did what.

forget russia

yes it was WORlDwar


The US was the fastest growing participant

The english(common best) lost more man than the us

[ra]

America put more men and machines into the war (WWII) than any other country....

Machines, yes, but not men.

[StarOfAfrica2]

Originally posted by Furball
Thankyou America for those lend lease P-40's and Curtiss Hawks that saved us during the Battle of Britain, and Ben Affleck for shooting the entire luftwaffe down in between boning a nurse and bombing japan.

..and thank you for your ambassador who fled the country saying we didn't stand a chance.

..and thank you for those 1,000 bombers we used to bomb germany in the first 1,000 bomber raid in may 1941.

Furball, you dolt!  Benny didnt get to fly the uber P-40 until AFTER he killed all the Germans and moved on to Hawaii!!  Geeze man, get your stories straight wouldja?  Hawaii and the ultra-uber P-40 o'death were his REWARD for killin all those Germans in that beat up heap the Brits gave him.  

Man, I gotta watch you every second.

Next thing you know, you will be claiming the Brits shot down all those lovely German planes with just Hurricanes and Spitfires.

Craziness.

[Furball]

Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
Furball, you dolt!  Benny didnt get to fly the uber P-40 until AFTER he killed all the Germans and moved on to Hawaii!!  Geeze man, get your stories straight wouldja?  Hawaii and the ultra-uber P-40 o'death were his REWARD for killin all those Germans in that beat up heap the Brits gave him.  

Man, I gotta watch you every second.

Next thing you know, you will be claiming the Brits shot down all those lovely German planes with just Hurricanes and Spitfires.

Craziness.

sorry boss. ill also refrain from saying that the british took 2 beaches on d-day and the canadians took 1...  otherwise "they" might realise they did not do it all on their own.