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The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain
May 5^th, 2019 at 5:26am

In my opinion -

The British were lucky to "win" - but they didn't really -
Hitler flattened London in the Blitz -
57 consecutive nights of bombing.
The British didn't have enough fighter planes and pilots.
If they could have met the Germans with 1000s of fighter planes
instead of 100s they could have slaughtered them in one day.
Why weren't the Yanks making Spitfires in 1939 under license
to help build up the defenses for Britain?
Hitler's huge air force should never have gone unmatched as
it did to allow him to invade all of Europe.

3 Hours That Saved Britain (Battle of Britain Documentary)

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 95495 Melbourne Gender:	Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain Reply #1 - May 5^th, 2019 at 6:40am Look at how the Yanks tooled up with mass production later in the war: BUILDING THE B-24 BOMBER DURING WWII " STORY OF WILLOW RUN " 74182
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Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain
Reply #2 - May 5^th, 2019 at 8:59am

My Mum (Still alive aged 99) survived the Blitz.

She was born in Fulham London.

She was one of the two typists working for Churchill during the last period of the war.

She reckons the even more scary bit about the war was when the V-1 (Doodlebugs) were used.

The worst part was when the engine sound cut out, because then they knew an explosion was about to happen. Sad

She gave birth to my half-brother during an air-raid when she was taken down into one of the Tube stations.

An amazing life. Cool

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 95495 Melbourne Gender:	Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain Reply #3 - May 5^th, 2019 at 11:29am Fuzzball wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 7:50am: Blobby.......you're a grade 'A' idiot who knows sweet F/A about The Battle of Britain or the Blitz......you're pathetic. I consider myself to be an expert on WW2. Brian is the new mod and he states "Personal attacks however will not be tolerated."
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Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain
Reply #4 - May 5^th, 2019 at 11:38am

Bobby. wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 11:29am:

Fuzzball wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 7:50am:

Blobby.......you're a grade 'A' idiot who knows sweet F/A about The Battle of Britain or the Blitz......you're pathetic.

I consider myself to be an expert on WW2.
Brian is the new mod and he states

"Personal attacks however will not be tolerated."

Evidently, bad grammar will be tolerated. However, whatever, whenever, and wherever.

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Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain
Reply #5 - May 5^th, 2019 at 11:44am

Fuzzball wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 11:37am:

Bobby. wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 11:29am:

Fuzzball wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 7:50am:

Blobby.......you're a grade 'A' idiot who knows sweet F/A about The Battle of Britain or the Blitz......you're pathetic.

I consider myself to be an expert on WW2.
Brian is the new mod and he states

"Personal attacks however will not be tolerated."

You're 'an expert' on being an idiot.

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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20231 Gordon Gender:	Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain Reply #6 - May 5^th, 2019 at 1:17pm Not taking anything away from the Allied airmen, but what won the battle was German switching their attention to bombing the cities and not the airfields, which gave the fighter squadrons a chance to regroup, and of course, radar.
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Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain
Reply #7 - May 5^th, 2019 at 1:30pm

Gordon wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 1:17pm:

Not taking anything away from the Allied airmen, but what won the battle was German switching their attention to bombing the cities and not the airfields, which gave the fighter squadrons a chance to regroup, and of course, radar.

That's true - just a few more days of bombing the
English airfields might have knocked out the RAF.
Hitler was an idiot.

Also - bombing London for 57 nights in a row
gave the POMs all the excuses they needed to
do the same to Germany later on.

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Captain Nemo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8452 Melbourne Gender:	Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain Reply #8 - May 5^th, 2019 at 1:32pm The world was very lucky that Hitler took on the Russians, without that massive mistake, we could all be speaking German now.
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Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain
Reply #9 - May 5^th, 2019 at 1:42pm

Captain Nemo wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 1:32pm:

The world was very lucky that Hitler took on the Russians,
without that massive mistake, we could all be speaking German now. Wink

Hitler was convinced that the Russians would eventually attack Germany.
The Russians had forward based air fields close to the borders
and they had huge numbers of artillery & tanks
not far behind them -
with an enormous army.

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Captain Nemo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8452 Melbourne Gender:	Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain Reply #10 - May 5^th, 2019 at 1:48pm We have a lot to thank the Russians for.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 95495 Melbourne Gender:	Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain Reply #11 - May 5^th, 2019 at 1:51pm Captain Nemo wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 1:48pm: We have a lot to thank the Russians for. The Russians were prepared to lose over 25 million citizens to defeat Hitler. No other country paid such a price.
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Captain Nemo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8452 Melbourne Gender:	Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain Reply #12 - May 5^th, 2019 at 2:01pm That's right.
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Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britain
Reply #13 - May 5^th, 2019 at 3:57pm

Bobby. wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 1:51pm:

Captain Nemo wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 1:48pm:

We have a lot to thank the Russians for. Cool

The Russians were prepared to lose over 25 million citizens to defeat Hitler.
No other country paid such a price.

Captain Nemo wrote on May 5^th, 2019 at 2:01pm:

That's right.

I'm always right.

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Fuzzball Gold Member Offline Posts: 6381 Australia Gender:	Re: The British were lucky to win the Battle of Britai Reply #14 - May 5^th, 2019 at 4:02pm British RADAR contributed for a great part to the winning of The Battle of Britain, and of course British, Polish, Canadian and Australian pilots who were waiting for them (the Krauts).
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