2007-09-16 02:20:46 · 13 answers · asked by Francis7 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Not to forget there were pilots from many nations involved in the Battle of Britain,Thanks to all of them,PAX.
2007-09-16 08:16:35 · update #1
I'm glad that you brought this up. I haven't heard anything about this memorial day. Nor in the past have I ever heard such a day set aside. It's good to hear that Great Britain recognizes what the Royal Air force did back then. American media is quite slanted and filters out many things, especially any positive accomplishments carried out by military action past or present, here or somewhere else. This is due to our current situation in Iraq. All they want to report is how many I.E.D.s went off today, and that's it. Anyway, America's History Channel had a very detailed program on the Battle of Britain. Very fascinating, and it's great to hear that those heroic efforts are remembered. I have a book written by the late Eric Brown (WW II RAF pilot). Now that's the kind of man you're glad is fighting on your side.
2007-09-16 04:29:48 · answer #1 · answered by Derail 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you are being hard on the yanks, all countries look back on battles that involved themselves..do we remember any of the battles they fought, especially against the japanese..maybe they didnt get into the war until 1941 but they were providing weapons, food and escorting convoys for us long before that with no certainty that they would benefit in the long run..if the yanks had not eventually gotten into the war I doubt very much we could have gone on to liberate western europe on our own, its much more likely the soviets would have done so since it was they that broke the back of the nazi armies a year before the d day landings in 44. Finally it was american money that rebuilt this country post war, we got most of the aid they gave to europe, so dont rubbish your friends.
2007-09-16 19:23:41 · answer #2 · answered by cosso77 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. They only know about the later part of the war after Germany and Japan declared war on them and forced them to be involved.
The history channel and military channel have shown a couple of shows on the RAF in WWII. Even then they are horribly inaccurate and don't show the huge increases in capability that occurred during the war. No mention of later Griffon engined and canon armed spitfires or the Tempest II. Certainly no mention that the RAF delivered more weight of bombs in every year than the USAF, or that later RAF RADAR guided precision bombing was more effective than US daylight raids.
Recently they have mentioned that RADAR and SONAR were given to the US in return for very old and poor equipment as part of lend-lease. There have even been two mentions of the Royal Navy carriers in the Pacific in the ten years I've been here, but you'd have to have been listening carefully.
Sorry, that's just the way it is.
2007-09-16 14:28:06 · answer #3 · answered by Chris H 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
...and this proud country, protected by the RAF chose this weekend to announce that there is a chance that the Red Arrows would not display at the 2012 London Olympics as it is too "Military" and it's Britishness may offend foriegn visitors. The people who are making this sort of decision should be tortured slowly on Sky TV. This country is getting run by a PC brigade that should be stopped by any means, very soon.
Anybody offended at watching such an Aerobatic display should look inwards and relife themselves.
2007-09-16 18:30:17 · answer #4 · answered by Paul H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God bless the English, and the fine soldiers that have fought for it. The world owes a thanks to Great Britain, not only for making the seas safe for commerce (Royal Navy stopped piracy, then slavery) but also for the gift of John Locke.
GB may not be a great military empire as it once was, but its culture still is vibrant, and those of us that breath it, benefit from it, and are born of it, appreciate it every day.
2007-09-17 02:07:52 · answer #5 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My 2 cents here. I am an american citizen and i know quite a bit about world war 2 before and after the US entered it. I dont think its fair to say that we dont care because there are those who do. Like myself. "Never has so much been owed, by so many, to so few." I know about it so please dont knock us too bad. I believe there were also a few american units in the RAF helping fight too. Just my thoughts.
2007-09-16 22:48:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey, come on. The Battle of Britain ended in September 1940. The Yanks didn't even enter the war until December 1941 (and if the Japanese hadn't bombed Pearl Harbour [I refuse to spell Harbour Harbor, even if it's an American Harbour] we would probably still be waiting for them to come into WWII, and, for that matter, wondering on whose side they would come in.). So, don't expect them to remember Battle of Britain day. Hey, WWII only started in December 1941, didn't it?
2007-09-16 18:37:23 · answer #7 · answered by Ghostrider 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think that some of our American friends will be aware of this, lets not forget the contribution of The Eagle Squadron !
2007-09-17 14:53:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God bless those that fought on the side of the UK during the Battle of Britain.
God bless Churchill.
2007-09-16 15:27:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anthony M 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I did not but thank you for letting us know. We all need to remember that still to this day has so much been owed by so many to so few.
2007-09-16 21:57:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋