A question for you..

Mongoose · #41 04-05-2004, 03:21 PM

he was joking... (thats when most Americans probably think it started ;] )

Mousebounce · #42 04-05-2004, 04:18 PM

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And my father, AN AMERICAN, was shot doing just that - protecting your country! How dare you come on here and start whining that a few uninformed Americans (please stop using the term "yank" or "gimp") that weren't even born at the time (including you) decided to play the "I can piss higher that you" game and upset you cuz they didn't have all the facts straight. This happened a long time ago and even my father (who is no longer alive) got over it. He was shot but he was the lucky one. Two of his best friends that he was with were killed along with thousands of brave soldiers (no matter what country they were from) who also fought valiantly in this war to save your country!

Goose, I'm sorry but this really hits a nerve when you have nothing else to contribute than your obvious hatred of Americans. Sorry we piss you off so badly that you can't seem to say one nice thing on this board to anyone!

You are a perfect **** example of what Im talking about idiot, you just proved me right..

In your haste to be proven right, you missed one very important thing that she added:

" thousands of brave soldiers (no matter what country they were from) who also fought valiantly in this war to save your country!

Not just American obviously.

Mongoose · #43 04-05-2004, 04:31 PM

indeed, and she is just as wrong with that statement too..

allmike · #44 04-05-2004, 04:34 PM

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indeed, and she is just as wrong with that statement too..

give me link where i can get the whole story about this battel.

Mongoose · #45 04-05-2004, 04:37 PM

you havent heard of the battle of britain?!

Mongoose · #46 04-05-2004, 04:40 PM

'The Few' were 2353 young men from Great Britain and 574 from overseas, pilots and other aircrew, who are officially recognised as having taken part in the Battle of Britain. Each flew at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period 10 July to 31 October 1940. 544 lost their lives during the period of the Battle, and these are marked by an asterisk. A further 791 were killed in action or died in the course of their duties before the wars end, which is also noted.

Mongoose · #47 04-05-2004, 04:44 PM

here's a (very) brief overview :]

The Battle of Britain was the aerial conflict between British and German air forces in the skies over the United Kingdom in the summer and autumn of 1940. It was one of the most important moments in Britain's twentieth century history and a decisive turning point of the Second World War. Royal Air Force Fighter Command defeated the Luftwaffe's attempt to gain air supremacy over southern England and saved Britain from German invasion and conquest.

The defensive victory won in 1940 dashed German hopes of a swift end to the war in western Europe and ensured that Britain remained a free and independent state able to carry on the war. Overall victory was eventually won in partnership with more powerful allies, America and the Soviet Union, but, without the retention of the island base, in close proximity to the European mainland, it would have been impossible to launch the liberation of Europe and achieve the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany.

allmike · #48 04-05-2004, 04:49 PM

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you havent heard of the battle of britain?!

I'm but now i forgot completly, its been long time .

Mongoose · #49 04-05-2004, 04:51 PM

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And now "several yanks" is what represents a country of more than 250 million inhabitants?

Please come up with something more solid when insulting a whole country than "several yanks" that pissed you off.

several (SOME)

determiner, pronoun

some; an amount that is not exact but is fewer than many:

I said several, not the whole of America..stop putting words in my online mouth so to speak..

Keeper · #50 04-05-2004, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Mongoose

'The Few' were 2353 young men from Great Britain and 574 from overseas, pilots and other aircrew, who are officially recognised as having taken part in the Battle of Britain. Each flew at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period 10 July to 31 October 1940. 544 lost their lives during the period of the Battle, and these are marked by an asterisk. A further 791 were killed in action or died in the course of their duties before the wars end, which is also noted.

I still don't see the whole point behind this discussion

According to that first sentence, foreign soldiers did take part in the Battle. Maybe not all of them were American, okay. Still I can't help thinking that fighting to free a country that's not yours must take more courage and determination than fighting for your own country. And that deserve praise as well. Also it's only logical that more Brits took part in that battle.

But I don't know, I'm confused

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