Britain in WW2

Neville Chamberlain - the British Prime Minister - didn't invade any countries. When Germany invaded Poland on 1st September 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany on 3rd September and Britain then sent the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) to France to re-enforce the French Army. Unfortunately, both armies were thoroughly beaten by the superior German Army resulting in the French surrender and the British evacuation from Dunkirk - probably the worst defeat that the British Army has ever had.

They fought on the side of Axis (the enemies of the Alies).

In WW I it was called shell shock; we now would call it post traumatic stress disorder.

I can give you several words that start with the letter S from World War 2.

Stalin

Stalingrad

Swastika

Soviet Union

SS Officer

ship

submarine

Sergeant

South Pacific

Sailor

Winston notices that the girl at his work (Julia) who he has seen from time to time has a bandage around her arm. She stumbles in the hallway and he helps her up. She slips him a note saying she loves him.

The allied invasion of Normandy was met by heavy gunfire even as they were landing on the beach.

War was inevitable. No matter how badly Britain and France wished that they could avoid war.. there was no possible way that either country could alter what Hitler was absolutely dedicated to do.. which was to bring war to France and Britain. So when they made the decision to keep appeasing Hitler in the vain hope that war could be avoided, they brought dishonor on themselves. So instead of just facing war.. they were now facing war in circumstances that were worse than if they had acted sooner. You are about to relive the same scernio in regards to Iran. Everyone knows that Iran will use the nuclear weapons that they are developing. Instead of stopping them years ago, they (the west) have done nothing except appease Iran. The problem with appeasement is that it appears to have the best of intentions. The problem with pre-emption is that it cannot be known what scale of disaster one might prevent. Hindsight reveals all there is to know. Everyone has a prophetic lie to spread to another's ear. Let's enjoy the new lie. PAX.

1938

The Battle of the Atlantic from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945 .

Pytheas, a Greek living in Massalia (Marseilles) in the late 4th century B.C., wrote a book called "Peri Tou Okeanou" or "About the Ocean", in which he tells of his voyages in the Atlantic and circumnavigating Britain. Unfortunately, the book itself is lost, but it is quoted directly.

that is when the land of Britain was discovered. Britain is (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, & Wales) the united kingdoms of England and Scotland was in 1603 and in 1707 Wales and Ireland joined then Britain was formed as a united group of countries in.

Southern Ireland in separated from Britain in 1921. but still remain part of the united kingdom.

Sudentland is the territory of Czechoslovakia that was formaly owned by Germany, when you look at it from a World War 2 perspective. The United States and Britain forced Czechoslovakia to give up Sudentland to Hitler, this was called the Munich Agreement. The Munich Agreement gave Hitler Sudentland as long as he promissed not to make anymore territorial claims. He broke the promiss when he invaded Czechoslovakia.

With varying numbers for all armies, the IJA (Imperial Japanese Army) basically had 3 categories of INFANTRY division organizations in the 20th century, but used primarily two of them: Square and Triangular Divisions. The Square Divisions normally had two Regiments to a Brigade and two Brigades to a Division...approximately 12,000 men. After 1936, the IJA went to Triangular Divisions of 3 regiments to a Brigade and 3 Brigades to a Division...approximately 20,000 men. Examples: The squared 91st Infantry Division deployed to the Philippines, and the 109th Infantry Division deployed to the volcanic regions...including Iwo Jima during WW2. The Iwo Jima Division was reinforced with Independent Divisions/Brigades/Regiments of Artillery, Tank, and Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF-Imperial Marines).

Because the evacuation from Dunkirk saved 338,226 soldiers [British & French]. While equipment could be replaced men could not.

Although a massive amount of equipment was lost, Dunkirk was probably Hitler's greatest mistake next to attacking Russia because if he had pressed home his attack he would have as good as wiped-out the army and destroyed morale.

The saving of so many soldiers, against all the odds, gave a massive boost to morale in Britain - a boost that was never to be lowered, even during the blitz.

Hitler wanted to control the air first by a bombing raid.

Bernard Montgomery

A lot, aat least 5,000. But all pilots were potential kamikaze pilots.

The South thought it showed that all Abolitionists were violent revolutionaries.

The Abolitionists (only a small minority of Northerners) thought it made Brown a hero-martyr.

Other Northerners deplored the raid, as they felt it was drawing the country into war.

With that said, Abraham Lincoln called Brown's raid absurd.

Clement Attlee until 1951 and then Winston Churchill was re-elected.

The Second World War affected everyone in every walk of life in Britain. Most families had a relative in the armed forces, food and fuel were rationed, there were regular air raid drills. Many industries converted their factories to make war materials, everything from uniforms to bandages to parachutes to bombs and bullets.

There was a huge Allied presence in Britain, especially American and especially in London.

Brits who lived through the war have mixed feelings about the American presence. They are grateful for the help but grumpy that they needed it.

According to some, appeasement was reasonable because Great Britain and France were in no shape to fight another war with Germany. The only other option was appeasement, which allowed Germany to take control of the Sudetenland. Some say that it encouraged Germany to demand even more, but to most officials in France and Great Britain, appeasement was the most reasonable solution.

Maybe a couple families or maybe just a couple people. Maybe a couple families or maybe just a couple people.

Rommel was in very many but i do not know the exact amount

After the end of World War II, Britain underwent enormous social change and the country was bankrupted after the war.

It's virtually impossible to answer that exactly without a huge amount of research. However in mid -September Spitfires were being delivered at the rate of about 4-5 a day. They were by then being shot down about 1-2 a day. There were 20 operational Spitfire squadrons then each having 12-16 aircraft, so this gives an estimated figure of between 280 - 320 Spitfires at the end of Battle of Britain.

A large city in the middle of England. A manufacturing centre for aircraft, guns and ammunition it was bombed to bits in WW2. Not only because of targetted operations but also as a dumping ground for ordnance not dropped on Liverpool or Manchester.