Britain in WW2

There were a few 'key factors' , but in my opinion the greatest was the determination and bravery of the British and allied pilots.

There were a few 'key factors' , but in my opinion the greatest was the determination and bravery of the British and allied pilots.

London was hit for 57 consecutive nights. In one year (1940) 13,000 Londoners were killed as well as 10,000 other Britons.

France and Britain fought for control of the eastern part of north America.

Winston Churchill was a Subaltern under Kitchener during the Boer War. He also served as 1st Sea Lord in the British Navy during the 1st World War, and Prime Minister during the 2nd World War. So, yes he has seen military service.

With native colonials appointed as royal governors of their respective colonies. They were appointed by the King

Rationing in the United Kingdom during World War II began in January, 1940. Eggs, meat, tea, cheese, and fruit were all rationed. To implement rationing, the government made wasting food a federal crime. The prices on these goods were raised, making it difficult to buy them.

The answer would depend on when and where. Prior to the Boer War (2nd South African War), soldiering in the colonies was something of an amateur activity and locally raised regiments engaged in colonial policing were often "rough and ready". British career officers would often sneer at "The damned colonials" for their lack of discipline and lack of proper respect for their "betters". "Breaker" Morant, the Australian officer executed for shooting Boer prisoners was as much a victim of class conciousness as he was a perpetrator of "war crimes". In WW1 British senior officers despaired at the diggers lack of military discipline and propensity to get amazinigly drunk on all possible occassions.They struggled to understand Australian "Larrackism" that must have been related to the fact that, while British soldiers would be shot for going AWOL--Aussies were not. There was no death penalty for Australian soldiers. In April 1916, of 182 soldiers going AWOL on the Western front--162 were Australian. British deserters were usually trying to get home--Aussies were looking for a pub. However, when spit and polish didn't matter and fighting took over. The fighting abilities of Australians showed themselves--at Gallipoli, on the Western Front, Palestine and Mesopotamia. The Aussies received more gallantry award per capita than other commonwealth country. The same happened in WW2. While every effort was made to keep Australian soldiers away from troops of other nationalities so that they did not infect them with indiscipline---their fighting spirit was laways admired and rewarded by giving them the worst and most dangerous jobs.

"He agreed at the Potsdam Conference. "

** Actually this is incorrect. Stalin agreed to hold free elections at the Yalta Conference.

Soldiers in world war two ate differently depending on where they were deployed or stationed, while in the field or during combat situations they would eat what are called c-rations, most of the time they were awful.

ON a base, stateside, pretty much the same food as in a cheap cafe. Cooked in large amounts, and served cafeteria style, with a time limit on how long you had to eat it. 20 minutes and get out, so the next group can come in and get their meal. No luxury cuts of meat, no steaks, or roast beef, or the like.

Cheap food, like hot dogs, chipped beef, hamburgers, beans, rice, baloney, macaroni and cheese, soup, bread, corned beef, stew. Little bakery goods, except donuts, and cookies. Milk and water and coffee to drink.

IN the field, during training exercises, the troops might get hot food from a field kitchen, or they might eat field rations, that they cooked themselves.

In action, the unit's cooks were responsible to make hot meals, from the supplies that came up from the rear area supply dumps. The food came in large 10 pound cans, and in bulk bags, of flour rice and beans, that weighed 50 pounds. If hot food was not possible, the soldiers ate cold rations from their personal ration boxes. Cold anything is better than NOTHING at all to eat.

Stealing food from the local people was also encouraged, to make for some variety in the make up of the meals. Farm boys knew how to cook a chicken along with some carrots and potatoes, to make a stew. Looted wine or liquor was also popular, with any meal, even breakfast. Ever wonder how many US soldiers were dead drunk, just before they became dead? Lots.

1 Tin of Corned Beef (better known as 'Bully Beef' to friend and foe alike). Comes in the tan-and-green early war Australian military labeled tin. Of course, this is the proper key-turn variety tin with the silver-colored ends as made in Argentina for the Australian Armed forces to this day. Ready to "pour" from the tin when the temperatures reach 110 degrees and up!

2 Packs of Arnott's Plain Biscuits (These are military biscuits and not fancies)--Hard on the teeth but oh-so-filling! Sealed inside cello bags, inside the buff and properly labeled early war wrapper reminiscent of WW1 ANZAC fame. (3 ounces each)

1 Tin of Tuna in the proper buff-labeled "Diamond Brand" tin as seen in many pictures of Australian rations from the war. Fish was a vital component to rations for men in the desert, to receive plenty of protein in a not-so filling package, while delivering a bit more salt to the diet in order to encourage drinking of water.

3 packs of WEET BIX, Australia's favorite high-nutrition Cereal/biscuit. These can be eaten dry as a snack, or boiled with water and sugar, or, better yet, eaten in Milk (hot or cold) as an energy breakfast. Standard Aussie issue wrapper from the time period covers one serving each of these sealed inside an inner cello pouch.

1 Roll of Steam Rollers Mints in the buff war-time wrapper. These are actual Australian Steam Rollers as issued to troops, and will pleasantly surprise you folks if you don't care for the British or German mints that eat your lips off. These are mild and tasty, and were one of the favorites with all troops in the theater, even inspiring some German mint makers to work on more pleasant mint varieties when some rolls made it back from the front!

1 pack of Indian "Sun" brand matches, which were both issued and sold through NAAFI outlets. They were cheap, plentiful and somewhat waterproof, and come in ghastly hand-assembled and labeled wood and paper boxes, just like the originals!

American soldiers during WWII ate mainly rations from cans of varying size called C-rations. The C-rations came in a small variety of concoctions and with various accessories to include candy, cigarettes etc. There was also an emergency ration called the D-ration. The D-ration consisted of a highly caloric and energy boosting chocolate bar that was so hard some troops had to soak it in hot coffee or water in order to eat it or use a bayonet to cut it. This would be used when C-rations or field rations (generally fresh food served on a cooks line) were not available. The American paratroopers used mainly a ration known as the K-ration. The K-ration was small, lightweight and as such was ideal for the "less is more" way of thinking of airborne troops. The K-ration, unlike the C-ration, consisted of a breakfast, dinner and supper menu and contained many of the same accessories, to include the cigarettes, as did the ration type C

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Small comforts such as dry socks, warm meals, songs, and the person next to them in their fox holes. However many suffered shell shock, which is when the soldier is unable to do anything and just sit there frozen in terror.

The Kurukshetra War (Devangari: कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध)

was a war between the Kauravas and Pandavas, which formed an essential component of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata.

According to Mahābhārata, a dynastic struggle between sibling clans of Kauravas and the Pandavas for the throne of Hastinapura

Resulted in a battle in which a number of ancient kingdoms participated as allies of the rival clans.

The location of the battle was Kurukshetra in the modern state of Haryana in India.

Stalin wanted the other Allies to begin attacking Germany from the West in order to relieve Russian armies fighting in the East. This attempt failed, though, as the Allies ignored Stalin's plea and continued their original plan to fight along the coast of Africa, coming from the South in Italy.

during WW2 children wore very simple clothes to see aczactly wat they wore follow these instructions 1. go on to ; www.google.co.uk 2. click on images. 3. type in te box ; What did children in WW2 wear?
They wore long skirts and dresses for the girls. For the boys overalls and suits. NO SKINNY JEANS OR TIGHT MINI-SKIRTS!!! Plus they wore shoes with straps. The boys wore shoes that looked like tap dancing shoes.
children wore pinafores shorts skirts dresses blouses vests pants socks shoes

The Civil War started on April 12 1861 when confederate soldiers attacked the military fort at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The War ended on April 9 1865 when Robert E. Lee Surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia.

Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom during the First World War and was therefore part of the war. Some Irishmen fought because they wanted to fight for their country. Some Irishmen fought as a means of getting Home Rule. Others chose not to fight.

He is famous for killing hundreds of thousands of civilians of the German town Dreseden in a single night. But he did do similar things regularly in other towns too - including US bombers. No international war crime tribunal did charge them, because they were the winners.

Greek city-states invaded other city-states. Outside nations that invaded or tried to invade were Macedonia, Thrace, Persian and Rome.

Because the cities were being bombed by the Germans and so they were not safe there

German dictator Adolf Hitler was determined to invade England. In order to do so the German Luftwaffe (Air Force) first had to establish control of the skies over Britain so they could offer maximum support and protection for/to the invading Germans. They could not do that and Hitler called off the invasion.

Probably right when they started using poison gas because they already knew about poison gas from World War 2

Wikpedia gives an exhaustive list of former German colonies here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_German_colonies

There has not been a King or Queen of England for over 300 years.

England is a part of, but not the same as, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

In 1902, the British monarch was King Edward VII who reigned from 22 January 1901 - 6 May 1910.

At that time, his title was King of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - see the related question link below.

• Peace and freedom.
• Liberty for the POWs and the Jews.
• Devastated European nations, Japan and parts of China.
• Communism took over the Eastern nations of Europe. The Eastern Bloc began. The Cold War started before World War 2 ended.
• The atomic bomb killed many hundreds of thousands. The US and Japan had to deal the effects of radiation.
• European countries were finally able to have self-rule and new economies.
• England had to suffer for ten more years with rationing continued.
• The US had an economic boom and a baby boom.

Incoming German planes could be detected while they were still over the channel, and British fighter pilots could be guided to them without having to waste fuel searching. Without the radar, British air defenses would have been less effective than they were.

At Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their first powered airplane there.