How much did Britain really win WW2?

[The binman chronicles]

Any excuse
Bismark

Tirpitz (Bismarks bigger brother)

Navy caught up with a stricken Bismark after it had it's rudder damaged by torpedo delivered by Swordfish biplane.
Tirpitz met it's end in the fjord it was hidden* in where the RAF dropped 8 ton tallboy bombs on it. Trivia fact, salvaged plates from Tirpitz are used to cover holes on the autobahns of Germany.
Yamato (Japanese) was 50%(ish) bigger again that Tirpitz. But the age of the battleship was over. Impressive pieces of kit.

That's not the bismarck mate.

 

[Rita_Poon]

That's not the bismarck mate.

Howzat...

 

[The binman chronicles]

Howzat...

Much better! The other was the pocket battleship Graf Spee.

 

[lancs blue]

Howzat...

This was the bismark

 

[The binman chronicles]

This was the bismark

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Ssssh don't let out the secrets. Just think of morale when they find out that sunk the hood in 3 minutes..

 

[Tipp blue]

Can't stand it when people who contributed 0 to the war effort say "we" when referring to the war. Anyway, Britain contributed a huge amount. Without the island as a springboard for the Yanks the world would be a different place now. But ultimately the Soviets took the biggest hit and without them I reckon Britain/US would probably, eventually, have had to make peace with the Nazies.

Without lend lease the Soviets wouldn't have won.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Much better! The other was the pocket battleship Graf Spee.

Shame on me! Your ability to pick that out is pretty 'kin sharp.

there's a pic of you know who standing on this in dock floating around somewhere. Can't find.

 

[Aberblue]

It was a combination of Britain and its Empire/Commonwealth, the U.S.A. and the U. S. S. R., as well as many other countries, which defeated the Axis powers.

Libraries have been filled with books arguing that the contribution of this country or that country was most important and I doubt if we'll ever see agreement on the subject.

One thing is pretty clear though - Britain lost the peace. The War cost the country far, far more (in financial terms) that it could possibly afford and to an extent we're still paying the price now, and will continue to do so for years, probably generations.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Shame on me! Your ability to pick that out is pretty 'kin sharp.
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there's a pic of you know who standing on this in dock floating around somewhere. Can't find.

 

[Rita_Poon]

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Quick as well. Many thanks.
I think I may be out of my depth here.

 

[lancs blue]

Hitler was a vegetarian with bad wind by all accounts

Hence he moved to the eagles lair

 

[Moomin]

Nazi's won the fashion war.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Nazi's won the fashion war.

Bossed it!

 

[mmmmsnouts]

Great post for turfing out the bots and trolls

 

[Runub]

Nazi's won the fashion war.

Yeah…them stripped pyjamas were all the rage back then