WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 01:50:39 |
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WW1: Germany marches through Belgium to try and invade France WW2: Meh, Germany won't try that again... OH SHIT!
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 09:27:04 |
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Mr. Attlee your ignorance is truly worrying me. If any of your posts are mere French bashing stereotyped comments, let me highlight the glorious English "fait d'armes".
WwI: France doing the main job alongside Russia in the allies side, whereas Britain timidly helping and contributing, in the western front, 3/4 of the armies fighting were French, 1/4 were British (before America started the war) French losses: 2 millions soldiers died and 5 millions soldiers wounded,plus half a million of civilian casualties. This bloodshed will greatly impact the French for the following war.
Ww2: The British cowardly stop fighting before France even surrendered, leaving their allies alone, and then flee the fight during Operation Dynamo.
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 13:51:21 |
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Britain declared on Germany in the Second World War for invading Poland, not Belgium.
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 14:08:34 |
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The only two places Britain seem to care about are the British Isles, and the Falkland Isles.
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 15:02:46 |
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And the Cayman Islands and Gibraltar ;)
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 16:29:55 |
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Actually I was making a point that no one seemed to think that since Germany was at war with France again that someone would have thought to defend Belgium initially. Most of France's defences (i.e. the Maginot Line) were along the German boarder. Did any of the allies not think 'hey it might be a good idea to put more reinforces nearer Belgium?' Mr. Attlee your ignorance is truly worrying me. If any of your posts are mere French bashing stereotyped comments, let me highlight the glorious English "fait d'armes". What stenotypes was I highlighting? None. Stenotypes are for minor jokes, not for making serious points. Britain declared on Germany in the Second World War for invading Poland, not Belgium. I know, but Germany still marched through Belgium. The only two places Britain seem to care about are the British Isles, and the Falkland Isles. ... And the Cayman Islands and Gibraltar ;) If you're going to start listing British overseas territories, then you might as well have the full list. That'll save people the effort of just going 'and Bermuda' or 'and Anguilla'. Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Turks and Caicos Islands
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 16:53:16 |
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Let's not forget the Commonwealth...
Australia Bangladesh Botswana Cameroon Canada Ghana India Kenya Lesotho Malaysia Malawi Mozambique New Zealand Namibia Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Rwanda Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri Lanka Tanzania Uganda United Kingdom Zambia
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 16:55:56 |
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And the Commonwealth realms:
Antigua and Barbuda Australia The Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Grenada Jamaica New Zealand Papua New Guinea Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Solomon Islands
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 17:02:12 |
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^what about them? It's a union of sovereign states. What point are you trying to make?
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 17:22:30 |
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He's probably just mentioning what the Queen represents.
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 18:18:37 |
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What stenotypes was I highlighting? None. Stenotypes are for minor jokes, not for making serious points.
Stenotypes? mmmh British humor is weird seriously
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 18:22:06 |
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WwI: France doing the main job alongside Russia in the allies side, whereas Britain timidly helping and contributing, in the western front, 3/4 of the armies fighting were French, 1/4 were British (before America started the war) French losses: 2 millions soldiers died and 5 millions soldiers wounded,plus half a million of civilian casualties. This bloodshed will greatly impact the French for the following war.
Ww2: The British cowardly stop fighting before France even surrendered, leaving their allies alone, and then flee the fight during Operation Dynamo. I think that's very unfair and this is not a topic to argue about. WW1: Paris likely would have fallen without British intervention during the German invasion. The British only had a 100,000 professional expeditionary force at first. Without British help, you may not have been able to defend Paris and then the country would have fallen most likely, like WW2. timidly helping and contributing that is disgusting that you think that. Figures are estimated at 8,841,541 British and 8,660,000 French over the course of the war. 1.38 million French soldier deaths and around 400,000 civilian deaths, bearing in mind the war was in France. The French were fighting on home soil. British deaths a little less around 700,000 but Britain could easily have made a deal with Germany and escape the fight. Without British help, France would have fallen. That is pure ignorance. WW2: Yet again...
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 18:23:20 |
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Stenotypes? mmmh Yes, you spotted a typo, you know I meant Stereotypes though.
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 18:47:59 |
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Figures are estimated at 8,841,541 British and 8,660,000 French over the course of the war. 1.38 million French soldier deaths and around 400,000 civilian deaths, bearing in mind the war was in France. The French were fighting on home soil. British deaths a little less around 700,000 but Britain could easily have made a deal with Germany and escape the fight. Without British help, France would have fallen. That is pure ignorance. Piechart showing percentage of military deaths during World War I for the Entente Powers: 1) Population (millions) 2 )Combat deaths 3) Civilian deaths 4) Total 5) Military wounded France 1)39,6 2)1 397 800 3)300 000 4)1 697 800 5)4 266 000 UK 1)45,4 2)885 138 3)109 000 4)994 138 5)1 663 435 Sources: 1. Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2. Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War 1914-1920, War Office; 3. Official Medical History of the War; 4. Michel Huber, La Population de la France pendant la guerre, Paris, 1931; 4. Giorgo Mortara, La Salute pubblica in Italia durante e dopo la Guerra, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1925; 5. Boris Urlanis, Wars and Population, Moscow, 1971; 6. Heeres-Sanitätsinspektion im Reichskriegsministeriums, Sanitätsbericht über das deutsche Heer, (Deutsches Feld- und Besatzungsheer), im Weltkriege 1914-1918, Volume 3, Sec. 1, Berlin, 1934Apollo, you will have to tell me where are your figures coming from?
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 19:01:27 |
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Ok then, I did no research (off the top of my head) I said 1.38 million French military deaths, actual figures = 1 397 800 (very close, in comparison to your figure of 2 million military deaths) I said 400,000 for civilian deaths, actual figures = 300,000 (100,000 out compared to your half a million...) I said 700,000 British deaths, actual figures = 800,000 (100,000 out, you with no figure, probably because you thought British effort was so insignificant) 3/4 of the armies fighting were French, 1/4 were British Where did you get this from? This post ^^ has just made you more hypocritical and ignorant than the first. Where did your first figures come from, you clearly had to re research.
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 19:09:10 |
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sources? (you are not even able to show them)
No need to say I am an ignorant all the time, those first figures came from wikipedia. Always a pleasure to debate with British jingoists.
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 19:18:22 |
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You are digging yourself into a deeper hole Panda. sources? (you are not even able to show them) I said "I did no research (off the top of my head)" No need to say I am an ignorant all the time, those first figures came from Wikipedia. Hypocrite, you've called various people including me ignorant many times yourself...and also Wikipedia is actually correct if you look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_casualties Not sure where you getting this from? Always a pleasure to debate with British jingoists I like a lot of places and people around the world actually. I would be too ignorant myself to hate people/places when I don't know a lot about them. I don't dislike you Panda, you just come up with very annoyingly arguable wrong comments sometimes.
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WW1 is WW2, WW2 is WW3: 4/17/2015 19:26:09 |
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you just come up with very annoyingly arguable wrong comments sometimes. Mmmh when I am giving my view and opinion about Great Britain particularly when it is bad (cf cuisine thread) or answering Attlee and his various french bashing comments, yes I guess I am getting annoying, listen take your British pride aside, and let's discuss like gentlemen.
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