[/quote]Gotta love a fat boy Limey using that term- but I think he was talking about Greece and the Balkans- Anyway- Machts Nicht-- American GI's paid a heavy price at Omaha, while the Limeys and Canadians had a tad easier "show" at Gold, Sword and Juno-- but they were our Allies (in spite of Patton's distrust of both Churchill and Montgomery) and they also bled and died there to defeat Hitler and the Nazis- and thank God for that-- Patton's distrust of Montgomery's expertise at battle planning was proven, unfortunately, with Monty's flawed and then failer "Market Garden-- Market being the Airbone phase, and Garden being the ground troops- into Holland and to secure the vital bridges that would eventually take the Allies into Hitler's "Festung Europa"-- I love what the brave troops of the Airborne Units said back then: "When Hitler built his Fortress Europe, he forgot to add a roof"!!
I flew the flag today- and next time will be 14/June for Flag Day--and my VFW "Buddy" Poppy is hanging from the rear view mirror of my Jeep-- we owe them so much, and the brave men who came home from Europe and then Japan-- so few left each year now--Anytime you see a Vet- thank him for his service and sacrifice to our Country!! [/quote]
The first line of your post is offensive, as some one else posted I think we lost quite a high % of our population, as the old adage has it "The Brits provided the time, the Americans the money and the Russians the lives" but when it comes down to it how can you denigrate any nation that fought and died for you to be able to freely express the views you are doing now ? regards
