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Old 03-03-2017, 08:36 AM
 
Location: England
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Originally Posted by red baron View Post
A third time is not doing it over and over again. OTH, why not. We have the know how, the economy and the man power. Who is going to stop us? Not you?
Grow yourself a small tash under your nose, and give it a go red........... The uniforms were great back then in the German army. I wasn't too keen on the helmets though.........

I'm not too sure you have the manpower red........ aging population and all that. Unless you can convince the new immigrant Germans to go with you.

I can see it now....... you and Mrs Merkel atop the Kremlin.........

'Today Moscow....... tomorrow Athens.'............

Just don't try anything funny with us here in England........ didn't work out well last time.......

 
Old 03-03-2017, 10:44 AM
 
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Probably a couple of Russian nukes would be sufficient.
Now that is a dumb suggestion. The fallout could easily reach the UK and some of Russia's friends. The French would not be to happy either and may just retaliate on our behalf.

We had better stick to conventional warfare. There is no country better than us. It took the rest of the world to beat us down, almost that is. After a few short years Germany rose from the ashes taking it's place at the top of the heap.
 
Old 03-03-2017, 10:49 AM
 
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Grow yourself a small tash under your nose, and give it a go red........... The uniforms were great back then in the German army. I wasn't too keen on the helmets though.........

I'm not too sure you have the manpower red........ aging population and all that. Unless you can convince the new immigrant Germans to go with you.

I can see it now....... you and Mrs Merkel atop the Kremlin.........

'Today Moscow....... tomorrow Athens.'............

Just don't try anything funny with us here in England........ didn't work out well last time.......
No it didn't Dave. Of course you couldn't do it by yourself, had to ask your cousins (?) to come across the pond to help.
 
Old 03-03-2017, 10:58 AM
 
Location: England
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No it didn't Dave. Of course you couldn't do it by yourself, had to ask your cousins (?) to come across the pond to help.
Didn't need 'em red, as well you know. Your air force was in tatters after the Battle of Britain in 1940. The Yanks didn't get here until 1942........ If you'd have tried anything by sea, the British navy would have blown them out of the water. Stick to the facts red.......

I do agree the German army was the greatest fighting force ever. They just bit off more than they could chew.
 
Old 03-03-2017, 11:00 AM
 
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Now that is a dumb suggestion. The fallout could easily reach the UK and some of Russia's friends. The French would not be to happy either and may just retaliate on our behalf.

We had better stick to conventional warfare. There is no country better than us. It took the rest of the world to beat us down, almost that is. After a few short years Germany rose from the ashes taking it's place at the top of the heap.
Yeah, you only lost two major wars in a row. In the first, your civilian population was almost starved to death and, in the second, your cities were effectively bombed into rubble. And, in both wars, you introduced a special kind of terror and barbarity. And people like you want to have a third go at it.

Maybe Morgenthau was right.
 
Old 03-03-2017, 12:38 PM
 
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Yeah, you only lost two major wars in a row. In the first, your civilian population was almost starved to death and, in the second, your cities were effectively bombed into rubble. And, in both wars, you introduced a special kind of terror and barbarity. And people like you want to have a third go at it.

Maybe Morgenthau was right.
Take it easy Jaggy. In both wars we had to take on the rest of the world. That is that. Bombing our cities into rubble, yes you are right. You should be very proud of yourself for killing millions of civilians in the process. Of course you are such a civilized country.

Do some research, you may discover that the name and concept of "Concentration Camps" was first invented and used by the British during the Boer War.

I know what we did and I am not proud of it. Get of your high horse and check on your colonial barbarisms.
 
Old 03-03-2017, 12:53 PM
 
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Come on guys; let's not jump the shark here! Focus on the future and the here and now, not the past.
 
Old 03-03-2017, 12:55 PM
 
Location: England
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Meanwhile Theresa May has been up in Scotland telling them to pull themselves together......... She reckons another vote for leaving the union would result in a bigger vote for remain. SNP think different.

Give 'em another vote, and if they lose again, and the union remains, then shut the **** up!!........

If they win, and vote to leave........ then don't let the door bang on the way out!!
 
Old 03-03-2017, 01:08 PM
 
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Meanwhile Theresa May has been up in Scotland telling them to pull themselves together......... She reckons another vote for leaving the union would result in a bigger vote for remain. SNP think different.

Give 'em another vote, and if they lose again, and the union remains, then shut the **** up!!........

If they win, and vote to leave........ then don't let the door bang on the way out!!
If Scotland did vote Yes, I know a lot of people - for the most part well educated with good skills and experience - who would be selling up and heading south.
 
Old 03-03-2017, 01:12 PM
 
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Take it easy Jaggy. In both wars we had to take on the rest of the world. That is that. Bombing our cities into rubble, yes you are right. You should be very proud of yourself for killing millions of civilians in the process. Of course you are such a civilized country.

Do some research, you may discover that the name and concept of "Concentration Camps" was first invented and used by the British during the Boer War.

I know what we did and I am not proud of it. Get of your high horse and check on your colonial barbarisms.
You were the one talking about having a third go at Moscow. I wasn't around in WW2 so I don't have a particular axe to grind. My mother, who only avoided being killed when the German landmine dropped near her home failed to explode, might have a rather different outlook.
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