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[Gaffers]

You should have reminded him that if it was not for us then they would be speaking German too.  In the early days of the newly independent America they were speaking a number of different languages but the main ones were English and German. They had a vote to decide which would be their one official language and thanks to a little influence from us they chose English by the narrowest of margins.

Not many Americans will know of this fact

Shoot 'em up if you go to live there, Matt.

I hear it's all the rage in Florida 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Pah if it wasn't for those pesky Yanks, we'd have had an efficient postal system and the trains would run on time!   

... and no speed limits on the autobahn motorway!! 

[MaxV6]

what irritates me is the number of WW2 films based on real missions,   that involve americans ,  who were never in fact involved at all.....


(one's grandfather on the other hand,  very much was.....  )

[MR MISTER]

I wonder how many yanks know that Barack Obama is George Washington's 9th cousin 6 times removed.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I wonder how many yanks know that Barack Obama is George Washington's 9th cousin 6 times removed.

Not true! He's not even American, he's an alien plant!   

[MR MISTER]

I wonder how many yanks know that Barack Obama is George Washington's 9th cousin 6 times removed.

Not true! He's not even American, he's an alien plant!   

TIS TRUE TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Shackeng]

Was that Cem, or an echo?

[cem_devecioglu]

Wehrmact lost most of its power fighting in Russia  especially at Leningrad and Stalingrad .. Hitlers decision of dividing its forces for multiple attack points on very wide lands and resuming a war at Russian winter was a fatal mistake..
On the other side the air war at Englands skies was costly that Luftwaffe had to stop it.. and used that v bombs instead..
US forces even hardly beat the remains of Wehrmacht
 

[tigers_gonads]

I just love it when we have to explain what SPAM means 

Not the brightest are our cousins across the pond 

Also ask them how many wars the have actually won without us 
Grenada doesn't count even though they had some very sharp sticks (and knew how to use them) 

[symes]

WW2 was a farce at times---my Grandad's group fought for a town in France-and had to go around it so yanks could go in and get all the glory---didnt win Korea.Vietnam or any other war have they Was surprised they didnt side with Hitler after all they are just the same---Saluting the flag all the time---reminds me so much of how Germany was in 1930's Kept supplying Noraid-IRA until 9/11-then they got a taste of what we put up with here

[Rods2]

Wehrmact lost most of its power fighting in Russia  especially at Leningrad and Stalingrad .. Hitlers decision of dividing its forces for multiple attack points on very wide lands and resuming a war at Russian winter was a fatal mistake..
On the other side the air war at Englands skies was costly that Luftwaffe had to stop it.. and used that v bombs instead..
US forces even hardly beat the remains of Wehrmacht

The Americans took quite a beating by Rommel's desert army in Tunisia. During the liberation of France the Germans had the better army and generally better equipment. The Sherman tank was known as the Ronson as it would light first time every time! But what sums up the situation was when a German officer asked what had happened as an 88mm anti-tank gun crew retreated, one replied, we ran out of shells before they ran out of tanks! Nobody could match the quantity of US equipment and production capacity.

[78bex]

Leaving Irish / American patriotism apart for the moment, I just wonder how well some of the statements in this thread sit with OOF members in the US & beyond

[MR MISTER]

Leaving Irish / American patriotism apart for the moment, I just wonder how well some of the statements in this thread sit with OOF members in the US & beyond

Well. They started it.

[tigers_gonads]

Leaving Irish / American patriotism apart for the moment, I just wonder how well some of the statements in this thread sit with OOF members in the US & beyond

Tis nothing but a laugh / banter 
Even across the pond, they have such a thing.
I know, I have traded plenty with them over the years while drinking pish American beer and Jack Daniels 
You can't go threw life worrying about everything you say just incase it pishes off somebody on the other side of the world.
Anybody who can't take a bit of banter should avoid if they don't understand the context.

 

[cem_devecioglu]

Wehrmact lost most of its power fighting in Russia  especially at Leningrad and Stalingrad .. Hitlers decision of dividing its forces for multiple attack points on very wide lands and resuming a war at Russian winter was a fatal mistake..
On the other side the air war at Englands skies was costly that Luftwaffe had to stop it.. and used that v bombs instead..
US forces even hardly beat the remains of Wehrmacht

The Americans took quite a beating by Rommel's desert army in Tunisia. During the liberation of France the Germans had the better army and generally better equipment. The Sherman tank was known as the Ronson as it would light first time every time! But what sums up the situation was when a German officer asked what had happened as an 88mm anti-tank gun crew retreated, one replied, we ran out of shells before they ran out of tanks! Nobody could match the quantity of US equipment and production capacity.

agreed with one exception
however, I must note that although number of equipment/ships/planes plays an important role , more than that it, depends how and where you use them.. One good example is that Russians were always crowded on total numbers but German attacks on strategic points with arms having better technical properties and management always gives better results unless Hitler tried crazy suicides for his army