Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
A Polish pilot in England during the war made the observation that both the English and the Poles ate pork and cabbage as staples, but couldn't understand how the English could screw it up.
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Bro you are saying that they were not even able to do anything like they would be able to provide pressure and definitely hold for a whileWell, beside Saffron, Iran is No. 1 or one of top 10 producers of Pistachio, Stone Fruits, Caviar, Pearl, Turquoise, Zinc, Oil, Gas, and some other stuff!
and about topic:
Well, even Italy was not prepare for battle! Not only from military side of view, but almost from all other aspects! at best, Italy's Armed Forces were fully equipped, modernized, standardized, mobilized in mid-war years!!! This include all branches plus local security units like Gendarmerie or Police.
France had NOT the power, not the intention, not the obligation to save Poland .Why wait until Poland falls?
Attack Germany while they're distracted by Poland's still resistance, leaving their back and flanks undefended.
Force the Germans and Soviets (Germany's ally at the time) to an armistice.
WWII in Europe never starts.
There was nothing wrong with what is wrongly called :the Phoney War .Of course and what became of that?
A few skirmishes, a little incursion into the Saar and then nothing.
Poland fell, Germany ran rough-shod over Europe.
Which is why it's called the "Phoney War" - it was a half-assed effort that accomplished nothing.
yeah see he gets itFrance had NOT the power, not the intention, not the obligation to save Poland .
Britain ? Its first two divisions arrived only at the end of September .
The USSR was NOT a German ally in 1939, it was neutral .
yeah see he gets it
The USSR was NOT a German ally in 1939, it was neutral .
Not an ally, just invaded Poland at the same time, which of course makes a huge difference, because of the non aggression pact.Really !!!! It was neutral because of the threaty of Rapallo in 1922 and the Molotov–Ribbentrop pact in 1939 and also the invasion on Poland in the September 1939 together with the Nazi Germany.
Britain promised to come to Poland's aid in March 1939.France had NOT the power, not the intention, not the obligation to save Poland .
Britain ? Its first two divisions arrived only at the end of September .
The USSR was NOT a German ally in 1939, it was neutral .
France had NOT the power, not the intention, not the obligation to save Poland .
Britain ? Its first two divisions arrived only at the end of September .
The USSR was NOT a German ally in 1939, it was neutral .
What They did NOT have, was competent leadership to use those superior numbers to their advantage against the Germans.
And that cost them 2 million soldiers captured and 390,000 killed when the dust settled.... nor the political will, imho.
And that cost them 2 million soldiers captured and 390,000 killed when the dust settled.
It also set the stage for what unfolded in Europe for the next 4 1/2 years.
I often hear of the perfidious French, but wasn't it the British who slunk back to The Home Islands while the fight was still raging?