Wich was the worst nation in the war?

• Feb 18, 2005

• #161

the lancaster kicks ass

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america wasn't perfect you know.........

 

• Feb 19, 2005

• #162

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Adolf Galland said:

err i wonder why ppl voted 4 France, cuz just look at the time it took to take over Denmark: 24hrs!!

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Perhaps it was the Vichy aspect that people are remembering
I mean talk about crap on your allies they wouldn't even bring over their navy so we had to sink it, Maurice Gamelin (the French commander) whose command center never even had communictions and messages where sent out by dispatch ride,
He completely missed the plot and perhaps was one of the prime movers in the rapid demise of France he was drawing halt lines on maps that had already been over run.
so maybe this is the reason some people voted for France.
For a nation with 900,000 men at arms they put up a really poor show, thats not to say I voted for them I still feel it was the Nations that did nothing and stayed neutral that have the most to answer for.

 

• Feb 19, 2005

• #163

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You raise a good point trackend. The Swiss, while claiming neutrality were warehousing the looted Nazi gold and laundering the money. They certainly are not without some guilt.

 

• Feb 19, 2005

• #164

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no country is without guilt..............

 

• Feb 19, 2005

• #165

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I agree, lanc. Everyone has certain skeletons in their closets.

 

• Feb 19, 2005

• #166

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Those French Cowards we had to sink their navy just to keep the germans from using it

 

• Feb 19, 2005

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• Feb 19, 2005

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I think it's more than a skeleton more a graveyard filled with the bodies of 45,000,000 victims

 

• Feb 19, 2005

• #169

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Yeah, that's a lot of skeletons. Switzerland should definitely be on that list. For that matter, Sweden too.

 

• Feb 19, 2005

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Bloody right on skimmer

 

• Feb 19, 2005

• #171

cheddar cheese

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I can add them 2, if you wish?

 

• Feb 19, 2005

• #172

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no cheesy mate they aint worth it

 

• Feb 19, 2005

• #173

cheddar cheese

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• Mar 23, 2005

• #174

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What does this mean??? By which standards??? Why France... Because it had the badluck of being the first country to surrender??? It was completely cought off guard...

 

• Mar 23, 2005

• #175

cheddar cheese

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I dont know..just the worst nation overall.

Surrending is to the French what CO2 is to plant life - Compulsary.

 

• Mar 23, 2005

• #176

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Denmark, didn't even resist and where occupied in 24 hours as already has been said.

 

• May 24, 2005

• #177

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I would say Italy, the Italian troops hardly ever came close to winning a battle that I know about with an equal power. They needed German Officers to provide them with leadership to encourage them to fight. They were repelled by Greece and other places. In the end, they gave up to the Allies, and the Germans had to occupy them to tie down the Allied troops, freed-up by Italy's potential surrender. Germany really did have some Allies in WW2 she could really potentially have done without, such as Italy. Italy thankfully was a sap on German strength rather than a multiplier.

 

• May 24, 2005

• #178

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France wasn't the first country to surrender. The French military however was the second largest force in Europe behind the Red Army. They had nearing 1.5 million men, 800,000 of which stood on the ''Shield of France" (Maginot Line).

They lacked any kind of knowledge on armoured and mobilised warfare. The BEF was not on the continent to be a holding force, yet France accuses Britain of selfishness for not staying.

On top of that, France did not hand over the French Navy to the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy was forced to destroy the French Navy, which the French still are bitter about when they were in the wrong!

The French Resistance is often given credit for a lot of destruction and disruption when in reality, they were only an information gathering organisation and not even a good one at that.

The French resistance is extremely over-rated, in my opinion.

 

• May 24, 2005

• #179

cheddar cheese

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I think ill agree with Gnomey that Denmark were the worst.

 

• May 24, 2005

• #180

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I don't blame them. They weren't in any state of oppose Germany. Why waste the lives of your people for a lost cause? So people 60 years on can say, "They fought, thousands died, but at least they fought"?