:) yes we got into the war in 1941 but from 1939 the USA was supporting Britain, lendlease, giving brits destroyers, equipment, holding their heads above water. The thought has been made by historians (some Uk citizens) that had the united states not given those old WWI era destroyers the German WolfPacks would have completely cut off British supplies.
And WWI bah we didnt do much besides give some soldiers to do the final push, the brits and french did the bulk of the job their ;) And we do a good job of blowing people up dont we Bill Wheatley Senior Database Developer Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer EDIETS.COM 954.360.9022 X159 ICQ 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 11:33 AM Subject: RE: World Surrenders Sovereignty > > :) Damn brits just cant get over the fact we kicked the cr!p > > out of them and bailed their butt out of WW2. j/k > > Just a point on this > > The US has been late to both World Wars... > > World War I started on July 28, 1914 (Austria-Hungary declares war on > Russia) > August 4, 1914 Britain declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary > April 6, 1917 United States declares war on Germany entering the First > World War. > November 11, 1918 World War I ends > > 3 years late (in a 4 year war!) > > World War II started on September 3, 1939 (Great Britain and France > declare war on Germany) > December 8, 1941 U. S. Congress declares war on Japan > December 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on U. S. > December 11, 1941 United States declares war on Germany > May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders unconditionally in Rheims, France > May 8, 1945 V-E (Victory in Europe) day > June 26, 1945 United Nations Charter signed > August 14, 1945 President Truman announces that hostilities between U.S. > and Japan have ended > September 2, 1945 Japanese delegation signs surrender documents aboard > the battleship Missouri. President Truman declares V-J (Victory over > Japan) day. > October 4, 1945 Military occupation of Japan > > 2 years late (in a 7 year war) > > So, if you say you "bailed our butts out", then maybe if you got > involved sooner, they'd be sorted sooner - rather than trying to sign > "non-agression pacts" with people... See, it's only recently you've > grown balls enough to attack people <gd&r> > > BTW, dates and stuff from www.worldhistory.com > > Philip Arnold > Technical Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 > Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > > www.aspmedia.co.uk > www.aspevents.net > > An ISO9001 registered company. > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > ********************************************************************** > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
