Comments by "" (@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684) on "War Stories" channel.

  1. To the idiots above, Please provide us with the details of the luftwaffe air assaults on Canberra, Ottawa, Delhi and Wellington? Or how the Wehrmacht stood poised to launch its invasion of the Indian sub continent? Or how the Kriegsmarine attempted to strangle "the British Empire" out of the war by enforcing a u-boat blockade of Australia and New Zealand? Oh news just coming in...... NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED because the only nation facing ALL of those threats between July 1940 and April 1941 was GREAT BRITAIN ALONE.
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  2.  @countryman3460  Please provide us with the details of the luftwaffe air assaults on Canberra, Ottawa, Delhi and Wellington? Or how the Wehrmacht stood poised to launch its invasion of the Indian sub continent? Or how the Kriegsmarine attempted to strangle "the British Empire" out of the war by enforcing a u-boat blockade of Australia and New Zealand? Oh news just coming in...... NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED because the ONLY nation facing ALL of those threats between July 1940 and April 1941 was Great Britain ALONE.
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  3.  @Jeremy-y1t  You just can't be right for being wrong can you Jeremarkyjames? The Italian invasion of Greece in Oct 1940 meant that the Greek govt had invited British troops to assist them which duly first landed in Greece in March 1941. You certainly don't believe in letting facts get in the way of your complete BS do you, Jeremarkyjames?
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  4.  @Jeremy-y1t  It was invaded in Oct 1940 by the Italians, and solely fought agianst them on it's home soil. The nazis were not involved until 1941.
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  5.  @mikedon5205  Just to detail the commonwealth units in Britain in Sept 1940. The 1st Canadian infantry Division (the full strength division that you mention) stationed south of London around the Leatherhead area in Surrey, the 2nd Canadian division at the time was a skeletal force whose poorly equipped subordinate units only started to arrive in Britain in late august 1940 and was in no condition for combat. Then there was the "2nd Australian Imperial Force" (Australforce) which though nominally comprised of 2 brigades (the 18th & 25th) actually only had the combined strength of a single 8000 man Brigade stationed outside Basingstoke, and finally the "2nd New Zealand Expeditionary force" a grand sounding title that hide the fact that it was comprised of solely the NZ 2nd infantry division which was comprised of 2 understrength infantry Brigade (5th & 7th NZ Inf Brigades). Its two understrength brigades were bolstered by the addition of the BRITISH 1st motor machine gun brigade and was stationed near to Maidstone in Kent. By the time of the expected invasion in Sept 1940 the British army was fielding 2 British Armoured divisions 2 British Armoured tank brigades 15 British infantry divisions (full strength) 7 British infantry divisions (under strength). 7 British independent infantry Brigades 2 British motor machine gun Brigades 1 Canadian infantry division (full strength) (plus some small under equipped subordinate units of a 2nd division) 1 NZ infantry "division" (actually 2 understrength infantry Brigades but with an attached British motor machine gun brigade) 2 Australian infantry brigades (under strength & unequipped) In addition to these forces were the 1,500,000 million men of the British "Home Guard". As you can see, as well as being the ONLY country being threatened by nazism from July 1940 to April 1941, the defence of the UK was a +95% British affair at this early stage of the war. It was in the years following AFTER 1940 that the size of the British Commonwealth forces really started to grow. Glad to have been of help in unburdening you of your misunderstanding in regard of this topic.
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  6.  @mikedon5205  Just to detail the commonwealth units defending Britain in Sept 1940. The 1st Canadian infantry Division stationed south of London around the Leatherhead area in Surrey, the 2nd Canadian division at the time had not yet mobilised and was a skeletal force whose poorly equipped subordinate units only started to arrive in Britain in late august 1940 and was in no condition for combat. Then there was the "2nd Australian Imperial Force" (Australforce) which though nominally comprised of 2 brigades (the 18th & 25th) actually only had the combined strength of a single 8000 man Brigade stationed outside Basingstoke, and finally the "2nd New Zealand Expeditionary force" a grand sounding title that hide the fact that it was comprised of solely the NZ 2nd infantry division which was itself comprised of 2 understrength infantry Brigades (5th & 7th NZ Inf Brigades). Its two understrength brigades were bolstered by the addition of the BRITISH 1st motor machine gun brigade and was stationed near to Maidstone in Kent. By the time of the expected invasion in Sept 1940 the British army was fielding 2 British Armoured divisions 2 British Armoured tank brigades 15 British infantry divisions (full strength) 7 British infantry divisions (under strength). 7 British independent infantry Brigades 2 British motor machine gun Brigades 1 Canadian infantry division (full strength) (plus some small under equipped subordinate units of the 2nd division) 1 NZ infantry "division" (actually 2 understrength infantry Brigades but with an attached British motor machine gun brigade) 2 Australian infantry brigades (under strength & under equipped) In addition to these forces were the 1,500,000 million men of the British "Home Guard". As you can see, as well as being the ONLY country being threatened by nazism from July 1940 to April 1941, the defence of the UK was a +95% British affair at this early stage of the war. It was in the following years AFTER 1940 that the size of the British Commonwealth forces really started to grow. Glad to have been of help in unburdening you of your misunderstanding in regard of this topic.
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  7. @Jeremy-y1t "Even though the Axis gave British India its freedom." Cuckoo !!! Cuckoo !!! Cuckoo !!!
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  8.  @CB-fz3li  I've just transcribed the figures mentioned at the end of the "battle of Britain" movie.
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  9. Corporate globalism. IN the James Bond films "SPECTRE" led by Ernst Stavro Blofeld was the global crime syndicate. In real life it is the World Economic Forum with Klaus Schwab stroking a white pussycay at the head of all the evil in the world today.
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  10. Hahaha.... complete nonsense.
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  11. Just to provide you with a helpful "visual aid" in order to correct your lack of knowledge about the battle of Britain I kindly put together this accurate graphical representation of the proportion of pilot nationalities serving within RAF Fighter Command during the summer of 1940. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧UK 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱 Poland 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇿🇦 S. Africa (1940 flag emoji not available) 🇺🇳 Other nations (France, R o Ireland, USA, Rhodesia, Newfoundland, Jamaica, Barbados) No need to thank me.
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  12.  @JamesRichards-mj9kw  The Luftwaffe dropped its first bombs on Britain on 13th Oct 1939 nearly 6 months before Britain returned the compliment. Of Course the luftwaffe had been killing hundreds of completely innocent civilians such as the 650 at Guernica since 1937.
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  13. Just what WAS the ridiculous kriegsmarine thinking !!!!
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  14. Must be near where you live. It's lovely round by ours.
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  15. There were no Me 109s in airworthy condition? And no godawful CGI (thankfully) in 1969 so what do you do? Not make the film?
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  16. Not for me..... stop watching on a TV or phone like an idiot.
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  17.  @garythomson5039  There was a wrong conclusion... and you jumped to it. I'll spell it out for you. Watch on a computer and install an adblocker. There.... I've made your life better.
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  18. By the time Iowa was completed the Royal Navy had packed the Kriegsmarine off to the Baltic and a couple of Norwegian fjords never to be heard of again.
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  19. Well the Germans had to give Poland to the communists... they'd had their arses kicked during operation "Bagration" in Summer 1944 when the soviets kicked them out of Poland and took it for themselves.
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  20. They're utterly cringeful aren't they?
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  21. But you do realise Bismarck, as well as most European naval forces were not designed for operations in the Pacific. In as much the same was as US aircraft carriers, while effectively throwing their weight around in the Pacific never dared to enter the Mediterranean where their wooden decks and the comprehensive land based Axis air cover would have seen them on the sea bed in double quick time.
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  22.  @jackreacher5667  Not much to contend with their Jack, although the idea that British capital ships had "wooden decks" is completely wrong.... you'll especially see that the differences between USN and RN aircraft carriers in particular were VERY marked indeed, the USN designing large capacity carriers that did not need much in the way of defensive armour due to mostly operating far away from land in the Pacific, compared to RN carriers which had far smaller air components but which were far more heavily armoured to defend against the far more prevelent land based air power in the North sea / European Atlantic / Mediterranean theatres. My "go to" example to show the differences between the USN and RN designs is to compare what happened when USS Bunker Hill was hit by kamikazes as to what happened when HMS Indomitable & Indefatigable suffered the same attacks.
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  23.  @jackreacher5667  "Most aircraft carriers,(British and American) even the Iowa class ships had Teak decks" (You are aware the "Iowas" were NOT carriers, aren't you?) WRONG. Most British WW2 aircraft carriers such as the "Illustrious", "Indomitable" & "Inplacable" classes did NOT have wooden decks, instead having 3in thick armour acting as horizontal protection and also as the actual flight deck, as well as a further 2in thick armoured deck protecting the hangars. US "Yorktown" carriers had flightdecks of teak planking over standard three quarter inch plating. The "Essex" class had in parts 1.5in plating under the teak planking. It wasn't until after WW2 that the US "Midway" class carriers had deck armour comparable with RN carriers. If you'd like the prime examples of the structural differences between RN and USN aircraft carriers, read about the resultant damage caused by a single bomb on USS Princeton ("Independence" class carrier) and kamikaze attacks against USS Bunker Hill (an Essex class carrier), HMS Illustrious, HMS Indomitable & HMS Indefatigable. On USS Bunker Hill a single kamikaze on her deck wrecked her, killing over 400 crew and knocking her out of action for the rest of the war, as it took 6 months of repairs to make her operational again. HMS Illustrious survived a kamikaze hit by a Japanese bomber as well as the detonation of its 1000kg bomb adjacent to her hull, Indomitable & Indefatigable on the other hand were both hit by kamikazes, and in each case the wreckage of the Japanese aircraft was "brushed overboard", and quick drying cement was used to fill in the resultant dent on their flight decks, meaning that both were flying aircraft off within 90 minutes of the attacks, in each case the number of crew lost was in the order of low 10s. "A little bit of research can often be a wonderful thing." indeed, you should try it sometime.
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  24.  @jackreacher5667  Where exactly have I said "only some of the (US) ships had it (wooden decks)"? You need to spend more time on your English comprehension, and less time trying to think of put-downs that fall flat.
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  25. What a complete non surprise to see you here James with your complete BS.
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  26.  user-wj6dt5bq3w  I have for over fifty years. Widely read.... not just David Irving and "Europa: the last battle".
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  27. Due to the misplaced truculence of one idiotic French officer. Bruno-Marcel Gensoul.
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  28. Oh you mean international trade? The same international trade that ALL countries of the world (including the US) need for their economy to survive. It was all paid for, don't be trying to make out that the "US saved Britain", we saved ourselves and paid the price for it, your lot just sat at the side profiteering from both sides while the second largest economy after your own ground itself into bankruptcy fighting to oppose fascism when no one else could be bothered.
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  29.  @kmaher1424  Apart from the ongoing globalist "one world" empire.
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  30. I thought I'd create a simple "visual aid" in order to assist people learning about the history of the battle of Britain. There is much ongoing debate about the nationalities and proportions of RAF fighter pilots who took part in the battle, with a furtive aspect which attempts to portray the battle as a victory of "mostly Foreign pilots". Below is an accurate graphical representation of the proportion of pilot nationalities serving within RAF Fighter Command during the summer of 1940. Each flag is roughly equivalent to 30 pilots, The numbers after each nation are the actual number of pilots from that country, and the approximate percentage of RAF Fighter Command's establishment in the summer of 1940 that they represented. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 UK (2342) (80%) 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱 Poland (145) (5%) 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿 New Zealand (127) (4%) 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Canada (112) (4%) (1940 flag emoji not available) 🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia (88) (3%) 🇦🇺 Australia (32) (1%) 🇧🇪 Belgium (28) (1%) 🇿🇦 S. Africa (25) (1%) (1940 flag emoji not available) 🇺🇳 Other nations (France (13), R o Ireland (10), USA (9), Rhodesia (3), Newfoundland (1), Jamaica (1), Barbados (1)) (1%) (And just to preempt any wandering idiot lefty "Identity warriors" from protesting about "The lack of credit given to the black pilots who fought in the battle of Britain"... the pilots from Rhodesia & the Caribbean were all of white British descent).
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  31. Without Hugh Dowding as head of the RAF Technical Section from 1932 onwards, and the British tax payer, then instead of having the world's first radar based, real time, air defence system directing world class fighter aircraft to defend the UK, AVM Keith Park would have been facing the luftwaffe in 1940 with Hawker Fury biplane fighters flying ineffective standing patrols over the skies of Southern England, the same standing patrols that had previously seen both the Polish and French air forces wiped out in days. As for your "we were never alone" nonsense, could you please provide us with the details of the luftwaffe air assaults on Canberra, Ottawa, Delhi and Wellington? Or how the Wehrmacht stood poised to launch its invasion of the Indian sub continent or the British west African colonies? Or how the Kriegsmarine attempted to strangle the British Empire out of the war by enforcing a u-boat blockade of Australia and New Zealand? Oh news just coming in...... NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED because the ONLY nation facing ALL of those threats between July 1940 and April 1941 was the United Kingdom ALONE. In future just tell us that you hate the UK and we can all safely ignore your nonsense.
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  32.  @willevans429  My word you HAVE spent too long living alone out in that sheep station in the outback haven't you ? Cuckoo !!! Cuckoo !!! Cuckoo !!!
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  33. Do your duty and tell us some of your facts !!!!
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  34.  @sextoncardew903  Another misinformed dupe of the left. Do you think before the rise of the British empire that the human race had existed for millenia in peaceful harmony? Ah bless, to be able to live in such uninformed simple naivete, do you also believe in unicorns and fairies too?... It'd be interesting to hear your take on the use of black slaves for the construction of the pyramids, the enslavement of Europe, the middle east and northern Africa by the Romans, the constant murderous millenia long competition between the civilisations of central and southern Americas and the +100 million who died at the hands of 20th century socialism.... or were the British responsible for all that as well?
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  35. "If the German's had come...." What? Across the choppy channel in their Rhine river barges, contending with the world's strongest navy? The British army were safe on their "flowerpots".
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  36.  @ScienceChap  Excellent post.... Can I add that Hood's main belt was angled outwards at 13 degrees to give an effective 13 inches of belt thickness, Bismarck's belt was not so inclined.
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  37.  @oranculpepper9008  Poles should be grateful there was a lone country prepared to stand up to nazism for them to take refuge in.
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  38.  @oranculpepper9008  The US GAVE nothing to ANYONE !!!! They profiteered in the most disgusting way, overcharging both for goods & credit to countries fighting against the evils of nazism. (While also supplying the nazis as well to a lesser degree). The only reason they came over to Europe was to stop the USSR from advancing to the French atlantic coast. You did the same to the Russkis too.... selling them the materials to do the lions share of the fighting and death. Still looks like China has you over a barrel now. At least the British empire lasted 300 years...a bit more than America's 80 years at the top.
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  39.  @mariuszkowalski6472  No pain at all for me Mariusz, I was born LONG after the Empire had fallen. I'm just happy to stand up for GB amongst the flood of uninformed, post Brexit, globalist MSM propaganda thats pumped on these threads by the younger, easily led generations. Lefty revisionists are the flavour of the month, just have to keep them and their nonsense in their rightful place. Facts are facts though. Just like to keep the record straight.
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  40. Instead of watching on a phone, tablet or TV , rise above that nonsense and watch it on a computer with an ad blocker installed.... it's like the intenet was 20 years ago. Bliss !!!
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  41. If the US was supposedly at war with Germany from that date, then why did US corporations continue to carry out MASSIVELY profitable trade with the nazis, right the wat throughout WW2 as it happened.
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  42. Oh please not this BS AGAIN !!! Poland was actually the ONLY nation to receive TWO invites to the 1946 London Victory parade, it was due to a poisonous, bitter mix of POLISH political hatred and hubris that they CHOSE to IGNORE BOTH invites. If the UK was so "fearful of upsetting Starling".... (Starling? REALLY?) Then why were the Yugoslavs, Czechs as well as the Soviet Union ALSO invited? While the Czechs DID take part in the parade, the Yugoslavs and soviets, like Poland, ignored their invites.
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  43. More precisely Brits "move your ships out of reach of the Germans" French "Non" Brits "blam blam blam".
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  44. History is no longer taught in western schools as the corporate globalists who now direct western government policy want a cultural "year zero" before they start their reforming of the world. It's upto older people to pass on the torch of history to the younger generation, and to protect its flame from the devious forces that aim to rewrite it. A lot of young people are still interested in learning about "what went before" as can be told from many comments in YT threads.
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  45. The root of his destruction was summer 1940.... before the USSR or USA were involved.
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  46. Not necessary... learn to remove the ads. Easily achievable if you read into it.
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  47. You forgot to mention the world's then most powerful navy defeding British shores.
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  48. They're wrong then aren't they?
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  49. "Help"? My word you're completely CLUELESS aren't you?
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  50. Complete BS though.
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