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I am Proud of being British and I love our Canadian cousins it is my Opinion without Canada WW2, we would have been in Massive trouble, especially after Dunkirk, when the only fully equipt army in the UK was the Canadians
Canadians mobilized in manufacturing and they made more than 800,000 military transport vehicles, 50,000 tanks, 40,000 field, naval and anti-aircraft guns and an astonishing 1,700,000 small arms. They aided the British by giving their army 38% of their 800,000 military vehicles, keeping 168,000 for Canadian troops and the rest was spread out to Allied troops. Canadians also dabbled in the making of heavy utility vehicle bodies, the General Motors factory in Oshawa made 4,000 vehicles, all that could be used as ambulances, personal carriers, light wireless vehicles, trucks or machinery.
Canada’s Gross National Product (the sum total of all goods and services created by the Canadian population of 11.2 million people) was $5.6 billion. This would change drastically by 1945 when the GNP was estimated as high as $11.8 billion, almost doubling in 6 years. To give us an idea of how this number grew so fast, we must understand how Canada’s raw materials made a huge contribution to the eventual Allied victory. Canadians produced 40% of aluminum, 95% of nickel, 75% of asbestos, 20% of zinc, 12% of copper, and 15% of lead. Just raw materials produced $5.8 billion between 1939-1945. Canada was a leader in manufacturing weapons and equipment, being the 4th most lucrative behind the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. For such a large country with a small population, this proved the dedication of Canadians to their soldiers and to peace. All in all, Canada’s wartime production was valued at over $9.5 billion, equivalent today to over $100 billion.
My Love and Thanks, I can never repay what Canada did for me I survived WW2
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Fines for businesses and landlords who knowingly support illegal migrants are set to triple under new rules announced by the government.
Firms who are found to have repeatedly employed illegal migrants could face fines of up to £60,000 per breach.
The Home Office argues "illegal working and renting are significant pull factors" for illegal migration.
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said the move would help deter perilous channel crossings by small boats.
Under the new punishments, which come into force at the beginning of 2024, businesses will see the civil penalty for employing illegal migrants rise from £15,000 for the first offence to £45,000.
Repeat offenders will see fines triple from £20,000 to £60,000.
Meanwhile, landlords will have fines hiked from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier for a first breach to up to £5,000 per lodger and £10,000 per occupier.
Further breaches could result in penalties of to £10,000 per lodger and £20,000 per occupier, up from £500 and £3,000 respectively.
"Unscrupulous landlords and employers who allow illegal working and renting enable the business model of the evil people smugglers to continue," Mr Jenrick said in a statement.
"There is no excuse for not conducting the appropriate checks and those in breach will now face significantly tougher penalties."
It is unknown how many people reside in the UK illegally. A 2020 study conducted by the Greater London Authority estimated that between 594,000-745,000 undocumented people were living in the country - about 1% of the total population.
Since 2018 some 4,000 civil penalties have been issued to employers for employing undocumented workers, raising more than £74m.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made tackling the number of migrants making the dangerous crossing across the channel one of his government's five main priorities.
But Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said penalties issued to firms employing workers illegally had actually fallen by two-thirds since 2016, noting that arrests had also fallen.
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I was bombed continuously for 57 days, the last V2 on London 27 April 1945
The Bombing of Dresden and its 127 war-related factories was justified we also destroyed the Dresden arsenal the Rail head sending German troops to the East.
"I would suggest you read Frederick Taylor's excellent book Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945, Many years of research. In early 1945 the war was far from over.
The Allies were still camped outside the borders of Germany, V2 rockets were still falling. The Allies had just fought the battle of the Bulge, where the supposedly defeated Germans suddenly punched a huge hole in the Allied lines, German Rocket and Jet aircraft were coming off the production lines and proceeding to rip the hell out of the allied air fleets. It was an operation undertaken due to many reasons.
1. A request from the Russians at the Yalta conference in February 1945. General Antonov ""We want the Dresden railway junction bombed"" Meeting between the Chiefs of staff as reported by an interpreter. Records kept at the Public Records office in Kew
2. It was a German base of operations against Marshall Koniev`s left flank as he advanced into Germany. (See above) Captured German High Command documents from Berlin in 1945 state that ""Dresden is to be fortified as a military strong point, to be held at all costs."" These statements are also backed up by decrypts from Ultra at Bletchley Park.
3. Munitions storage in the old Dresden Arsenal.
4. Troop reinforcement and transport centre shifting an average 28 troop trains through the marshaling yards every day. Intelligence from Russian and other sources stored in the Public Records office in Kew
5. Communications centre. Most of the telephone lines connecting High Command to the Eastern front went through Dresden.
6. Quote from The Dresden Chamber of Commerce 1944. ""The work rhythm of Dresden is determined by the needs of our army."" There were 127 factories in the Dresden Municipal area. The most famous of these was Zeiss the celebrated camera and optics maker. In 1945 it was turning out Bomb aiming apparatus and Time fuses. (If you think the Dresden China Works making those lovely shepherdesses are more famous, they are actually made in Meisen 12Km down the River and always have been.)
7. A factory that previously made Typewriters and sewing machines was making Guns and ammunition
8. The Waffle and Marzipan machine manufacturer was producing torpedoes for the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe.
9. The arts and crafts workshops in the old town were using their woodworking skills to make the tail assemblies for V-1s.
10. Other factories were turning out such non warlike goods as Searchlights, Aircraft components, Field Telephones and 2 way radios. ""Anyone who knows Dresden only as a cultural city would be very surprised to be made aware of the extensive and versatile activity that make Dresden ONE OF THE FOREMOST INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS OF THE REICH. (My Capitals) Sir Arthur Harris? A Post war exponent of the bombing campaign? Nope both wrong. It comes from the
Dresden City Council Yearbook of 1942. The men who carried out these acts did so in the desire to make a world in which their descendants and countrymen, of whom I am one, could live in freedom from persecution and with a freedom to ask questions and form their own opinions.
In 1942 Albert Speer the armaments Minister went to Dresden to thank them for all the work the people of Dresden were doing to help the Nazis win WW2
Read the Dresden City Council Year Book 1942 and in 2010 the Dresden city gave the Official death toll of 25,000
the Bombing of Dresden was Legal and justified
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Yes, the German people did know I was in Germany in 1960, only 15 years after the war
And we employed about 2000 German Civilians, a few were SS, and most were Luftwaffe or Wehrmacht, and like all 20-year-olds, I wanted to know what it was like for the Germans whilst I was being Bombed By the Luftwaffe
And most said yes, we knew that the SS were Murdering the Jews, we saw the Trains full and coming back empty, but we also knew about Dachau, the Political Prisoner camp, where decenter and complainers of the Third Reich went and never came back, so we remained silent That is why they survived the war
I was stationed at RAF Jever, a city that survived almost intact from the Bombings, even though the Luftwaffe Base was bombed. Later, called RAF Jever, we use intact hangers and workshops, so yes they did know they said so, but they could not do anything about it.
Dachau concentration camp was opened on March 22, 1933. this ensured silence from the people
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I would love to support the British Police, but I have not trusted the UK Police since 1953 I was beaten up for Nothing, and a Man had to step in and tell the Officer Stop he works here I never got an apology What we need is 100% new Officers that pass a stringent Mental check
and are willing to uphold this
British Police Officers
Please read the British Oath of Allegiance for Police officers
I (name) ...of (address)... do solemnly and sincerely declare and affirm that I will well and truly serve The King in the office of constable, with fairness, integrity, diligence and impartiality, upholding fundamental human rights and ACCORDING EQUAL RESPECT TO ALL PEOPLE; and that I will, to the best of my power, cause the peace to be kept and preserved and prevent all offences against people and property; and that while I continue to hold the said office I will to the best of my skill and knowledge discharge all the duties thereof faithfully according to law.
Remember, Officers, there are NO good cops all the time You allow bad cops to serve, which is why there's an Anonymous Reporting System.
If you don't report cops who you know are breaking the Law, you're supporting their actions.
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1948 Arab–Israeli War (November 1947 – July 1949) f agreements were signed between Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, called the 1949 Armistice Agreements, which established the armistice lines between Israel and its neighbours, also known as the Green Line.
Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency (1950s–1960s) –.
Suez Crisis (October 1956) – A military attack on Egypt by Britain, France, and Israel, beginning on 29 October 1956, with the intention to occupy the Sinai Peninsula and to take over the Suez Canal. The attack followed Egypt's decision of 26 July 1956 to nationalize the Suez Canar.
Six-Day War (June 1967) – Fought between Israel and Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. The nations of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Algeria, and others also contributed troops and arms to the Arab forces.
War of Attrition (1967–1970) – A limited war fought between the Israeli military and forces of the Egyptian Republic, the USSR, Jordan, Syria, and the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1967 to 1970. It was initiated by the Egyptians as a way of recapturing the Sinai from the Israelis, .
Yom Kippur War (October 1973) – Fought from 6 to 26 October 1973 by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel as a way of recapturing part of the territories which they lost to the Israelis back in the Six-Day War. The war began with a surprise joint attack by Egypt and Syria on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon (1971–1982) – The PLO relocated to South Lebanon from Jordan, staged attacks on the Galilee, and used South Lebanon as a base for international operations. In 1978, Israel launched Operation Litani – the first Israeli invasion of Lebanon, which was carried out by the Israel Defense Forces in order to expel PLO forces from the territory. Continuing ground and rocket attacks, and Israeli retaliations, eventually escalate into the 1982 War.
1982 Lebanon War (1982) – Began on 6 June 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon to expel the PLO from the territory. The Government of Israel ordered the invasion as a response to the assassination attempt against Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, by the Abu Nidal Organization and due to the constant terror attacks on northern Israel made by the Palestinian guerrilla organizations
South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000) – Nearly 18 years of warfare between the Israel Defense Forces and its Lebanese Christian proxy militias against Lebanese Muslim guerrilla, led by Iranian-backed Hezbollah, within what was defined by Israelis as the "Security Zone" in South Lebanon.
First Intifada (1987–1993) – First large-scale Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Second Intifada (2000–2005) – Second Palestinian uprising, a period of intensified violence, which began in late September 2000.
Israel–Hezbollah War (2006) – Began as a military operation in response to the abduction of two Israeli reserve soldiers by the Hezbollah.
First Gaza War or Operation Cast Lead (December 2008 – January 2009) – Three-week armed conflict between Israel and Hamas during the winter of 2008–2009.
2012 Gaza War or Operation Pillar of Defense (November 2012) – Military offensive on the Gaza Strip.
2014 Gaza War or Operation Protective Edge (July–August 2014) – Military offensive on the Gaza Strip as a response to the collapse of American-sponsored peace talks, attempts by rival Palestinian factions to form a coalition government, the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers, the subsequent kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager, and increased rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas militants.
Syrian Civil War and the Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war.
2021 Israel–Palestine crisis or Operation Guardian of the Walls (May 2021) – Riots between Jews and Arabs in Israeli cities. Hamas fired rockets into Israel, with Iron Dome intercepting the most dangerous projectiles. Israel began airstrikes in Gaza.
Israel–Hamas war or Operation Iron Swords (October 2023–present) – After a Palestinian incursion from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel on 7 October 2023, Israel responded with a devastating bombing campaign and invaded the Strip. The war has created a humanitarian crisis in the Strip, including an ongoing famine.
2024 Israel–Hezbollah
every war caused or started by Arab nations in an attempt to complete the Genocide of all Israelis
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The bombings of Dresden destroyed the railhead, sending troops to the East the communications centre and 127 Factories making everything from ammunition to Fins for V1 Rockets And in 2010 the Dresden City council counted all the Bodies Buried by the Military and the Police after the Bombings and as the authority they were the Dresden city council came up with 25,000 corps this should put to rest that the Bombings were Legal and Justified the Firestorm was nature taking over
The bombing of an industrialised town from the air in an attempt to destroy its industry or cause such loss of morale amongst its inhabitants that they ceased to work was NOT a crime by the Rules of War in 1945. The bombing of Coventry, London and other British Cities in 1940 and 1941 was also NOT a War Crime.
In early 1945 the war was far from over. The Allies were still camped outside the borders of Germany, V2 rockets were still falling. The Allies had just fought the battle of the Bulge where the supposedly defeated Germans suddenly punched a huge hole in the Allied lines, German Rocket and Jet aircraft were coming off the production lines and proceeding to rip the hell out of the allied air fleets.
It was an operation undertaken for many reasons.
1. A request from the Russians at the Yalta conference in February
1945. General Antonov, "We want the Dresden railway junction bombed"
Meeting between the Chiefs of Staff as reported by an interpreter. Records kept at the Public Records Office in Kew
2. It was a German base of operations against Marshall Koniev`s left flank as he advanced into Germany. (See above)
Captured German High Command documents from Berlin in 1945 state that "Dresden is to be fortified as a military strong point, to be held at all costs." These statements are also backed up by decrypts from Ultra at Bletchley Park.
3. Munitions storage in the old Dresden Arsenal.
4. Troop reinforcement and transport centre shifting an average 28
troop trains through the marshalling yards every day. Intelligence from Russian and other sources stored in the Public Records office in Kew
5. Communications centre. Most of the telephone lines connecting
High Command to the Eastern front went through Dresden.
6. Quote from The Dresden Chamber of Commerce 1944. "The work rhythm of Dresden is determined by the needs of our army."
There were 127 factories in the Dresden Municipal area. The most famous of these was Zeiss the celebrated camera and optics maker. In 1945 it was turning out Bomb aiming apparatus and Time fuses. (If you think the Dresden China Works making those lovely shepherdesses are more famous, they are actually made in Meisen 12Km down the River and always have been.)
A factory that previously made Typewriters and sewing machines was making Guns and ammunition
The Waffle and Marzipan machine manufacturer was producing torpedoes for the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe.
The arts and crafts workshops in the old town were using their woodworking skills to make the tail assemblies for V-1s.
Other factories were turning out such non-warlike goods as Searchlights, Aircraft components, Field Telephones and 2 way radios.
Anyone who knows Dresden only as a cultural city would be very surprised to be made aware of the extensive and versatile activity that makes Dresden one of the foremost industrial locations of the 3 Reich
Sir Arthur Harris? A Post war exponent of the bombing campaign? Nope both wrong.
It comes from the Dresden City Council Yearbook of 1942. Thanks to RAY W
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Read any Newspaper and Islam proves they don't know what peace I will just say Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq
Palestine these Islamic countries at war prove my point, they are not peaceful even amongst themselves
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Poison gas was never used Another historian, Lawrence James, stated, "By September the local commander, General Sir Aylmer Haldane, was beginning to get the upper hand, although he was still desperate enough to clamour for large supplies of poison gas. It was not needed, for air power had given his forces the edge whenever the going got tough". On whether gas was used he writes that: "RAF Officers asked Churchill ... for use of poison gas. He agreed but it was not used".
Niall Ferguson, in his 2006 book The War of the World, wrote: "To end the Iraqi Insurgency of 1920 ... the British relied on a combination of aerial bombardment and punitive village burning expeditions. Indeed, they even contemplated using mustard gas too, though supplies proved unavailable". Anthony Clayton wrote in The Oxford History of the British Empire that "the use of poisonous gas was never sanctioned
Bangladesh or British troops one group was going to die and Churchill made the Right decision
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Fines for businesses and landlords who knowingly support illegal migrants are set to triple under new rules announced by the government.
Firms who are found to have repeatedly employed illegal migrants could face fines of up to £60,000 per breach.
The Home Office argues "illegal working and renting are significant pull factors" for illegal migration.
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said the move would help deter perilous channel crossings by small boats.
Under the new punishments, which come into force at the beginning of 2024, businesses will see the civil penalty for employing illegal migrants rise from £15,000 for the first offence to £45,000.
Repeat offenders will see fines triple from £20,000 to £60,000.
Meanwhile, landlords will have fines hiked from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier for a first breach to up to £5,000 per lodger and £10,000 per occupier.
Further breaches could result in penalties of to £10,000 per lodger and £20,000 per occupier, up from £500 and £3,000 respectively.
"Unscrupulous landlords and employers who allow illegal working and renting enable the business model of the evil people smugglers to continue," Mr Jenrick said in a statement.
"There is no excuse for not conducting the appropriate checks and those in breach will now face significantly tougher penalties."
It is unknown how many people reside in the UK illegally. A 2020 study conducted by the Greater London Authority estimated that between 594,000-745,000 undocumented people were living in the country - about 1% of the total population.
Since 2018 some 4,000 civil penalties have been issued to employers for employing undocumented workers, raising more than £74m.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made tackling the number of migrants making the dangerous crossing across the channel one of his government's five main priorities.
But Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said penalties issued to firms employing workers illegally had actually fallen by two-thirds since 2016, noting that arrests had also fallen.
I am a Veteran and a UK pension Recipient but because the shortage of Welfare money denied the USE of the NHS without paying 150% of the services I use all because of a 8 Million Pound a day to house Illegal migrants
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@SCAMDEMIC2023 2,000 BCE with the development of Canaanite civilisation, before being vassalised by Egypt in the Late Bronze Age. In the Iron Age, the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were established, entities that were central to the origins of the Jewish and Samaritan peoples as well as the Abrahamic faith tradition. This has given rise to Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, Druzism, Baha'ism, and a variety of other religious movements. Throughout the course of human history, the Land of Israel has seen many conflicts and come under the sway or control of various polities and, as a result, it has historically hosted a wide variety of ethnic groups.
Proof
that Israel is about 3500 years old and From Roman Times Israel was called Palestine I have a coin that says Palestine Israel
The name Israel, which first appears in recorded history on the Mernepteh Stele, dated 1300 BCE, represents Jewish continuity and indigeneity in the Holy Land and this was the reason behind the opposition to its use in mandate times, even if only expressed in Hebrew. proof of Jewish continuity and indigeneity persists to this day.
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Most Corrupt Lincoln caused the Civil war
The fact is, the Lincoln government intentionally targeted civilians from the very beginning of the war. The administration’s battle plan was known as the “Anaconda Plan” because it sought to blockade all Southern ports and inland waterways and starving the Southern civilian economy. Even drugs and medicines were on the government’s list of items that were to be kept out of the hands of Southerners, as far as possible.
As early as the first major battle of the war, the Battle of First Manassas in July of 1861, federal soldiers were plundering and burning private homes in the Northern Virginia countryside. Such behavior quickly became so pervasive that on June 20, 1862 – one year into the war – General George McClellan, the commanding general of the Army of the Potomac, wrote Lincoln a letter imploring him to see to it that the war was conducted according to “the highest principles known to Christian civilization” and to avoid targeting the civilian population to the extent that that was possible. Lincoln replaced McClellan a few months later and ignored his letter.
Most Americans are familiar with General William Tecumseh Sherman’s “march to the sea” in which his army pillaged, plundered, raped, and murdered civilians as it marched through Georgia in the face of scant military opposition. But such atrocities had been occurring for the duration of the war; Sherman’s March was nothing new.
In 1862 Sherman was having difficulty subduing Confederate sharpshooters who were harassing federal gunboats on the Mississippi River near Memphis. He then adopted the theory of “collective responsibility” to “justify” attacking innocent civilians in retaliation for such attacks. He burned the entire town of Randolph, Tennessee, to the ground. He also began taking civilian hostages and either trading them for federal prisoners of war or executing them.
Jackson and Meridian, Mississippi, were also burned to the ground by Sherman’s troops even though there was no Confederate army there to oppose them. After the burnings his soldiers sacked the town, stealing anything of value and destroying the rest. As Sherman biographer John Marzalek writes, his soldiers “entered residences, appropriating whatever appeared to be of value . . . those articles which they could not carry they broke.”
After the destruction of Meridian Sherman boasted that “for five days, ten thousand of our men worked hard and with a will, in that work of destruction, with axes, sledges, crowbars, clawbars, and with fire…. Meridian no longer exists.
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The bombing was legal. We destroyed the Dresden Arsenal, the railhead sending German troops to Russia and 127 Factories making ammunition, to tail fins for the V2
,Albert Speer German Armaments Minister, went to Dresden and thanked them for their efforts to win WW2, and it is all covered with Glory in the 1942 Dresden Year Book
"I would suggest you read Frederick Taylors's excellent book Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945 My view from many years of research. In early 1945 the war was far from over.
The Allies were still camped outside the borders of Germany, V2 rockets were still falling. The Allies had just fought the battle of the Bulge where the supposedly defeated Germans suddenly punched a huge hole in the Allied lines, German Rocket and Jet aircraft were coming off the production lines and proceeding to rip the hell out of the allied air fleets. It was an operation undertaken due to many reasons.
1. A request from the Russians at the Yalta conference in February 1945. General Antonov ""We want the Dresden railway junction bombed"" Meeting between the Chiefs of staff as reported by an interpreter. Records kept at the Public Records office in Kew
2. It was a German base of operations against Marshall Koniev`s left flank as he advanced into Germany. (See above) Captured German High Command documents from Berlin in 1945 state that ""Dresden is to be fortified as a military strong point, to be held at all costs."" These statements are also backed up by decrypts from Ultra at Bletchley Park.
3. Munitions storage in the old Dresden Arsenal.
4. Troop reinforcement and transport centre shifting an average 28 troop trains through the marshaling yards every day. Intelligence from Russian and other sources stored in the Public Records office in Kew
5. Communications centre. Most of the telephone lines connecting High Command to the Eastern front went through Dresden.
6. Quote from The Dresden Chamber of Commerce 1944. ""The work rhythm of Dresden is determined by the needs of our army."" There were 127 factories in the Dresden Municipal area. The most famous of these was Zeiss the celebrated camera and optics maker. In 1945 it was turning out Bomb aiming apparatus and Time fuses. (If you think the Dresden China Works making those lovely shepherdesses are more famous, they are actually made in Meisen 12Km down the River and always have been.)
7. A factory that previously made Typewriters and sewing machines was making Guns and ammunition
8. The Waffle and Marzipan machine manufacturer was producing torpedoes for the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe.
9. The arts and crafts workshops in the old town were using their woodworking skills to make the tail assemblies for V-1s.
10. Other factories were turning out such non warlike goods as Searchlights, Aircraft components, Field Telephones and 2 way radios. ""Anyone who knows Dresden only as a cultural city would be very surprised to be made aware of the extensive and versatile activity that make Dresden ONE OF THE FOREMOST INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS OF THE REICH. (My Capitals) Sir Arthur Harris? A Post war exponent of the bombing campaign? Nope both wrong. It comes from the
Dresden City Council Yearbook of 1942. The men who carried out these acts did so in the desire to make a world in which their descendants and countrymen, of whom I am one, could live in freedom from persecution and with a freedom to ask questions and form their own opinions.
Thanks Ray W
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Britain should never apologise for educating the Empire's countries. India was given a rail system still working. You are welcome. The Commonwealth Countries chose to remain British after the Act of 1933, giving them independence. Australia was independent in 1901. Malaysia and Singapore were independent on August 31, 1957, yet during the Malaysian emergency, who was called upon to help protect their Country, the UK. Then, 2 years later, when there was the Confrontation with Indonesia, who was called to solve the problem, the UK you are welcome
sorry People the UK does not owe the world anything we bankrupted ourselves to save Europe and south-east Asia one from the Nazis the other from Japan
When are you going to pay us for the debt we paid the Canadians and the Americans to help save the world from tyrants? We were the most generous
I remember Rationing in the UK up to 1954 because we were still paying off our debt
Sorry, No Apology is warranted. We paid that with Blood in WW2
Historic fact we could have just let Japan and Nazi Germany after 1942 when the UK was safe from Invasion But we fought on you Are welcome
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I was expelled from school at 15, sang all the way home, and had a Job the next day, which was a 44-hour week. Yes, we used to work Saturday mornings!!!
I found another Job that paid 4 pounds 10 shillings a week, and we did some overtime bringing up to 48 hrs a week and we always thought we were lucky to have a Job This was 1959
I eventually retired at 55 after paying 11% of my Income into my own Superannuation, and the Company also paid in for the 40 years of my working Life There was no such thing as 8 to 5, Monday to Frida;y that was just the starting point I was on a salary no Paid overtime just time off I had a sign over my desk they expect us to Fly Like eagles and then make us work for a Bunch of Turkeys.
Was it worth it? Yes, since retiring, I have visited all of Europe I am now up to 85 countries I am 84 years old and Visiting England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales a 21 day tour with 21 days in London How can I afford this? Easy, Great superannuation Paid for By being a Loyal and eager worker Yes I was a war baby
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LINCOLN’S CRIMES remember the winners always write their own version of History
1. Lincoln waged a war that cost the lives of 620,000 Americans. Including the murder of 50,000 innocent Southern civilians.
2. He arrested several thousand Marylanders suspected of Southern sympathies, including 30 members of the State legislature, a US Congressman representing Maryland, the mayor and police commissioner of Baltimore, and most of the Baltimore city council. These political detainees were imprisoned in Fort McHenry and Point Lookout without trial, in many cases, for several years.
3. He suspended the writ of habeas corpus without the consent of Congress (as required by the Constitution).
4. He illegally shut down and confiscated the printing presses of dozens of newspapers that had spoken out against him.
5. He re-instated and summarily promoted an Army officer who had been court-martialed and cashiered by the US Army for war crimes.
6. He even had an arrest warrant issued for the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court because said justice refused to back his illegal actions.
7. Chief Justice Roger B Taney ruled that Lincolns actions were illegal, criminal and unconstitutional.
8. He invaded the South without the consent of Congress as required by the Constitution.
9. He blockaded Southern ports without a delclaration of war, as required by the Constitution.
10. He imprisoned without trial, hundreds of newspaper editors and owners and censored all newspaper and telegraph communication.
11. He created two new states without the consent of the citizens of those states in order to artificially inflate the Republican Partys electoral vote.
12. He ordered Federal troops to interfere with Northern elections to assure his Parties victories.
13. He confiscated private property, including firearms, in violation of the Second Amendment; and effectively gutted the Tenth and Ninth Amendments as well.
14. He had his Generals attack US cities full of women and children and burn them to the ground.
and now someone with Bring up the Fort which was Just a shot across the Bows
Lincoln must be so proud of this
The fact is, the Lincoln government intentionally targeted civilians from the very beginning of the war. The administration’s battle plan was known as the “Anaconda Plan” because it sought to blockade all Southern ports and inland waterways and starving the Southern civilian economy. Even drugs and medicines were on the government’s list of items that were to be kept out of the hands of Southerners, as far as possible.
As early as the first major battle of the war, the Battle of First Manassas in July of 1861, federal soldiers were plundering and burning private homes in the Northern Virginia countryside. Such behavior quickly became so pervasive that on June 20, 1862 – one year into the war – General George McClellan, the commanding general of the Army of the Potomac, wrote Lincoln a letter imploring him to see to it that the war was conducted according to “the highest principles known to Christian civilization” and to avoid targeting the civilian population to the extent that that was possible. Lincoln replaced McClellan a few months later and ignored his letter.
Most Americans are familiar with General William Tecumseh Sherman’s “march to the sea” in which his army pillaged, plundered, raped, and murdered civilians as it marched through Georgia in the face of scant military opposition. But such atrocities had been occurring for the duration of the war; Sherman’s March was nothing new.
In 1862 Sherman was having difficulty subduing Confederate sharpshooters who were harassing federal gunboats on the Mississippi River near Memphis. He then adopted the theory of “collective responsibility” to “justify” attacking innocent civilians in retaliation for such attacks. He burned the entire town of Randolph, Tennessee, to the ground. He also began taking civilian hostages and either trading them for federal prisoners of war or executing them.
Jackson and Meridian, Mississippi, were also burned to the ground by Sherman’s troops even though there was no Confederate army there to oppose them. After the burnings his soldiers sacked the town, stealing anything of value and destroying the rest. As Sherman biographer John Marzalek writes, his soldiers “entered residences, appropriating whatever appeared to be of value . . . those articles which they could not carry they broke.”
After the destruction of Meridian Sherman boasted that “for five days, ten thousand of our men worked hard and with a will, in that work of destruction, with axes, sledges, crowbars, clawbars, and with fire…. Meridian no longer exists.
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