I doubt they know themselves what they signed up to; the agreement is whatever Merkozy says it is.Could somebody in the know, governmental or otherwise, please explain in point form exactly what they signed up to at the recent meeting of the EU heads of state?
I doubt they know themselves what they signed up to; the agreement is whatever Merkozy says it is.
Sarkozy etc should also be reminded that this would not be the first time that the UK stood alone against German takeovers of Europe.
And that, I would suggest, is one of the reasons why David Cameron refused to go along.
Sarkozy etc should also be reminded that this would not be the first time that the UK stood alone against German takeovers of Europe.
Sarkozy is an irritating sideshow. All mouth (and plenty of it!) and no trousers as the english would say.
The opposite I would have thought..they're Toulon & Toulouse
Ah yes, the old bulldog spirit. Down with Johnny Foreigner!
I understand where you're coming from but without them you'd now be speaking german as your first language with the obligatory option of taking french for your Abitur.
That's not true; we'd be speaking Russian (D-Day etc was to stop the Russians, Germany was defeated by late 1943).
That's not true; we'd be speaking Russian (D-Day etc was to stop the Russians, Germany was defeated by late 1943).
By June 1944 the Soviets had over 2.3 million men facing the 20 or so under strength German divisions. The Germans were outnumbered 7:1 in aircraft and 10:1 in tanks (the Russian T34 was the best tank of the Second World War). The Soviet industrial machine had been dismantled and re-assembled east of the Urals and was now working at near maximum output. There was no way that the Germans were ever going to stop them.
At the same time the British, American, Free French and Polish, ANZAC and Canadians troops faced 6 divisions in northern France. It was a side show. That’s not to take away from the bravery and accomplishments of the Allied troops in Normandy but the Germans were beaten (they just didn’t know it yet). It was about stopping the Russians reaching Western Europe because Britain and America (Churchill in particular) knew they’d never give back what they’d taken. He knew Stalin was as bad as Hitler.
For the record when the British say it was their finest hour I agree 100%. They stood alone for over a year against pure evil.
As for D-Day; if it wasn't for those brave men we'd have been enslaved by Communism instead of National Socialism. Two sides of the same coin.
That was then and this is now. I think the germans have sort of accidentally 'captured' Europe this week and I'm not convinced that that is what they wanted at all, at all.
Are you serious, Purple?
.I agree. I think Merkel is being short sighted and playing to her electorate but I don't for a minute think they want to control Europe
By June 1944 the Soviets had over 2.3 million men facing the 20 or so under strength German divisions. The Germans were outnumbered 7:1 in aircraft and 10:1 in tanks (the Russian T34 was the best tank of the Second World War). The Soviet industrial machine had been dismantled and re-assembled east of the Urals and was now working at near maximum output. There was no way that the Germans were ever going to stop them.
At the same time the British, American, Free French and Polish, ANZAC and Canadians troops faced 6 divisions in northern France. It was a side show. That’s not to take away from the bravery and accomplishments of the Allied troops in Normandy but the Germans were beaten (they just didn’t know it yet). It was about stopping the Russians reaching Western Europe because Britain and America (Churchill in particular) knew they’d never give back what they’d taken. He knew Stalin was as bad as Hitler.
For the record when the British say it was their finest hour I agree 100%. They stood alone for over a year against pure evil.
As for D-Day; if it wasn't for those brave men we'd have been enslaved by Communism instead of National Socialism. Two sides of the same coin.
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