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Old 04-10-2012, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II View Post
well technically that's incorrect, since Operation Sea Lion was put on indefinite hold. Once again, battle of semantics..
Given your arguments about semantics etc. don't you think it's possible that 'indefinite hold' was the German way of spinning 'abandoned'.

Seems pretty obvious to me that if you're conducting a war, you would try to avoid using phrases like 'give up' and 'couldn't win' or 'failed'.

"Indefinite hold" sounds like a nice way to put "Can't do it".
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