Thoughts ?

[bongodriver]

We may be sychophantic Nationalist pigs....but we sure know how to make breakfast

[Bewolf]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

True storey, most brits think WW2 was last week. However the yanks think they won the war all by themselves, instantly!

Truth is, the only ones who won were the Germans! They got to totally rebuild their infastructure and factories with modern stuff... Unlike Britain which forfeited an Empire and still to this day uses 1900 (and before) public transport and city design!

Good deal?

Which begs the question why Britian didn't just modernize as well, given also their much bigger share in the Marshal Funds? I actually wondered about that for a long time.

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by Bewolf

Which begs the question why Britian didn't just modernize as well, given also their much bigger share in the Marshal Funds? I actually wondered about that for a long time.

Because only a few of out cities were bombed into oblivion compared to Germany that was basically flattened.

[Bewolf]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Because only a few of out cities were bombed into oblivion compared to Germany that was basically flattened.

Believe me, you seriously do not have to flatten a country to modernize a factory or change industrial organisation. =)

Most of what the war did in this regard was destroying old structures and patterns of thinking, leading people to new ideas and ways of doing things, mixed with learned lessons from the war in regards to productivity and mass production (and a huge innovation base from the war's engeneering side)

[Blakduk]

I like the hubris of the narrator of the show- the statement that he makes that he wants to get to the bottom of the issue regarding 'once and for all' which one is better, the 109 or Spitfire.
LOL- like he is the first person ever to consider the argument and takes statements from LW pilots in WW2 and a few choice remarks from Spitfire pilots stating they respected the strengths of their opponent.
They were very different machines built with quite different methods- the remarkable thing about them both is that they were built with the latest aeronautical knowledge at the time and built for the same purpose- and that is reflected in their comparable performance despite their different construction.
Contrast that with the very different design philosophy chosen by the Japanese and Americans in the Pacific theatre- very long range and performance (Jpn) vs long range and ruggedness (USN) and you get the very different tactic needed to utilise them properly

[FFCW_Urizen]

Just out of interest, what is a typical breakfast in great britain???

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by FFCW_Urizen

Just out of interest, what is a typical breakfast in great britain???

the traditional 'full english' breakfast....

fried eggs
bacon
sausage
fried mushrooms
baked beans
fried bread
black and or white pudding
fried tomato
hash brown.......but this is an american infestation I believe and brings too much vegetable material into the mix.
toast
and a mug of milky tea

this breakfast crosses all class divides, even the most refined of our hoity-toit upper classes will succumb to a good greasy fry up.

I should really answer the original question, a typical breakfast is probably a McRon's sausage and egg McMuffin

[Sternjaeger II]

u forgot mushrooms!

[bongodriver]

So I did....edited accordingly

[FFCW_Urizen]

dang, i´m off for a late breakfast.