Best/Worst Presidents

[Rath]

bouzane said:

Mr Khan said:

Rath said:
That video doesn't show whether he is talking about Iraq or Afghanistan.

On the topic of WWII, don't ignore the British contribution! It was the British who turned one of the fronts against Germany in the Battle of Britain.

Certainly. It is between the loss of the battle of Britain and the later loss of Stalingrad that guaranteed that the Germans would lose eventually, and American involvement merely made it cleaner than it might have been.

It would be foolish to downplay the resistance offered by the British people during World War II but lets not kid ourselves. The Battle of Britain cost the Axis approximately 3,700 KIA/MIA + Captured whereas the war with the Soviet Union cost the Axis 9.9 million KIA/MIA + Captured.

You can't directly compare an air battle and a land battle in terms of casualties.

What the Battle of Britain did is twofold.

1) It kept open another front which prevented the Germans from throwing their full weight against Russia

2) It guaranteed air supremacy for the allies (and especially the RAF) for the rest of the war. Not having air supremacy is an absolutley crippling disadvantage.