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As a British subject of Her Majesty, I am not happy about this 'celebration' of the treasonable acts of our colonial rebel cousins.
Down with George Washington!, God Save The Queen!
(Only joking........honest......)
To be fair, the American revolution was won by British people, British generals, British politicians and British militaries. So celebrate July 4th! A Great British victory against the Tryanny of Britain!
But anyway, that was a nice little preview, makes up for the lose of the DDs.
Cool, some of the infantry divisions in the 1943 screenshot are mechanized in the 1944 screenshot
Thanks for the pics! I really like the one showing Sicily. Even a "small" island like this is divided in 12 provinces, so we can expect great land battles to take control over the mediterranean sea. I wonder if you would do the same for the national day of France (14th of July). Of course France is not a great market like the US is, but that would be nice (maybe we could have a screenshot of Corsica then...). Anyway that's great from you to give us fans some good screens.
Ouch. Classic. :rofl:Probably because a Belgian story would have been awfully short.
To be fair, the American revolution was won by British people, British generals, British politicians and British militaries. So celebrate July 4th! A Great British victory against the Tryanny of Britain!
But anyway, that was a nice little preview, makes up for the lose of the DDs.
Actually, it was won by Americans. The war started in 1775, independence was declared in 1776 (at which point we stopped being British and became American) and it was won in 1783. Now if you wanted to say it was started by British subjects, then that would be true, as would saying it was won by "former" British subjects. But hey, I still think of the Brits as our cousins so no hard feelings.
Just a little trivia most people including most Americans are not aware of, the US Army is 1 year older than the country. The US Army was formed on June 14, 1775 (called the Continental Army at the time). This makes it more than a year older than the country.
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Thank you, Susana. Belated or not, it is a nice gesture.
Thanks for the screenshots, too!
Ouch. Classic. :rofl:
Actually, it was won by Americans. The war started in 1775, independence was declared in 1776 (at which point we stopped being British and became American) and it was won in 1783. Now if you wanted to say it was started by British subjects, then that would be true, as would saying it was won by "former" British subjects. But hey, I still think of the Brits as our cousins so no hard feelings.
Just a little trivia most people including most Americans are not aware of, the US Army is 1 year older than the country. The US Army was formed on June 14, 1775 (called the Continental Army at the time). This makes it more than a year older than the country.
Spoooookkkky! - Both you and Gigalocus are from Plymouth - you must be cousins then
Wo cares about dates...
Those damn yanks celebrate an event that happened July 2nd two days late anyway...
..and in Sweden we usually start celebrating everything on the eve before the actual event took place. Just to make sure we have time to get roaring drunk, I suppose.
By hte way.
The American Revolution was in effect won by the French.
Those damn yanks celebrate an event that happened July 2nd two days late anyway...
..and in Sweden we usually start celebrating everything on the eve before the actual event took place. Just to make sure we have time to get roaring drunk, I suppose.
By hte way.
The American Revolution was in effect won by the French.
And you will never find anything in the US with the name Lafayette on it either. In the overall history of the United States the current antagonism with the French is a relatively new thing that has more to do with Degaulle and post ww2 politics.
By hte way. The American Revolution was in effect won by the French.
I wasn't even going to risk mentioning the French, you are very brave
to so.
The American Revolution was in effect won by the French.
I can tell you thats factually incorrect for two reasons. For one, Armies win wars, not navies. And for two, the French have never won any wars, unless you want to count the French revolution, but then that was French on French so its both a win and a loss.
:rofl:
Plymouth !!!
To be honest, as I am living just outside Plymouth I can confirm that if they are related then they are probably also married
Spoooookkkky! - Both you and Gigalocus are from Plymouth - you must be cousins then
To be honest, as I am living just outside Plymouth I can confirm that if they are related then they are probably also married
I can tell you thats factually incorrect for two reasons. For one, Armies win wars, not navies. And for two, the French have never won any wars, unless you want to count the French revolution, but then that was French on French so its both a win and a loss.
I wrote "in effect" meaning in part the French naval action which led to the surrender at Yorktown, wich then led to lack of support in Brittain for a continued war effort, but aso the enormous French financial support where France spent about 2/3 of the amount Britain did on this conflict (and the financial burden then led to the french revolution, but that is a different matter).
Perhaps we can count the Normand invasion of England 1066 as a French victory?.:rofl:
I can tell you thats factually incorrect for two reasons. For one, Armies win wars, not navies. And for two, the French have never won any wars, unless you want to count the French revolution, but then that was French on French so its both a win and a loss.
I seriously hope that not all americans are this ignorant...
I can tell you thats factually incorrect for two reasons. For one, Armies win wars, not navies. And for two, the French have never won any wars, unless you want to count the French revolution, but then that was French on French so its both a win and a loss.
C'mon, the French played crucial role into the War.
And as far as I know the French didn't lost a war since the middle of the 19th century.
Actually, given the family history of the Dukes of Normandy, that is more of a Norse victory
that's not completelly true. They lost some battles before, but specially I will remember BATTLE OF VITORIA Because it was take place in my city xD