How significant was Britain's role in 'The Big Three'?
Did Britain benefit from WW2 in any way?
>>326570
Britian had he biggest empire and navy. It provided air strips all pver the fucking world. There were few points in the world which the RAF could not reach.
Britain also outproduced the other two powers in airplanes, in relation to their population.
Also, it had a vast army thanks to it's colonial empire. Almost inexhaustible resources, if only they could get to britain untouched.
The least significant of those three.
But still one of the four most significant powers involved in the European war. (six if you add the east with China and Japan)
Fought alone for a while in Africa. About half the troops during D-Day were British/Commonwealth. Significant presence in the east. RAF active throughout the war, from beating LW in the BoB to pretty much constant bombing runs against Germany. Also Royal Navy was fine.
It benefited in a way that they have built the strong social state they have now in the aftermath of the war.
100% irrelevant.
>>326570
While Britain played a (relatively) small role out of the big three, it was still definitely one of the more important allied countries in the second world war.
However, out of the big three, Britain did not lose much in the short term (especially compared to the USSR), in the long term they were probably the biggest loser of the big three. The extreme stress that the war placed on the empire not just in the home islands, but abroad, inflated nationalism greatly, especially in colonies that suffered before and during the war, like India. This inflation of nationalism quickly sped up the empire's demise (although the fate of the empire had already been sealed with massive concessions like the statute of Westminster).
Also
>inb4 a billion eternal anglo shitposters
>>326570
Didn't Britain's air forces bleed out the Luftwaffe?
>>326813
in the Battle of Britain, yes
the Luftwaffe then basically shifted eastwards however
the brits then kept bombing germany
and finally the entire allied effort just literally BTFOed germans out of the skies in the west
Cracking enigma shortened the war by years
>>326570
Britain won WW2. The role of the USA and the USSR was minor, they joined late and stole the glory.
>>326841
>the germans sent most of their soldiers, machines and planes east
>which is why Britain is the most relevant in the destruction of the Reich
Wouldnt that make the USSR the power here, not the British?
>>326721
>Britain had the biggest navy
Nope.
why was he so smug?
>>329355
Nah because ultimately the US was largely providing the lionshare of munitions, supplies, resources, and logistics to the USSR which was one of the primary factor that kept the majority of the Wehrmact tied on the Eastern Front.
>>329355
>which is why Britain is the most relevant in the destruction of the Reich
no one is saying that
>>329510
>ultimately the US was largely providing the lionshare of munitions, supplies, resources, and logistics to the USSR
No.
>>329581
>what is lend-lease
>>329616
Definitely not the lions share of munitions, supplies, resources and logistics to the USSR, that's for damn sure.
> Intelligence
This was Britain's most important contribution during the war.
British intelligence was insane.
>>329489
at the outbreak of the war, Britain had the largest navy.
Britain is the biggest loser of WW2.
>>329510
Thats pure bs
>>330096
Nope.
>>329510
The reason the majority of the Wehrmacht was in the East was because it was the longest fucking front line in history.
Less than Soviet, more than US.
I'd say Britain lost big time because of WW2.
>>330103
ye never having your mainland occupied or bombed to a relevant degree and getting to keep your independence is surely worse than the fates of countries between Germany and Russia
>>326570
Britain was a joke
Their main role was to be an US advanced post
>>331440
So the Battle of Britain and their North African campaign are completely irrelevant now?
>>330103
No. They suffered a bit, but had a shitload of trade going on with the united states and into the cold war. Although the trade was more beneficial to the U.S., Britain was able to get back on it's feet relatively quickly.
>>331449
>Battle of Britain
Relevant to Britain not getting invaded, but not to Germany losing
>North African campaign
100% irrelevant
It's like the WW2 version of the Peninsular War
Britain sure loves irrelevant theaters
>>331416
> or bombed to a relevant degree
Wow.
What war are you talking about? WW1?
>>331475
You sure love bringing personal bias into historical discussion.
>>331475
>100% irrelevant
what is the Suez Canal?
My god, you have no clue what you're talking about.
>>331440
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>>331406
>more than US
>>329629
Wrong.
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/pearl/www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/lend.html
>>326570
Churchy got keked by the Roosevelt-Stalin broship, just as God intended. Then he tried making a broship with Truman but there was no magic, really. They were just goblins trying to out gobble each other, what a mess, really.
>>330103
If only because they had the most to lose.
>>326570
all of it has been explained in the thread so far it seems. but:
-Cracked the enigma code, provided German intel to all allied armies in record time.
-Navy was present worldwide, keeping allied shipping lanes open all across the globe, and defending the Atlantic while the bulk of the US fleets were dedicated to the Pacific.
-North Africa Campaign and the Mediterranean theatre was crucial to the invasion of Italy, also in defending the Suez's supply line.
-Bled the Luftwaffe dry in the Battle of Britain, costing Germany resources that couldn't easily be replaced.
-fought the Burma campaign against the Japanese and defended India, costing the Japanese troops that would have been better dedicated against China or the Pacific Islands.
-Was present in the Normandy landings just as much as the US was.
Britain contributed much to the war effort to be sure, having sizable forces present and winning victories on every front save the East thanks to the sheer size and resources the empire provided.
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>>329640
This.
They uncovered and turned every agent the Nazis sent into Britain without one exception. After 1942 the Nazis stopped sending new agents, believing they had an unbeatable network of spies, not knowing every single informant they had in Britain was in fact controlled by the British and was now feeding them false information.
>>332189
>every agent without exception
>>331450
>>japan not significant in ww2
>I cannot read
>>half of dday was british
>no
>I don't know anything about the topic at hand
