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Who did the worst job of pulling their weight in WWII: France
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Who did the worst job of pulling their weight in WWII:

France

Poland

United Kingdom

And why was it the UK?
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Because they did jackshit until German planes flew over london
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>>30344945
France was exhausted from the first world war and was marred in political and military quagmire that kept them from using effective strategy. Otherwise, their manpower and equipment wasn't bad.

Poland never had a chance, they would benefit from a nuclear deterrent.

UK squanders 80% of her heavy equipment and weapons and Dunkirk, but then calls on her colonies to pick up the slack. This involved pulling the US into the war on their side.

Russia goes from grips of defeat to superpower.

China did the worst. They couldn't be bothered to stop fighting among themselves to throw the Japs out. Shameful.
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Poland, they refused to join France and UK in the war early, so they just ceded Czechia peacefully.
Then they were crying later when their ass was on the chopping block.
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>>30345074
>they refused to join France and UK in the war early

how could they when the war started when the germans invaded them?
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>>30344945
UK, but not by much.

Baugette communists became the resistance and did a pretty good job at annoying the Germans, and the Free French Forces did a good job holding onto what they had and fighting the Nazis and Vichy French.

Poles set the groundwork for cracking the code, provided us amazingly important Intel, and were some of the best soldiers in exile, and their resistance was top notch in terms of pissing off the Germans and being a general pain in the ass.

UK could have done more initially, but eventually started flexing hard. As an American Patriot though, the clear answer is us.
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>>30345123
Before they were invaded, Poland refused to join Britain and France in declaring war over the annexation of Czechoslovakia. So the war was pushed back until Poland got raped.
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>>30344945
Italy. Only attacked France once Germany had guaranteed victory. Failed to defeat Greece on their own and ended up playing second fiddle in North Africa along with the traitorous French. Didn't even do the bulk of the defense when it came to defending Italy itself from an allied invasion.
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>>30344945
Australia. They basically bowed out of the war in 1943 once the Japs had been put on the defensive.
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>>30345172
Even the Germans were better at defending Italy from the Allies.
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>>30344945
Sweden, Switzerland, Spain. Sat around as the rest of Europe killed each other.
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>>30345178
Australia had such a small population and so little heavy industry at the time they needed to be send troops and equipment to protect against a Japanese invasion. The US was the only power who could spare either and the Aussies thanked them by rioting and killing some of their troops.
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>>30345145
I dunno, it's hard to claim the US when during their short period of time they committed more to both fronts and actually committed offensive actions, whereas the UK couldn't even stop the invasion of Norway despite having overwhelming naval superiority and being out of range of the luftwaffe
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italy
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>>30345232
Oh, when we went in we went in, but we really should have gone in sooner.
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>>30345166
That would have been a difference of weeks at best.
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>>30345238
This a million times.

>germany halp plz dem skinny niggas have rocks and sticks
>germany help allies are invading from south
>germany halp out leader was kidnapped plzsave him
>thanks but we allies now... Just like in last war lol, plzdiethnx

Welfare tier nation.
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>>30345319
It's their own fault for trusting Italy
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>>30344945
>And why was it the UK?

Because you're a complete idiot, who's either shit-stirring, or utterly ignorant of reality?
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>>30345229
shhhh! don't mention australia lest you summon them into the thread and they start making excuses that all boil down to shouting 'muh anzac' over and over again
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>>30345238
italian here. to this day they are still just as much shit. i hope that country gets wiped off the map
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Meanwhile Americas contribution to WW2...

>1939: nothing
>1940: nothing
>1941: nothing
>1942: nothing
>1943: begins aerial Holocaust over Germany
>1944: helps invades a weakly defeated coastline
>1945: meets minimal resistance In Europe

1945-present: claims to have done everything
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>>30345388
Hey Italy, start getting AR70/90s into the US and we'll forgive everything you've ever done.
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>>30345394
implying we weren't supplying arms and shit to the allies the whole time
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>>30345394
I'll agree with you if you replace 'nothing' with 'contributing huge amounts of logistical support via lend-lease from our untouchable factories'.
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>>30345433

The Lend-Lease Act passed in March 1941 AFTER the Battle of Britain had already been won. No need for the help of BURGER SHITS for Britain to win WW2.
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>>30345435
Please review >>30345447
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>>30345447
So why did Britain do nothing but play in the sandbox and getting their entire fleet sunk in the Far East?
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>>30345404
>forgive everything you've ever done.
bribing taliban/al qaeda not to shoot their soldiers
>electing berlusconi -- the man the who makes donald trump look like george washington -- not once but multiple times. there is not forgiving this or the italian cowardly people
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>>30345447
Except you know, the raw materials to continue waging the war after the battle of Britain. Or the US materials that allowed Russia to continue fighting which kept Germany fighting on two fronts.
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>>30344996

>France was exhausted from the first world war

So the UK, Germany and so on didnt fight in WW1 ?! Interdasting.

Italy, /thread
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>>30345232

"Of major concern was the fact that U.S. military pay was considerably higher than that of the Australian military[4] and U.S. military uniforms were seen as more appealing than those of the Australians. This resulted in U.S. servicemen not only enjoying greater success in their pursuit of the few available women but also led to many Americans marrying Australian women, facts greatly resented by the Australians. In mid-1942, a reporter walking along Queen Street counted 152 local women in company with 112 uniformed Americans, while only 31 women accompanied 60 Australian soldiers. That it was thought necessary for the media to report this situation indicates the effect of the American presence.[2] (About 12,000 Australian women married American soldiers by the end of the war.[5]) "They're overpaid, oversexed, and over here" was a common phrase used by Australians around this time and is still an anecdote recognised by some in modern generations.[6]

The Americans had the chocolates, the ice-cream, the silk stockings and the dollars. They were able to show the girls a good time, and the Australians became very resentful about the fact that they'd lost control of their own city.

—Sergeant Bill Bentson, U.S. Army"

AUSTRALIA KEKED BY THE US
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>>30345474
Please tell me all about how Britain was invaded during WW2.
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>>30345319

Don't forget their """""invasion""""" of France.
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France.

They were punching below their potential.

Lasted only as long as Poland did. While they had the help of the British and time to prepare. Plus the German's blitzkrieg had logistics problems that kept them from blitzing as hard as they could. Lastly, they shamefur dispray of surrendering and then collaborating.

Poland on the other hand was getting invaded from both sides. While being a poor shithole that had only existed for 19 years. Poland gets invaded by the Germans a second time, when the krauts invaded the Soviet occupied area. Poles kept up a resistance more effective than the French. Despite that they didn't get supplies and information from a friendly industrial nation a few dozen miles away(UK), like French Resistance. Even the jews in the Ghettos were able to resist to the point of the Germans just bombing everything to rubble.

Poles fighting with the allies from England, fought well. The French on the other hand did shit. other than shoot former Vichy that had defected to the Free side. Then once Paris was liberated by the Anglos. The French insisted that they get the glory and credit. Didn't want any filthy Limeys or Yankees being the first into Paris.
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>>30345460

Britain
>Closes with and engages the enemy at land and at sea.

America
>"heres a free train Britain we're all too scared to fight you can have a jeep too if you like"
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>>30345465
I don't care, I just want an AR70 you spaghetti nigger.
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>>30345504
So why did Britain do nothing but play in the sandbox away from the real fighting and getting their entire fleet sunk in the Far East while the Aussies and US fared far better and actually did something?
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There's so much historical inaccuracy and made up bullshit in this thread I don't even know where to begin.

If by any chance people actually believe a lot of what's posted ITT then it's legitimately frightening that people can be so ignorant of one of the most world altering events of the last 100 years.
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>>30345319
Kind of our fault as well, shouldn't have fallen for the Italy meme.

I'm surprised no one has said Japan yet.
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>>30345394
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>>30345514

Australia fought from the beginning, in terms of effort to size ratio they contributed far more than America in WW2.
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>>30345517
When ever /k/ discusses other countries it pretty much becomes /int/ with guns
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>>30345504
>we're all too scared to fight

>please America commit the lives of your citizens to fighting a war on a different continent for a bunch of European shitholes because

If Bongistan didn't need the US to win then why do they bitch incessantly about how late the US was to the party?
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>>30345535
don't forget that the USA went to India to fight the Japanese in Burma. Then to fly bombers, fighters, and supplies over into China.

We also went around Africa, and through Persia to supply the Soviets.
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>>30345561
I was going from memory with just combat troops. I still missed Italy and Sicily
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>>30345542

Because the war was from 1939-1945 and you entered it in mid 1944.
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>>30345537
So why did Britain do nothing but play in the sandbox away from the real fighting and getting their entire fleet sunk in the Far East while the Aussies and US fared far better and actually did something?
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>>30345579
It wasn't our war at that time you inbred bong. European affairs, European treaties, and European alliances. The US got to sit at the big kid's table at Versailles, but we were not allowed to shape European policy That's fair, but Europeans need to claim responsibility for their own goddamn mess.
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>>30345208
Swiss here. This was sure smart of us, wasnt it.
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>>30345579
So why did the Battle of Midway, the pivotol battle of the Pacific happen before the Battle of El Alamein, the only battle that Britcucks can put in their cap?
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>>30345579
I'm pretty sure we were fighting Jerry in north africa in may 1942.

started bombing europe from england in 1942.

lend lease started in march 1941, and our shipping was being attacked before even then.
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>>30345609
Europeans ever claiming any form of responsibility. There is a reason why socialism has spread like wildfire through Europe.
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>>30345579
This is something British people tell themselves to assuage their shattered egos.

The first US combat troops arrived in 1941, the British hadn't done a thing up to that point except lose ground and barely win the Battle of Britain.

Not to mention that they would have lost the Battle of Atlantic, and thus the war, without US help.
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>>30345579
So you're saying we were so awesome that we won a world war on 2 fronts in a year?
And this is bad ho
Sounds like you guys were pulling your punches.
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>>30345623
Our American system of letting uninsured people go to the ER just so those of us with insurance can pay higher prices to offset that cost is way better.
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>>30345490
>KEKED

"KEKED" is how "KEKED" sounds in an aussie accent, so that's technically correct.
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>>30344945

France probably did the worst for its relative size and possible influence.

Poland fought as hard as it could have but that wasn't going to help when they got assfucked on two sides.

The UK did more or less as much as you'd expect given that it was fighting alone for almost a year. Sending troops to Poland etc would have been strategically silly regardless of obligations.

Italy's navy did a fair bit but they could also be fairly accused of being pretty useless.
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>>30345658
Did not realize the act of having y'alls aussie women plowed by foreigners was wordfiltered.
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>>30344945
Because Chamberlin was the original Obama and tried to appease and reason with fucking crazy people.
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>>30345145

>Baugette communists became the resistance and did a pretty good job at annoying the Germans, and the Free French Forces did a good job holding onto what they had and fighting the Nazis and Vichy French.

But both the French Resistance and the Free French relies heavily on British support for weapons etc.
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>>30344945
Italy and China.
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>>30345208

Both the Swiss and the Swedes actually actively traded shit to the Germans.
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>>30345695
Well yeah, Germany was blockaded but not Switzerland. Switzerland also kept all the Jew gold the Nazis hid there and refuse to acknowledge or talk about it to this day.
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>>30345623
Free healthcare, free school, free university.

Damn that socialist state I'm in sure is hell.
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>>30345719
>free
This meme never gets old.
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>>30345719
>free
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>>30345535

Are you fucking retarded anon?

The Soviets quite clearly did not stop at the fucking Polish border.
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>>30345716
Switzerland never really had a choice.

they were land locked and surrounded by hostile nations. collaborating a little with the Germnas, kept them safe from occupation.
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>>30345635
>The first US combat troops arrived in 1941, the British hadn't done a thing up to that point except lose ground and barely win the Battle of Britain.

You mean fight in the North Sea, in Belgium, in France, in Norway and over the skies of England. But yes Britain didn't do a thing until 1941.
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>>30345742
The Soviets only got the East side of Poland. Poland was then Soviet and I didn't include internal troop movements. Make your own if you can do better.
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>>30345719
>55% income tax
>free
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>>30345719
>free
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>>30345719
Right, and that's why your over-taxed welfare state drives the world's economy.
Oh wait...
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>>30345740
>>30345741

We both pay roughly the same percentage of our incomes in taxes. I get free shit, you dont.
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>>30345785
whats your income tax?
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>>30345791

20% of my income
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>>30345785
I live in Texas so I really beg to differ. What's your income tax rate? And what country?
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>>30345803
See >>30345800
And Scotland
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>>30345800
I have no income tax. And if I want gibmedats I'll pay for it myself since my money isn't going to government parasites.
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>>30345772

>The Soviets only got the East side of Poland. Poland was then Soviet and I didn't include internal troop movements. Make your own if you can do better.

That makes no sense anon. It was still Soviet troops for a start. Secondly you've included US movements through France.
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>>30345785
>We both pay roughly the same percentage of our incomes in taxes.

Not in the slightest. Just look at how much tax you spend on a liter of gasoline. There's more taxes than just income.
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>>30345828
>>30345772

You also appear to have claimed the USA landed in the Netherlands, Libya and Brittany while missing out Operations Torch, Husky and Avalanche.
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>>30345785
>we pay the same percentage of our income in taxes
>I get free shit

>>30345800
>20% of my income
>I get free shit
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>>30345535

Still can't believe the US managed to defeat the hundreds of German divisions stationed in the middle of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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>>30345716
>Switzerland also kept all the Jew gold the Nazis hid there and refuse to acknowledge or talk about it to this day.
Wrong there were already too many admittences. Go cry in a corner somewhere else, this is business.
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>>30344945
I'd say France. All that surrender and being pussys shit they have to deal with for the rest of their lives. And the shitty generals
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>>30345877

Don't forget whoever it was hiding between New Zealand and Australia.
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>>30345860

I could break a few fingers on purpose right fucking now, ease the pain by getting so drunk I black out, wake up and go to the hospital to get my stomach pumped and my fingers fixed then on the way home enlist in a random college course. And do you know how much all that would cost me?

0.00
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>>30345897
>you know how much all that would cost me?
>0.00
x^)
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>>30345897
Lol
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>>30345897

>And do you know how much all that would cost me?

Well I'd imagine it'd cost you the price of the alcohol at the very least.
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>>30345675
>appease and reason with fucking crazy people
Hitler wasn't crazy then, he probably wasn't crazy at the end either.
Everyone remembered the last World War dipshit, nobody wanted a repeat of that.
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>>30345877
>>30345894
>troop movements
>cuckistanis literally this retarded

Not surprised tbqh
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>>30345829
A liter of gas gets us a lot further mind you.
Anyway
>buying gasoline
Bitch please, diesel master race, its fucking cheaper than petrol at Tesco at the moment.
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>>30345897
>Free
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>>30345664
>Italy's navy did a fair bit
It really, really didn't. Especially when you consider that the Regia Marina was pretty good and not as shit as some fags here always say. In fact I'd say the Regia Marina performed even worse than the IJN in terms of capabilities. Makes me sad really, they both had some amazing ships.
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>>30345971

I don't know about you but I'd generally count a fucking invasion as a troop movement so you're still missing Morocco, Sicily and Italy. These were hardly small events.
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>>30345977
>A liter of gas gets us a lot further mind you.
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>>30345971
>Eurotrash
>on /k/

No idea why this happens honestly
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>>30345145
>Poles set the groundwork for cracking the code, provided us amazingly important Intel, and were some of the best soldiers in exile

Many poles joined the RAF were they had very good results against Luftwaffe
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>>30345989

>It really, really didn't.

Given the idiotic Italian command structure, poor supply situation (fuel primarily) and superiority of the Royal Navy the Italians did fine. If Mussolini had been smart enough to take Malta early on it'd have done even better.

As for technological benefits there were good points and bad points for the Italians. Poor radar was an issue.

Even with all of that they gave the British a run for their money and arguably dominated the med for 6 months or so. The exploits of the midget subs are not to be understated either. Neither is supplying Africa. More often than not there were plenty of supplies lying in ports in Tunisia but Rommel's logistical incompetence prevented it getting to the front.
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>>30345281
7 months, actually
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement
and Poland wouldn't have been knocked out quite so instantly
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>>30345719
>free
Also, just off the top of my head, Swedish students have proportionally more student debt than American students do, despite college being "free"
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>>30345750
I was trying not to mention all the incidents where they got steamrolled by the krauts despite having every possible advantage.

Literally all the British did before the US entered the war was lose.

The only battle they won was the Battle of Britain, and only then because they were lucky enough to have a channel preventing the Gerries from pushing all the way up to Scotland.
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>>30344945
>And why was it the UK?
>how to trigger limeys in one sentence
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>>30345977
>diesel master race
Ah yes, the reason frogs have the highest cancer rate in Europe. What a great fuel.
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>>30345897
Why don't you do all that? You've already paid for it.
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>>30346206
Diesel engines produce large amounts of NOx pollution, which increases the incidence of cancer.

That's what Volkswagen was getting shat on for.
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>>30344945
>complete naval superiority
>do nothing with it
>don't even attempt to go after any ports with your massive fleet either via air, mine laying or direct assault

britain has nothing to be proud of
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>>30345994
I forgot the arrow that went to your mother's vagina too
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>>30345828
>>30345857
I included Operation Market Garden and US troops did in fact move through France. I don't know what your even arguing any more?
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UK did fuck all in WWII, it rightly had its empire busted after the war as it had proven it was no longer a power worthy of an empire.
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>>30345394
>1940: nothing
Lend Lease
>1941: nothing
Lend Lease/posturing military for inevitable involvement
>1942: nothing
Invaded North Africa
Dealt first major blow against Japanese fleet at Midway
Invaded Guadalcanal
Battle of the Atlantic
>1943: begins aerial Holocaust over Germany
Battle of the atlantic
Invasion of Sicily and Italy
Begins major bombing campaigns against german industry as well as conducting an eventually successful war of attrition with the luftwaffe
continued posturing for invasion of France
>1944: helps invades a weakly defeated coastline
catches Germany with their pants down, leading the most successful amphibious invasion in history
Continuous bombing of german industry, turning to fuel production and rail later on, eventually destroying germany's industrial capacity
Destroys luftwaffe
Destroyed 5th panzer at Falaise Pocket
Continued island hopping campaign throughout the entirety of southeast asia slowly pushing Japan back
>1945: meets minimal resistance In Europe
Germany unable to continue fighting due to lack of fuel from sustained air offensive and lack of air cover from luftwaffe collapse
bombs the living shit out of japan till they surrender

In addition to being the driving force behind rebuilding Germany and Japan afterwards

Yeah America did nothing.
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>>30345145
Daily reminder that the UK prioritized punitive bombing of German value targets instead of prioritizing Shore Commands need for them to help hunt U-boats.

You know.

The actual existential strategic threat.
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>>30344996
I fucking hate this logic, even if it is true.

>Damn, we just fought a big war, so we might as well give up because there's nothing here worth protecting.
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Daily reminder that this thread and a few others like it on /k/ are made by vatniks and or Chicom shill false flaggers.
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>>30344996
This. Shamefur dispray by the Chinks.
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>>30345319
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>>30345888
>One of the most effective and well supplied resistance movements
>One expedition actually ended up pushing fairly deep into Germany
Nah senpai
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>>30349701
Yeah but where did that surrender meme come from
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>>30348424
Lend-lease started in 1941.
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>>30345394
>And also basically the entire Pacific Theater
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>>30345319
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>>30345897
Literal moral hazard example.

it costs your whole nation to do that, the money doesnt fall from the sky.


i also pay zero, cuz employment insurance
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>>30344945
Not italy, 8/10 troll
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>>30344945
>danzig
>Poland

Germany was totally justified taking that back
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>>30350101

not the anon you're replying to, but even if that one detail was incorrect, it doesn't change our contribution to the Pacific Theater

>Euronons wanna shit on US acting like we were badasses during WWII because of our "late" involvement in Europe
>I'm sorry any other country but the US, how much of your forces contributed to Japan's defeat on the "other" front"?
>not saying ANZAC didn't do anything, but come on
>oh, wait, that's right, I forgot how many naval bases anyone else had sneak attacked en masse, why would anyone give a shit about what we were doing with the other half of our forces besides ALSO contributing to the fight in Europe, that only affected europeans

You're welcome for the bomb, btw (does not apply to countries who don't possess any and therefore do not matter)
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>>30345145

Even being generous and ceding that the USSR did a lot more than we give them credit for, I still say we did more than the French, as did the UK. Try and imagine the Pacific front without Anglo intervention; the USSR's Navy is often swept under the rug with its accomplishments, but I don't think it would have been able to stand up to both the IJN /and/ the Krauts.
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>>30350515
This

Trying to act like the US didn't do anything is pants-on-head retarded
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>>30345499
>They were punching below their potential.

As someone who actually kinda likes the Frogs, I appreciate you holding them to a higher standard.

Even if they couldn't hold Metropolitan France, they should have at least continued the war from their substantial overseas empire. Their fleet was intact, and with the troops they evacuated after the Battle of France, plus colonials, they could have kicked the shit out of the Italians in North Africa and kept the Axis out of the Mediterranean.
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>>30345614
Yes it was. Now send us more of your milsurp and sweet, sweet SIG rifles.

Also what language do you speak, besides English?
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>>30351346

I'm not him, but it's fairly common knowledge that French and German are the dominant languages of switzerland
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>>30345719
>free university

Tell that to an economics professor.
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>>30351378
Yes, which is why I was asking Swiss anon what HE speaks.
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135 posts
No one mentions Canadians
Come on lads.
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>>30352169
8/10 will get replies
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>>30344945
the French didn't pull their weight, they were in no mood to fight after watching a damn near entire generation die in the first world war, but that's embarrassing when a country that got invaded on both sides ended up contributing more to the victory than France
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I don't know why people keep saying China didn't pull their weight during WWII.

They inflicted the most casualties on Japanese manpower in that theater of war, plus they were fighting for far longer than any of other Western Allies. The Chinese have been fighting since 1937, after they've been hobbled by decades of infighting, civil war, poor economic health, lack of industrial might, corrupt leadership, all against a foe that held many advantages except for raw manpower.
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>>30349701
>One of the most effective and well supplied resistance movements
and what did they do besides send intelligence reports?

>most effective
spelt Yugo and Polish wrong m8
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>>30345145
You are now aware that at anyone time there were very, very few maquis until the Normandy landings. The Dutch were better
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>>30345977
That's a fucking lie you shitlord. Diesel at Tesco, or any other petrol garage is well expensive, even more so than petrol, cause the government taxes the shit out of it.
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>>30352169
Canadians did just fine, you take that back
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>>30352169
We did what we could, this is about countries that had more capacity to fight and just fiddlefucked around.
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>>30352169
they did what they were told and were capable troops. they held their own, what more do you want?
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>Poland, they refused to join France and UK in the war early,

What alternate timeline are you posting from?

Poland wanted to invade Germany in the 1930s after Hitler was elected and well before they built up their army but the French and British wouldn't go for it.
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>>30345166
>Poland refused to join Britain and France in declaring war over the annexation of Czechoslovakia.

Holy shit, the stupidity on this board...

It was France and Britain that refused to declare war on Germany when they militarized the Rhineland, then annexed Austria, then annexed the Sudetenland and then invaded Czechoslovakia.
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>>30353165
>Poland wanted to invade
Why am I not surprised? Poland is literally same tier as nazi germany when it comes to being a dick to its neighhbours.
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>>30345376
Too late, though not a shitposter so interested on the riot part if you got a link to share.

In defense we had low number of troops and heavy equipment so like to think we did decent.
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>>30345897
Economics wasn't your strong point was it.

>Free
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>>30345468
You mean the War Materials they didn't reach Russia in meaningful amounts until 1943?
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>>30345474
Most of the fighting on the western front took place in France, not in Germany.
French Villages , Factories etc. were destroyed while the German counterparts in the Ruhrgebiet and Saarland remained intact. Thats why the French occupied the industrial region in the Saarland .
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>>30353165
[citation needed]
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>>30344945
It was clearly Russia. Their secret deals with Hitler enabled the whole shitshow since the Nazis knew they wouldn't get Russiastomped.
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>>30344945
>And why was it the UK?

France literally did nothing in Africa and was not the main contributor of diminishing the Luftwaffe's air power and ability to support the ground forces that faced Soviet fortifications with little air cover or defense.
>>30344963
Were the first nation to reinforce France during operation Fall Gelb.
Sent troop to African Colonies despite impending German invasion (that never happened).
Were still the majority controllers of the Atlantic and Mediterranean and primary escorts for supply fleets.

>>30345394
>>1941: nothing
>>1942: nothing

1941: Were the first nation to actually kick in the IJN, the spearhead of modern Navel development in over 50 years. Provided security for Australia while U.K. wasted battle groups to intercept Japan fleets.
1942: Gave Britain and Soviet Union tanks and planes. Volunteered Aviation support for China.
1943: Took over Italy, which prevented the succession of Fall Blau. Period of Majority of British Tanks and mechanized in Africa, are U.S. made. Battle of Stalingrad finishes, Soviets finally Counterattack.
1944: The majority of the Normandy Landing were US Army, US Army Airforce. U.K. uses Mk.V (Chryslershit diesel) Sherman as primary 17 Pounder platform instead of Cruiser, Mk VIII.
1945: Breached Siegfried line, Took over Okinawa and used it as bomber base to firebomb/nuke Honshu.
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