Americans React to Know Your Ally: Britain Part 1 | You fought alone?!

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  @pierrefireball2505 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I&apos;m Canadian, and during WWII, we were already there before the USA joined after Pearl Harbour.<br>During WWI, we were there for 3 years before the USA did.<br>Do not forget, we Canadians are part of the UK Commonwealth and NATO.

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  @Elfwyngold · 1 year ago

  Britain wasn&apos;t alone, we had our friends the Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, Indians etc. ❤

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  @Sophie.S.. · 2 years ago

  It makes me so annoyed that Americans seem to be taught that the war only really started when they joined &nbsp;- we went through hell. And they only joined because of Pearl Harbour.

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  @TheTaarg · 1 year ago

  The battle of Britain was the clincher and the invention of radar, &nbsp;winning the skies back allowed for a change in the tide

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  @strange4you · 1 year ago

  As dutch man... thank you UK.

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  @amandag5072 · 2 years ago

  Did you know that the USA made Britian pay for them to get involved in the war? Those repayments only ended in 2006.

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  @SouthernBrit123 · 2 years ago

  The Blizt was like having 9/11 every day of the week, for months, but the bombing was all over the country.

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  @toniapps1787 · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m so very proud of being a Brit and very proud English woman.

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  @Slavir_Nabru · 2 years ago

  As much as we like to claim we fought alone in 1940, it&apos;s a huge insult the many Commonwealth nations who immediately jumped to our aid, and the governments in exile that came and bolstered our defence.<br>Britain might have been the only country directly getting bombed, but Canadian sailors and Polish pilots were giving their lives during that time.

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  @AngelaUpton-pd1go · 2 years ago

  We were not alone, theCommonwealth supported us.

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  @jessgibson4790 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m a Brit and while not deying America became our ally in WW2 I would point out that it was not out of the kindness of their hearts. Rather America had no choice as nor did Russia, both these countries became involved in WW2 because Germany declared war on them. Britain was the only one of the allied countries that became involved in WW2 of it&apos;s own volition, all the rest had war declared on them by Germany. Since this time in every war America has been involved in and asked for help Britain has been there. Not one of these wars has been for American territory. When Britain had a war over the Falkland Islands,(British territory), and asked for American aid - America wouldn&apos;t even let us refuel our aircraft on American soil, or supply our ships. So let&apos;s be clear, Britain has continuously been America&apos;s ally &nbsp;over the years but it don&apos;t show the other way at all!!!

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  @louisedef2047 · 1 year ago

  Also thanks to the many American sailors who died bringing us supplies during wwii in the face of the blockade

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