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America

posted 10 years ago by jasonbagwell77
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During the 3-1/2 years of World War 2 that started with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and ended with the Surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, "The People of the U.S.A." produced the following:
22 aircraft carriers,
8 battleships,
48 cruisers,
349 destroyers,
420 destroyer escorts,
203 submarines,
34 million tons of merchant ships,
100,000 fighter aircraft,
98,000 bombers,
24,000 transport aircraft,
58,000 training aircraft,
93,000 tanks,
257,000 artillery pieces,
105,000 mortars,
3,000,000 machine guns, and
2,500,000 military trucks.
We put 16.1 million men in uniform in the various armed services, invaded Africa, invaded Sicily and Italy, won the battle for the Atlantic, planned and executed D-Day, marched across the Pacific and Europe, developed the atomic bomb, and ultimately conquered Japan and Germany.

[–] Matthewkay 10 years ago

And despite all that out of the 15 enigma machines captured from German u-boats only one was captured by the USA, in 1944! 3 years and 13 captured enigma machines after the Royal Navy got the first one in June 1941, 6 months before the USA decided to join in.

[–] jasonbagwell77 10 years ago

First of all, the USA did not 'decide' to join in your war caused by your weak prime minister and pathetic French military. The USA responded to a sneak attack by the militant Japanese empire and the theft of the enigma machines had little to nothing to do with the outcome of the war, most or all of it being decided by the blunt force trauma of the USSR limitless manpower (with American materials) and the only reason the weak UK did not fall prior to 1941 was thanks to the USA and lend-lease. YOU'RE WELCOME!

Any more education you require?

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[–] dholms 9 years ago

You have to give some credit to England's resilience.
But it cannot be understated that geography had a great deal to do with it as well. They were an island with a body of water giving them an additional defensive advantage.
Bodies of water was a great advantage for the US as well.

[–] Matthewkay 10 years ago

I do love troll baiting. They bite so easily

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

So , guy makes comment being proud of his country's effort and contribution to winning ww2
and you shit all over him, thats the game?

And then u get upset when he dosent come back to be shit on again by by a little wanker of a troll that is an embarrassment to Britain.

This is why imdb could not be bothered with you, and those like yous, bullshit.

[–] Matthewkay 10 years ago

No-one else want to join in and tease this troll. Come on its great fun. Come on troll, bite again so we can all laugh at you.

[–] Matthewkay 9 years ago

Come on troll. Or have you run off?

[–] Matthewkay 9 years ago

Come on xenophobic troll. Lets get you out of your cave so you can embarrass yourself with your paranoid poison. Come on troll out you come.

[–] tolla36 9 years ago

Its because usa was, and still is more hype and noise than it is substance. Both usa & uk regimes have always been scum, but the British have greater resolve and determination. Still, they work great together as partners in genocide when there's booty to loot as they are now around the world. Human trash sums them up very well i thinks

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[–] grantb-64490 9 years ago

A quibble - your number of aircraft carriers produced by the US in WW2 is obviously far too low, so I looked up the real numbers. According to various online sources pertaining to aircraft carrier production, during WW2 the US built 137 aircraft carriers (27 "fleet" carriers and 110 escort carriers). In 1944, Task Force 58 alone sailed with 18 aircraft carriers.