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Re: dsm tchr
Wiley, Thank you for your memories. Way valuable as someone who was alive at the time. We're you in Europe at all? I know you were on the Canadian Armed Services right?
posted by
dsm_tchr
on March 7, 2014 at 8:51 AM
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dsm tchr
The Hurricane & Spitfire changed Adolphs plans.
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 7, 2014 at 7:28 AM
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Hitler obviously under-estimated the resolve of the English, who knew perfectly well that, if they didn't remain steadfast, their island was surely doomed! It's a lesson many countries should learn . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on March 7, 2014 at 5:34 AM
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Utah, yes it was a quote from Churchill who was decrying a defeatist attitude about the possibility of being attacked by Hitler. But why we're so many predictions wrong?
posted by
dsm_tchr
on March 6, 2014 at 9:42 PM
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Churchill.
posted by
UtahJay
on March 6, 2014 at 9:38 PM
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Re: I suspect it has a lot to do with the character of the English people
Ciel, the British people in particular want to believe that because it is so flattering. But there is a scientific explanation.
posted by
dsm_tchr
on March 6, 2014 at 9:16 PM
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I suspect it has a lot to do with the character of the English people
who are by no means as placid or dull-witted as a cow. Patriotism runs deep in the English heart, and so also does experience of surviving terrible times.
posted by
Ciel
on March 6, 2014 at 8:36 PM
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FSI, Have you read any Malcolm Gladwell? Soo good!
posted by
dsm_tchr
on March 6, 2014 at 5:28 PM
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I am not sure why. Even though I have a B.A. in history, I am not too familiar with the nooks and crannies of World War II history.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 6, 2014 at 4:49 PM
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