jetsetter
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How about a "thank you" for developing the nuclear reactor propulsion system for the Brit's subs?
We also developed the SLBMs in use in their SSBNs.
How about a "thank you" for developing the nuclear reactor propulsion system for the Brit's subs?
Helped out in WW1
wrong war bud.Very very late into it, yes. More US soldiers died of flu than in battle. The Battle of Britain saved us, but it's good the US finally were peruaded to help out by the Japanese.
It was all a long long time ago now.
Very very late into it, yes. More US soldiers died of flu than in battle. The Battle of Britain saved us, but it's good the US finally were peruaded to help out by the Japanese.
It was all a long long time ago now.
good job, finland!So in a time when debt relief for Third World nations is recurrently in the news, the UK still has a slew of unresolved loans from a war that finished 88 years ago.
...Nor is HM Treasury able to say why the UK never repaid its WWI debts - even though, at the time, many Americans took a dim view of repayments being suspended, for they had bought bonds which stood little chance of showing a return on their investment.
..."In a 1945 state department survey on the US public's attitudes to its wartime allies, Britain was one of the least trusted countries," says Dr Clavin.
During the crisis years of the 1930s, only one nation continued to pay in full - Finland. Perhaps a conscious effort to foster a good reputation with an increasingly influential power, Finland's actions generated thousands of positive stories in the American media at the time. Nor has it been forgotten; the Finns celebrated this achievement in an exhibition last year.
But for the UK, a reputation for reliability has taken longer to restore.
Very very late into it, yes. More US soldiers died of flu than in battle. The Battle of Britain saved us, but it's good the US finally were peruaded to help out by the Japanese.
It was all a long long time ago now.
Oops, I was a bit tired writing that before and mixed two wars. The first sentence was WW1, the second WW2.
And what's the difference between jumping over a trench into machine guns and jumping off boats into machine guns?
A few you forgot...
Extremely long list.
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You sure about all of them?
I'll just pick out a random one.
You say revolver, which is traditionally said to have been invented by Samuel Colt, but he actually stole the idea off us. He happened to visit Britain, shortly before coming up with his idea, at the same time as James Puckle was showing off his gun with a revolving cyclinder. I think you can see how he came up with his idea.
Invented the plane.