Rising Sun* has reported a post.
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Okay, so I’m not mature and responsible.
Like that’s a shock to anyone.
I just can’t help myself.
When a man with a gun sees a fish in a barrel …
Post: Why is the British Military so good? ?
Posted by: Rising Sun*
There was one operation in which the British did sort of okay, (in between Honey Butter Crumpets, and Ceylon Tea) what was it again, oh yeah, operation Chariot. I believe they went in order to post some unflattering posters of Hitler, and then Hee-Haw as they left,perhaps even a bit of toilet papering as well, but the plan didn’t go quite as planned. (British can’t get anything right you know…) instead of being rude to Hitler, they mistakenly destroyed the only Dry Dock facilities that could have held the Bismark for repairs. Just Bad Form if you ask me, Seems it took several years to finally repair the Dock. Never mind all of that inconvenient shore battery fire, tis but a scratch. Well, the British had to do something with all of those Victoria Crosses that they had laying about, cluttering up the Palace.
This pointless defence by you and Nick of consistent British incompetence and cowardice for the whole of WWII is intolerable, and all the more so coming from Americans.
You appear to be referring to the raid on St Nazaire.
I make only two points to undermine your empty defence of the British.
HMS Campbeltown was an American lend-lease destroyer, previously the USS Buchanan, so once again Britain didn’t really contribute anything to this operation and couldn’t have executed it without American help.
Anyway, the Brits didn’t succeed as the incompetent Brits ran the USS Buchanan aground and destroyed it, as shown in the following photo.
