Winston Churchill

Eaglelord17 said:
Actually we lost. Goal of WWII was to liberate Poland. By the end of the war who wasn't liberated?
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You're absolutely right (in the big scheme of things). Towards the end of the "hot" war Winnie realized that Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe were about to be gobbled up by Uncle Joe and his Soviet horde, and he lobbied strongly for the Allies to regroup and go head-to-head with Russia in Europe to prevent it from happening. In for a penny, in for a pound, in fact. Unfortunately, nobody else was up for it (except, of course, the Poles and other unfortunate victims of Stalin). IMHO, he was on the money, strategy-wise. The US had Japan on the ropes, and the A-bomb put paid to their ambitions in the Far East. All that Britain, the US, Canada, and the other Allies had to do (in late 1944) was stop the flow of military hardware to Russia, continue training personnel at home, continue producing arms and ammo, and carry the fight to the Russians in Europe. They would have (at a minimum) driven the Soviets back inside their pre-war borders and bloodied their collective noses big-time, and (for the cost of one more A-bomb, on Moscow) saved a large percentage of the money subsequently spent on financing the Cold War.
 
I have an Ex-British service Lee Metford cavalry carbine marked to the 4th Hussars. No sold out service marks, no civilian proof or import markings.
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There was a bit of a folk story that came with it, but i bought the gun not the story.

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Here is a pic of a young 4th Hussar taken circa 1895.
 

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islandguy said:
You're absolutely right (in the big scheme of things). Towards the end of the "hot" war Winnie realized that Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe were about to be gobbled up by Uncle Joe and his Soviet horde, and he lobbied strongly for the Allies to regroup and go head-to-head with Russia in Europe to prevent it from happening. In for a penny, in for a pound, in fact. Unfortunately, nobody else was up for it (except, of course, the Poles and other unfortunate victims of Stalin). IMHO, he was on the money, strategy-wise. The US had Japan on the ropes, and the A-bomb put paid to their ambitions in the Far East. All that Britain, the US, Canada, and the other Allies had to do (in late 1944) was stop the flow of military hardware to Russia, continue training personnel at home, continue producing arms and ammo, and carry the fight to the Russians in Europe. They would have (at a minimum) driven the Soviets back inside their pre-war borders and bloodied their collective noses big-time, and (for the cost of one more A-bomb, on Moscow) saved a large percentage of the money subsequently spent on financing the Cold War.
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Nobody had any interest in continuing the war.

The number of Canadian personnel who went AWOL when they were transferred from the ETO to the Japan campaign was staggering.

And they were all volunteers...
 
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