More rubbish than one bucket can hold.
Built like a Mercedes 3663Well Alan, I guess you forgot about Lend Lease destroyers (the four stackers, as they were called), and the...
First off, Lend Lease was signed March 11 1941. Prior ot that, executive order placed miltary freight on its way to England. Thus we supplied Britain far before we entered the war. Second, we entered the war, not because we saw Britain in danger, but because we were attacked. (funny how we get peeed about that sort of thing.) It was enough for us to supply GB with aid and funding (some $50Billion) at the time.
As to Pearl Harbor, most of the fleet was NOT sunk on December 7th. Not only were the carriers at sea, but IIRC, less than 10% of the ships anchored in the harbor were sunk. If 10% is "most", then certainly you are correct. Obviously, most of the world has a different idea of "most". More importantly, Pearl Harbor and its infrastructure were not significantly damaged. In fact, in less than six months, the "sunk" fleet so severely damaged the Japanese fleet that Yamamoto knew he had been correct in his predictions of eventual failure for Japan.
You people should really try reading a little bit.
-- Max
Built like a Mercedes 3664Budd Cochran That's put me off Jaguar, Volvo, Saab, Land Rover, Ford, Vauxhall, and all the other American owned brands we buy...
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