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@mysharona
"ok, bigger isnt better"
-Not just bigger, but your ships are outclassed in every way
"the walking part shows how tough our marines are :)
nobody has attacked my assult ship/marines/sbs/ocean/lynx yet"
-Actually, I just told you that they sunk the Atlantic Conveyor, which was transporting
the helicopters and ground equiptment. The toughness of the Marines and Paratroopers is
indeed something to be admired.
"we won the falkland war, and pretty much every war we've been in"
-Actually, no, you haven't. The first that comes to mind is the American Revolution, of
course, where your regular army was beaten by farmers and John Glover's regiment of
Massachussets fishermen. Another that comes to mind is Rhodisia in the 70s. Even both
World Wars, although I acknowledge that the UK held the line and gave more than most any
other country, they were on the verge of defeat in both 1918 and 1940. In World War one,
the UK was so short of manpower it was disbanding divisions (as they also were forced to
do in 1945). During the German 1918 summer offensive, the only thing that stopped them was
the timely arrival of US Infantry Divisions. In World War 2, Hitler was bombing the tar
out of the UK and his submarines were sinking all the merchant ships. Of course, being an
island, if it weren't for the fact that the US first provided the UK with 50 destroyers,
and then began doing ASW and providing merchant ships, you'd have certainly lost. In the
East, the UK fleet was so small that a single task unit of ONE US fleet was bigger than
the entire UK fleet.
As for the Falklands war, you nearly lost. The Argentina only had a handful of modern
planes and equiptment, yet they talk the island and nearly held it. Had they chosen to
fight for just 2 more weeks, you'd have lost that war as your precious ships were out of
fuel (unlike the US nuclear fleet). Also, humans, even elite units have limits to their
endurance and the UK's ground forces were spent. I suggest that you do some reading about
this war. If you have a real passion for these ships, I suggest you read "The battle for
the Falklands" by Max Hastings. Really a top notch book.
"US with all your tech and bigness, have been catastrophic in wars alone...vietnam
fail, late arrivers in WW1 and 2, made a mess of iraq etc etc etc"
- This is the biggest fail of this entire failed thread. In Vietnam, we didn't lose a
single battle that was larger than a company sized firefight. It was a war entered without
clear goals. Also, the war continued for 6 years after the main ground forces left. Late
arrival in WW1 and 2.... ha ha ha..... haha you ungrateful slob. As stated above, the
Germans strangled you with submarines. I guess that you never read about how food was
rationed because your people were starving. It was Amercian food, transported on American
built ships, crewed by American sailors who gave their lives, just to keep your people
fed. Late arrival in World War one? We had no business in that fight. We were not part of
any alliances and we were not attacked. Still, we supported the UK and as soon as we had
cause, we joined. In World War two, it was the same thing. We were not attacked, we had no
formal alliance with anyone. Still, we defended your bases for you, escorted convoys, got
into shootouts with German subs, gave you ships... even secretly sent American flyers to
man your spitfires during the blitz. As for Iraq, regardless of if you are just a troll
having fun or not, lets stay clear of that. Its personal.
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