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Bajahowodd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
We went to War against Germany Because:
THEY Declared War on us.
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Actually, Mr. Bile, my statement was correct. Japan attacked us. Hitler may have decided to bluff us by a war declaration. But, short of a few groups
of N-zi spies in the US, Germany did not attack the US first.
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MrBillM
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Liberal DF
You have to give credit to Lefties for being Tenacious, if not Intelligent.
No matter how many times they are caught in false statements, they'll go through some ODD Mental Gymnastics to prove that, if when wrong, they're
right.
At least Pat Buchanan (not a Liberal, of course) when caught making the same false statement, owned up to being wrong.
AND, it's unlikely that HowOdd is even correct within his narrow rationalization since the "Likely" first attack AFTER a mutual declaration of war was
by one or more German Undersea Naval Vessels on U.S. Flagged ships.
But, being a worm and a weasel, HowOdd will work through that one, too.
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Bajahowodd
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"Likely"
And I note that the charm lessons are making progress.
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Happy Days for Germans
The German command characterized the period during which they conducted Undersea Warfare against Allied shipping off the East coast of the U.S. in
1940-1941 as the "Happy Time". They named the period beginning in January 1942 in the same area the "Second Happy Time".
"Immediately after war was declared with the United States, Dönitz began to implement Operation Paukenschlag ("drumbeat"), requesting that 12 Type IX
U-boats be made available for it. The Naval Staff in Berlin, however, insisted on retaining six of the precious Type IX boats for the Mediterranean
theatre (where they could achieve little) and one of the remaining six encountered mechanical troubles. This left just five long-range submarines for
the opening moves of the campaign".
U-125 (Folkers) was the first to sail on 18 Dec, 1941, followed by U-123 (Hardegen) on the 23rd and U-66 (Zapp) on the 24th, finally the last two of
the Paukenschlag boats, U-130 (Kals) and U-109 (Bleichrodt) sailed together on the 27th. It would take then just over 2 weeks to reach US waters. They
were under strict orders not to attack anything on the outbound cruise unless a especially attractive target was located (this meant a big warship
like a cruiser, carrier or a battleship, but like Dönitz said "We never let a 10,000 tonner pass us by")."
"All the boats were to be in position on Jan 13 and begin their attacks at the same time on that date. However, U-123 sank the first ship, the
SS Cyclops on the 11th and Kals in U-130 sank two ships the next two days and after that they fell more than one a day as far south as the
Cape Hatteras.
The Drumbeat boats ended operations of the coast of America on Feb 6 and headed home. They sank 25 ships for a total of 156,939 tons. Hardegen (U-123)
sank 9 ships for a total of 53,173 tons.
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Me, I'm to the right of Skeletor...
[Edited on 1-10-2010 by wessongroup]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
Me, I'm to the right of Skeletor...
[Edited on 1-10-2010 by wessongroup] |
Didn't think there was any room to squeeze in to the right of Skeeter...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CaboRon
| Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
Me, I'm to the right of Skeletor...
[Edited on 1-10-2010 by wessongroup] |
Didn't think there was any room to squeeze in to the right of Skeeter... |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skeet/Loreto
The Greatest State in the Union!!
The only State that was a Republic!!
And Boys we can still Carry our Weapoins and shoot you if you come in our Home to Rob us.!
Beef Captial of The World. Feeds a lot of People!
Good looking Blonde Cow Girls.
Hansome Cowboys
Beautifull Weather
BBQue Brisket
And good Ole Country Music at :Bad Bobs r Gilleys!
What more could anybody want.
TEXAS!!!! |
bump
hello, anyone home?
[Edited on 2-21-2010 by wessongroup]
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California was a republic for a few months.
No soy por ni contra apatía.
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