Anglo-French expeditionary force sent to Finland 1939/40

Faeelin,

Let me guess. That poem is proof the Evil British were really clamoring to join with "The Nazi" to attack Holy Mother Russia, which was only exercising its divine right to rule the Baltic States, partition Poland, extort territory from Romania, and beat on the Finns, all in alliance with "The Nazi" in the first place.

Sorry, what are you talking about?

I'm just pointing out that the British plans for intervention mostly focused on strategic bombing strikes against Baku.
 
Sorry, what are you talking about?

I'm just pointing out that the British plans for intervention mostly focused on strategic bombing strikes against Baku.

The poem makes it sound like the British really wanted war with the USSR and not Germany--they'd rather bomb Baku than dig a tunnel into Berlin.
 
The poem makes it sound like the British really wanted war with the USSR and not Germany--they'd rather bomb Baku than dig a tunnel into Berlin.

No, but the British and French were desperate to avoid another World War, and thought the USSR and Germany were closer than they were. Hence there was a feeling that attacking the USSR could be a way to get at the Achilles' Heel of the Axis.

But yes, Chaimberlain's own writings and cabinet minutes indicate that a significant part of the British elite were hoping the USSR and Germany would just exhaust each other; at least, that was the feeling before Munich, and the decision on the part of the USSR to expand was somewhat defensive.
 

Dure

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Let me guess. That poem is proof the Evil British were really clamoring to join with "The Nazi" to attack Holy Mother Russia, which was only exercising its divine right to rule the Baltic States, partition Poland, extort territory from Romania, and beat on the Finns, all in alliance with "The Nazi" in the first place.

Why do you need a poem? Why do you need proof. Everyone KNOWS we British are Evil. Lucifer sits at the right hand of the PM during cabinet meetings donchaknow? The Queen throws nubile American back-packers to a rabid pack of blood-crazed corgis during her garden parties. There is even a proposal going through Parliament as we speak to give each and everyone of us a long haired white cat and a dashing facial scar on the Social Security. We are responsible for all of the world's ills. You missed the bit where having attacked and beaten Holy Mother Atheist Soviet Union we turn on our bloved Nazi comrades and stab them in the back ... slowly and painfully of course! Excuse me whilst I return to the dinner table and finish my Irish baby (Dure so British and evil he cross-posts:eek:).
 

Eurofed

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and the decision on the part of the USSR to expand was somewhat defensive.

Sure, and Barbarossa was just a well-timed counterattack. :eek::rolleyes: Stalin and Hitler were just a couple of thugs eager for booty and making a compromise deal to partition it for common benefit. Soviet Russia started expanding just when development of Soviet industry and the Red Army made Stalin feel he could afford it. The opportunity to make a partition with Nazi Germany was just icing on the cake that allowed to anticipate the expansionist timetable somewhat.
 
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