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[Caplan]

History is written by the victors. But the reality is how easily things could have turned out differently except for pure luck and sometimes big blunders. It's really frightening how WWII could have turned out differently.

I know I wouldn't have existed if the 'Battle of Britain' had been lost and 'Operation Sealion' had been executed successfully in the early stages of WWII.

 

[Genghis77]

And we in the US have to appreciate the fact that British Intelligence gave us the German codes to win the war. For more than a century our very existence has depended on each other. The Space Shuttle wouldn't fly except for a product called HMX from the UK. Besides some of the best ales come from the UK