Rood Eye
Sunday 19th April 2020 11:53am [Edited]
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Quote: lofthouse @ 19th April 2020, 11:59 AM
I think it was pretty sporting of them
Considering they were all f**king German
One of history's greatest military mysteries concerns the British Army trapped at Dunkirk and essentially just waiting for the Germans to take them prisoner (at best!) and Hitler's astonishing decision that his army should take no action against the British at Dunkirk as they waited helplessly to be captured or killed.
None of his generals - or anybody else - could understand that decision but modern historians have come up with the not implausible theory that Hitler and the British royal family were very friendly and that he therefore wished no harm to Britain or its soldiers, as long as they were no significant threat to him.
It is well known that Adolf and Edward VIII were very much the best of friends and it is believed that Edward was to be installed as ruler of Britain once the Germans had subjugated Europe and Britain had inevitably surrendered.
Indeed, it is believed by some historians that Hitler was able to invade and conquer France as easily as he did because Edward VIII, who had shortly beforehand, conducted a thorough survey of French military defences, had supplied Hitler with all the details, thus allowing him to invade and take possession of the country without encountering the major part of its defences.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
A German family from the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha who suddenly decide for the sake of PR to rename themselves after a well-known English castle would still be German.
Lofty is pretty much on the money.
PS. When I started writing this post, I gave myself strict instructions not to mention the war. I've alluded to it a couple of times, but I think I got away with it.