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    Germany versus Britain - shocking statistics

    Basically Germany exports 3 times as much as Britain by value, both countries having a similar population (1.5 trillion vs less than 0.5 trillion dollars), also beating the US with a population roughly 4 times greater

    List of countries by exports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    I believe of all economic stats, this is the most important as it shows whether a country can pay its way in the world, have a surplus and generally prosper.
    And we can't.
    Hard Brexit now!
    #prayfornodeal

    #2
    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Basically Germany exports 3 times as much as Britain by value, both countries having a similar population (1.5 trillion vs less than 0.5 trillion dollars), also beating the US with a population roughly 4 times greater

    List of countries by exports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    I believe of all economic stats, this is the most important as it shows whether a country can pay its way in the world, have a surplus and generally prosper.
    And we can't.
    We can fight better than they can, which to be honest is all that matters.
    Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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      #3
      Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
      We can fight better than they can, which to be honest is all that matters.
      As long as the Yanks and Russians chip in on our side
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        #4
        Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
        We can fight better than they can, which to be honest is all that matters.
        No we can't. Otherwise we wouldn't have needed Russia to do the real fighting and the US to hold our hand. Having read most of the major WW2 histories, British performance in WW2 was generally mediocre with small pockets of excellence. Much like the country has ever been.
        Hard Brexit now!
        #prayfornodeal

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          #5
          Originally posted by sasguru View Post
          No we can't. Otherwise we wouldn't have needed Russia to do the real fighting and the US to hold our hand. Having read most of the major WW2 histories, British performance in WW2 was generally mediocre with small pockets of excellence. Much like the country has ever been.
          It is all about management and delegation than getting your hands dirty
          Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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            #6
            Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
            It is all about management and delegation than getting your hands dirty
            If you manage yourself to irrelevance, it's a moot point
            Hard Brexit now!
            #prayfornodeal

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              #7
              Originally posted by sasguru View Post
              No we can't. Otherwise we wouldn't have needed Russia to do the real fighting and the US to hold our hand. Having read most of the major WW2 histories, British performance in WW2 was generally mediocre with small pockets of excellence. Much like the country has ever been.
              Surely the Russians won because the winter crippled the German advances and then the Russians simply threw people forward even if they did not have a gun.

              It depends on how you look at things but Britain seems to have been saved by:
              • The channel
              • The RAF
              • Hitler over estimating his progress through Russia
              • Radar
              • Hitler's poor choice in having large numbers of smaller bomber built (rather than smaller numbers of large bombers) to make a more impressive display over rallies.
              • Hitler's poor choice to switching bombing campaigns to cities rather than military targets (like air fields etc).
              • America
              • Japan (attacking America and getting them all worked up over fighting)


              and probably a dozen other things. I think it is pretty harsh to describe the British performance as mediocre though. The initial stages of the war saw a heavily armed and well prepared German combined force hitting various nations who were not fully prepared.

              It is like saying that you performed poorly in a bar room brawl because you legged it when your opponent brought in a baseball bat and you were unarmed.

              Although, to be fair I am hardly an expert on WW2 but I have read a couple of books about it here and there.
              "He's actually ripped" - Jared Padalecki

              https://youtu.be/l-PUnsCL590?list=PL...dNeCyi9a&t=615

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                #8
                Britain could have beaten anyone on water back then. And for an island nation that is all that matters.

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                  #9
                  Was never a goal.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Robinho View Post
                    Britain could have beaten anyone on water back then. And for an island nation that is all that matters.
                    ... and their beer's boring.

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