Re: THE GREAT CRUSADE

"Bay Man" wrote .

The economies of the British and French empires vastly dwarfed Germany's.
Anyone with half a brain in 1939 would not consider waging war on the UK
and France. Germany's economy could not wage a war for a long period.
The UK & France was militarily larger than Germany - with Germany
virtually having no navy in comparison.

What do you mean by empire? The mother country plus its colonies?

The French colonies except for Indochina and to a small extent North Africa
had no economical value whatsoever.

Obsessed nonetheless by their colonial empire the French wasted lots of
resources on a navy built for the protection of their colonies, resources
they should have used on their air force for example.

The french navy turned out to be essentially useless during WWII, Mers el
Kebir 1940, Toulon 1942, in fact worse than useless, a liability.

Such as it was the german navy was probably far more useful to Germany than
the french navy to France..

By relieving Germany of its colonies in 1919 the Allies did a great favor to
Germany although the Germans perceived this otherwise.

OK, this is not directly related to the main subject of this thread, just a
little aside. :-)

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