Jonathon,
what is the source of that quote? John walstad ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected], "ChurchillChat" <[email protected]> Cc: "Major McKinley" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:38:32 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Winston Churchill Essay - Help Please Churchill was playing poker there too. "Don't just assume you'll get the Royal Navy. If you don't help us survive now, it might be the Germans who get the Royal Navy." I have no doubt FDR understood WSC's meaning loud and clear. Steel true, blade straight Jonathan Hayes -------------- Original message from Major McKinley <[email protected]>: -------------- > > I'd look up (and will paste) some items about the Roosevelt > administration's attitude towards the war, which required the recall > of US Ambassador Joe Kennedy, who saw the bleak situation of the Brits > and thought it was hopeless. The most the US hoped for was that when > -- they didn't think "if" -- Britain fell, they'd give us (Canada) > their fleet. Churchill told FDR that he would go down fighting, but > could not guarantee that another government in the UK might not make > more favorable terms with the invaders if the Germans came across the > Channel, and the biggest chit to play would have been the Royal Navy. > If anyone is confident in some well-researched alternative history, > perhaps they could recommend it. I think it's such a self-evident > Resolved it'll be hard to write. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
