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Old 11-03-16, 04:16 AM   #1599
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Originally Posted by Aktungbby View Post
Well....what could fit after getting yer goose spruced; in retrospect, Germany only really ever broke two immutable rules of war: Never take on "General Winter" on the eastern front...and on the Western Front: "the Atlantic is an English speaking lake!"
Hehe yes, but then Germany tried to evade a war with the US, but due to the US policy it was only a matter of time until such a thing like with the »Reuben James« happened. Just posting that those evil Nazis sank a neutral innocent US warship and shot at shipwrecked sailors, does not live up to what really happened.

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"the Atlantic is an English speaking lake!"
Well i guess the non-english speaking world would disagree, but it certainly helped to send US-"neutral" position reports uncoded in plain english, so England did not have the unnecessary trouble of translating
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