They were fighting fascism and the death of democracy. Which existed at home as well as in Germany. Whilst an invasion was feared it was the threat to our way of life that was the real concern.

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My old man was born into a middle class family, whose dad walked out, went bankrupt and left my grandmother and 8 children with nothing, I never met my grandad. My dad was in the Royal Navy for 20 years and called up as a reservist. I doubt he had noble reasons either, he just did his duty.

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My father was in that theatre of war too, in Burma.

ah yes. WWII. Good against Evil.

you do know that Josef Stalin was on our side ?

and that the British Empire was enormous and not constructed by giving sweets to kids in India ?

can you define 'our way of life' ? cos i can look back at 400 years and find a ton of crimes & barbarism....

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

What is the point of this comment? Are you trying to suggest any kind of equivalence?

There can be no doubt that the Nazis and Hitler were pure evil.

Discussing British history and the Empire fills libraries. Some good, some bad.

Forming alliances, whilst holding your nose and having to decide which is the least bad option, is what has to be done when your country is threatened.

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Rishi Sunak must ‘reset’ trading relationship with EU, say manufacturing chiefs.

Britain’s fractured relationship with the EU is costing the economy because suppliers have gone cold on doing business with the UK after Brexit, manufacturers have warned.

Easier said than done, and it is costing the UK dear.

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