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The role of the Brits
Did Britain continue to do anything for the war after America became involved in 1941?
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| Answer · The United States of America · Topic you might like Did Britain continue to do anything for the war after America became involved in 1941? Dan Gall Dan Gall, worked at Canadian Armed Forces (1972-1997) Answered Apr 14 Britan produced 63 Aircraft carriers, 50,000 airacraft, dropped more tons of bombs on Germany than did American bombers, hundreds of corvettes and destroyers, defeated the German U boat threat along with the Royal Canadian Navy. Britain also produced 30,000 tanks and twice as many artillery pieces British Aircraft Carriers which were built with armoured flight decks could shrug off Kamikaze attackes in a few hours, the same attacks put American Carriers out of action for months The British defeated Rommel the Desert Fox and stopped the Japanese invasion of India in 1944, then proceeeded to liberate Burma Fought in North Africa, and Greece, then in Sicily and Italy. Britain had two beaches on D Day, the Canadians one, and the American two. After D Day the British and Canadians faced seven of the 12 SS Panzer Divisions. The British liberated Antwerp and the Canadians cleared the coast. The British were called in to help the Americans in the Battle of the Bulge 9.6k views · View Upvoters | |||||||||