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Re: Britain's Greatest Enemy
« Reply #25 on: April 17, 2012, 07:57:54 AM »
The limitations of the poll are vexing. First I'd argue that Rommel and Washington never posed a threat to Britain itself, only its fighting men.

That is true so long as you believe Britain to only be the island. The poll voters may think the "British Empire" is Britain. Rommel and Washington definitely posed threats to "Britain" if you mean the Empire.
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Re: Britain's Greatest Enemy
« Reply #26 on: April 17, 2012, 08:29:43 AM »
Funny, the Angles and Saxons were "germans" and a lot of the "Anglish" language consists of german words.  :lol:
The museum limited the contest to battlefield commanders from the 17th Century onward, the period covered by the museum. So Gandhi and Hitler were both ruled out (didn't lead armies in the field) as were the Romans (too long ago.)

Otherwise the hands-down winner for the enemy of Britain would be the British government itself.
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Re: Britain's Greatest Enemy
« Reply #27 on: April 17, 2012, 09:18:03 PM »
Heck, if they're going to put so many stipulations on it.....I'm pretty sure I can rig the survey to prove that the greatest threat to Britain is Dr. Who....
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Re: Britain's Greatest Enemy
« Reply #28 on: April 18, 2012, 11:58:01 AM »
I'd go with bonaparte. If he could have made it over the channel, no more Britain as we know it.

Those wars lasted a long time, plus produced some of Britains greatest hero's, Wellington and Nelson.
A couple generations of men fought napolean and company, not just one.

Plus, he was short and french.  :P

Napoleon did lose every time he faced a British army, so its a bit much to say he would have beaten us if he could have got across.
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Re: Britain's Greatest Enemy
« Reply #29 on: April 18, 2012, 01:06:28 PM »
Napoleon did lose every time he faced a British army, so its a bit much to say he would have beaten us if he could have got across.

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Re: Britain's Greatest Enemy
« Reply #30 on: April 18, 2012, 01:08:57 PM »
Napoleon did lose every time he faced a British army, so its a bit much to say he would have beaten us if he could have got across.


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Re: Britain's Greatest Enemy
« Reply #31 on: April 18, 2012, 01:20:47 PM »
Conan the Barbarian, by Crom!!
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Re: Britain's Greatest Enemy
« Reply #32 on: April 18, 2012, 03:00:30 PM »

Now if Washington had come over there, you'd all be speaking English right now.

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Re: Britain's Greatest Enemy
« Reply #33 on: April 18, 2012, 07:47:20 PM »

Now if Washington had come over there, you'd all be speaking English right now.

If it weren't for a bunch of marines getting drunk in a pub, that might have actually happened...
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