Churchill voted England's ultimate hero in St. George's Day poll

Smidgey · 29-04-2008, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by British-Conservatism

Churchill did threaten to shoot anyone who surrendered in Singapore.
Pitty he didnt or couldnt carry out the threat.

That wouldn't be very wise. That's more like communist policy: "if you flee you will be shot by us instead".

Most people realise that the best way to win a war is to be sane.

British-Conservatism · 29-04-2008, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Smidgey

That wouldn't be very wise. That's more like communist policy: "if you flee you will be shot by us instead".

Most people realise that the best way to win a war is to be sane.

Im sure you wouldnt say so if you had been taken prisoner by the Japs.
Such a policy saved the USSR.

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