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Post #368,845
by pwhysall
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12/31/12 3:08:20 PM
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New British perspective
The bombing of London (and Coventry, and Birmingham, and Liverpool, and Bristol, and so on) is very definitely and specifically "The Blitz", and never "The Blitzkrieg".
Post #368,849
by malraux
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12/31/12 3:24:02 PM
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New Bing!
Oh, *that* just caused some fireworks, since she had just said to me that "well, I'm sure that's not what someone from *England* would say..." ;-)

*boom*
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #368,854
by Another Scott
12/31/12 4:13:13 PM
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New rofl!
Post #368,868
by scoenye
12/31/12 8:32:56 PM
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New Check...
Although from the Continental perspective, it was more like "Huh? What just happened???"
     Quick poll: blitzkrieg - (malraux) - (20) - Dec. 31, 2012, 10:08:30 AM EST
         Re: Quick poll: blitzkrieg - (folkert) - Dec. 31, 2012, 10:21:05 AM EST
         Stukas. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2012, 10:26:36 AM EST
             Stukas and Poland -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 31, 2012, 10:32:01 AM EST
         Re: Quick poll: blitzkrieg - (Another Scott) - Dec. 31, 2012, 10:55:44 AM EST
         Fast moving, destroy not hold -NT - (drook) - Dec. 31, 2012, 11:17:53 AM EST
         Update to the question: - (malraux) - (6) - Dec. 31, 2012, 12:16:38 PM EST
             "The blitzkrieg" = Poland ... "The blitz" = London -NT - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2012, 12:25:51 PM EST
                 same here -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 31, 2012, 12:37:02 PM EST
             France overrun. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Dec. 31, 2012, 12:48:35 PM EST
             Usurping of the.. - (folkert) - Dec. 31, 2012, 12:58:07 PM EST
             Maybe the earliest events that qualified: Spain - (Ashton) - Dec. 31, 2012, 02:09:32 PM EST
             Not for me. - (static) - Dec. 31, 2012, 07:15:39 PM EST
         Reason for the question: - (malraux) - (5) - Dec. 31, 2012, 03:04:13 PM EST
             British perspective - (pwhysall) - (3) - Dec. 31, 2012, 03:08:20 PM EST
                 Bing! - (malraux) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2012, 03:24:02 PM EST
                     rofl! -NT - (Another Scott) - Dec. 31, 2012, 04:13:13 PM EST
                 Check... - (scoenye) - Dec. 31, 2012, 08:32:56 PM EST
             Stukas first. Then tanks + infantry. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Dec. 31, 2012, 03:52:51 PM EST
         Re: Quick poll: blitzkrieg - (jb4) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2012, 06:20:05 PM EST
             Jerry Sandusky - (crazy) - Jan. 2, 2013, 01:23:00 PM EST

Impossible.
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