The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-02-28, Page 18Bili Smiley
been reading a book
Battle of Britain, writ -
Peter Townsend. He was a
War 11 fighter pilot and
w,1~rx the battle himself.
He's also the chap the royal
finally Wouldn't allow to marry.
.then Princess Margaret, be -
.
e;
:ca°usehe'dbeen divorced. He was
probably lucky. Later she Mar-
ried tha,t°pipsqueak photographer
called Jones or Smith or some-
thing.
ome-
•thing.'He is now Lord Something -
or -other. His wife is Princess
Nothing -or -other.
Anyway, it's an excellent book,
for anyone interested in•battles
that have. changed the course of
history. To a
wn end has consulted
ae mass of material from both
German and British records, and
gives a balanced picture of the B.
of B., looking at it from both sides
,of the English Channel.
By the way, is- anyone, inter-
ested in:.the' battles • that changed
history, besides me and a few his=
tory buffs? There are quite a few
of them, and one must wonder
;what would have happened to
history if the battles had been
lost, not won.
At least one of them has prob-
ably affected you, personally. •
If the Persians:hadn't been
slowed down at Thermopylae aid
trounced at Marattpon, they'd
have wiped out the Greeks, Think
what that would have done to the
restaurant business in Canada.
Not':to mention 'Jackie Onassis;.
$20,000 a . week in . spending
money. "•
If Drake; and his fleet' had not
beaten the'Armada, half the.
• people ;m Canada would be talk-
ing 'Spanish, eating, :garlic, and
going to' bullfights.
flow would you like to be out at
a .bullfight this afternoon (it's 15
below outside) Sitting in the
shady side of the: . arena, and•
luting "Ole, ,a.°bullfighter.
' . a: bull .frozen,. Iiterally;ylmto> •
classic stance' of the•
bull
' a
AndWhat about the battle of the'
lairs of Abraham? . If
the
meysadn't won. ,that one, I'd
` appilyback in Ireland right
eutttng peat in .'boB,
Oil ` of sitting here wondering
)W'in tl u name'of. energy Ent ..
` y
yng
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Go farther back.. Iff Joan` D'Arc
f later, St. Jean), :hadn't Iifted the
e at. Orleans, there'd he no:
JoycO,Trailers
Sunkamper Trasilers>
.� Chrysler Marine ,
rtspcl Canoes
ros.
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. 16;18, 20 ft. . $20.0 par ft.
hale racks -
.tort) grazing harvistors
.wheel discs reconditioned
with now blades while :tock
lasts. '
.corn planters.
.cultivators - now and used
.fortilizor spreaders' 3 point
hitch list $316.00
now $266.00
. Schultz 200' bushel manure
spread ors " save/ $300.00
now $1,582.00
.now post holo $175.00
augers
.scraper b• lades 6 ft. $120.00
7 ft., $135.00
8 ff. $250.00
.sprayers 100-500 VS. gallons'
.wagons with used $170.00
tiros
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Fes, no Separatist* Party, no
Canadian problem..
Another dandy was the Battle
of , where y (re-
taarded) . - ea, idle was boat- .
en by the English. Instead of the
Scottish invading D .
Were
England in
kilts, they were forced toiinvade
with, their brains, and they took
over the financial affairs of the
British Empire. Which, as we an
know, are somewhat l than -re-
markable.
Back home again, there's the •
Battle of Queenston Heights,;
which nobody knows nwch about
s'sroaas.
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Perhaps you have sensed my
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perhaps, like me, you haven't.
Well, like, it's been a bad day,
y'know, and y'take fan' put your
average. Canadian up against
wi
somthethsoing,methiand he?'ll come up
Oh, yeah, I remember. t was
wondering what would have hap-
pened if we'd lost the Battle of
Britain. It would have been a
Jolly Good Show:
Hitler was prepared to ° make
generous terms, and divide the,
known world with Britain. Pretty
good deal, I'd say.
But the obstinate, stupid Bri-
tish decided to fight. And even
worse, thej won. The Luftwaffe
did not destroy the R.A.F., which.
had the privilege of being attach-
ed to me (or was it the other way
around?) during the war.
Result,Britain is sliding down
the sluice into economic an-
onymity. Germany is master of
Europe,,financially.
It pays to lose wars. many
and Ja ` n `th. 'b" o Cher
e i 1 sees in W.W.
l� g
II, are riding an incredible win-
ning streak in peacetime.
Italy won a short war in Abys;•
sinia, bombs against arrows, ma-
chine-guns against spears. She's
in her usual mess.
France "Won" two wars and is
in chaos. Britain "won" tial.wars;
land a couldn't borrow a quartep for
a pint of 'bitter. • eb °
America -=won two wars and
the dollar is about as healthy asa'
wet tissue. ' '
Maybe we should have lost the
Battle of Britain. • '
for the wee
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