Battle of Britain Day Petition

[Sockeye]

I didn't notice this posted here yet, so I thought I'd take it upon myself.


If you are a British citizen or resident and wish to see the 15th of September recognized as Battle of Britain Day, then this petition is in place for Downing Street to take notice of.


http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BattleofBritain/?ref=battleofbritain

[Konovalov]

Slight correction to what you said above. You can be a British citizen or a resident to sign the petition. I am just a resident. I have to wait another few years before becoming a citizen. Anyhow I can sign it which is the important thing. I'm doing so right now. :up:

[Sockeye]

Ahh... my eyes must've been seeing what they wanted to after seeing that I couldn't rightfully sign myself.

I'll fix up the first post to correct that.

:up:

[Tchocky]

Do any other battles have their own day?

[Konovalov]

Do any other battles have their own day?

There is pretty much a day for everything these days except sadly a Subsim day. :cry:

[Tchocky]

Yeah :)

I mean, are there publically recognised Agincourt/Waterloo/Bannockburn (ED- nope!) celebration days?

[Heibges]

Speaking as an American, I think the continued mythologizing of WWII is a little dangerous.

I had studied in school that WWII in Russia is like a religion. It was only years later I came to realize it is the same thing here, just on much less obvious levels.:hmm:

Is it a coincidence that Rome became a much more decadent society within 2 generations of their defeat of Hannibal Barca and Carthage? I think for both America and Britain, the Germans and the Japanese were our Carthage.

Pearl Harbor and D-Day are big events over here. At least from a television programming perspective.:D

[Mush Martin]

Speaking as a Born Brit where do I sign
Speaking as a Canadian Resident Can I ?

Speaking as a student of history.

@Heibges
No we should never allow ourselves to forget the best and worst that
were capable of ...................ever.

[Tchocky]

Hmm...but selected days of remembrance are never about even-handed approaching of historical events, are they?

[Penelope_Grey]

I think we should have a Nelson day too when he won the battle of Trafalger.

[Dowly]

WHAT!? :o

There isnt a day for BoB!? Please do sign the petition! That's something that should not be forgotten, the pilots didnt die so they would be forgotten later, even 60 years after the battle.

[Tchocky]

I think it's celebrated....just not officially.

Same as 6th June. Any Brits want to clarify?

[Heibges]

Speaking as a Born Brit where do I sign
Speaking as a Canadian Resident Can I ?

Speaking as a student of history.

@Heibges
No we should never allow ourselves to forget the best and worst that
were capable of ...................ever.

I agree, but that is different than celebrating a specific battle.

[Mush Martin]

Granted :hmm:

[Heibges]

I think is rightly humble that in the United States we celebrate Veterans Day to honor all veterans, and Memorial Day to honor dead veterans.

Although, Memorial Day has evolved into a day to remember all loved ones who have passed away.

[Chock]

What on Earth is all this about? The 15th is ALREADY Battle of Britain Day! And what the hell is 're-recognising' supposed to mean?'

I'd prefer them to officially recognise this in the UK: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

I'm not wishing to belittle the contribution everyone made to the fight in 1940 in Britain, but to be honest, a lot of crap is talked about the Battle of Britain. The Germans didn't even want to fight it in the first place, because they knew they didn't have a hope in hell of winning it, or of pulling off an invasion. And in any case, they preferred the notion of making peace with Britain so they could have a free hand against the Russians, which is why they kicked off WW2 in the first place. It's just that Churchill wouldn't let that happen.

You only have to look at the preparations involved for the 1944 Normandy landings, with the huge manufacturing power and numbers of troops contributions from the US needed to pull it off, to see that Operation Sealion would have been a complete disaster for Germany, who were already lagging behind Britain in fighter and bomber production and operational readiness by mid-1940. The Luftwaffe lost almost half their fleet of aircraft in making it to the Channel Coast before the Battle even started.

UK forces probably wouldn't even have had to 'fight them on the beaches' in 1940, because any German invasion barges would have all been nailed halfway across the Channel and never got near a beach, and that's if they didn't sink in a storm. The only possible way Germany could have kicked Britain's ass would have been with submarines and attacks on parts of the British Empire, which would have completely starved us out and bankrupted the country.

:D Chock

[Jimbuna]

For my own part.....I think Rememberance Day encompasses all those who fought and fell for their country regardless of what arm they were in :yep:

[Camaero]

Hell, I think there should be a Battle of Britain day in the US! What those pilots did is surely something to remember and surely something to honor. To all the pilots, ground crews, and everybody else that helped defend Britain in her darkest hour. :up: