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“On this site and on any, it seems that many Americans truly believe that they won two world wars singlehanded and that you bailed us out/saved us etc etc.”

Hollywood’s main market is the US, hence the emphasis they put on America’s contribution to WW2. Most FReepers, however, know better, and have zero to very little confidence in anything Hollywood puts out.

We have history books over here, you know, I, for one, know the true story. The UK, under Churchill, are true heroes in the grand drama in Europe, WW2. They refused to cave in when their backs were against the wall, with the whole of Europe overrun by Hitler. For that, they have won my fullest respect. I view conservative Churchill, not liberal Roosevelt, as the greatest single figure of the 20th century. I think you would find most FReepers would agree.

We came in late, true, but I think we deserve at least a little credit for our contribution towards the defeat of Hitler.

But what about the Pacific? Who are the heroes who hung tough? True, Britain was heroic under Gen. Slim (one of the greatest generals of WW2, in my opinion) in Burma, but America, with Australia, played the major role in the final defeat of Japan.

I have yet to hear any American whine about Britain’s lesser contribution to the Pacific war. Yet, as indicated by your post, not so on your side of the Atlantic. Re: the late, and allegedly minimal, contribution by the US in the European war.

Remove Hollywood from the equation, and the little flap is solved.