Re: [GZG] Slightly OT - Hypothetical weapon question

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
wrote:
> At 7:20 AM -0500 10/27/08, Doug Evans wrote:
>>Well, some of NAC is European...
>
> Just no 'continental'.
>
>>I suppose we have to say TomB is an American, just not a 'Merican.
>>
>>Wait, Canadians made me drive in KM's, but use feet in common
>>discussion?!?!?
>>
>>Oh, yeah, he was prolly talking down to his dimwitted southern
>>neighbors. ;->=
>
> Probably not. Some Canadians remember the days of
> the Red Ensign and Canada having more navy than
> say, oh, Thailand.
>

Forget Thailand!

It may have consisted of mostly convoy escorts and light cruisers, but
just after WWII the two navies just larger than the RCN was the RN and
the USN (albeit due as much to severe attrition of the italian,
german, french, and japanese navies, as a massive buildup).

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