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Originally Posted by blackmme
I won't comment on historical analysis via DVD extra's.
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why, because it's in a movie DVD? It's witting testimony, direct accounts from the 60s there for you, not a book written by someone, but audio/video reference.
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It most certainly was a victory and a very, very important one.
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The outcome of the Battle of Britain was very very important indeed, but it wasn't a victory..
I always get the impression that there's a weird conception of Victory here: take the Schneider Cup, did you
win that one too? I'd be embarrassed to say yes to that.
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No Trafalgar wasn't a final battle if was very much a 'sub conflict' (to use your term), it was a battle where both (three sides really) sides took heavy losses (both during and after the battle) and one that safeguarded the UK from invasion. I think the comparison is very apt even down to the fact that Trafalgar is IMHO has greater 'cultural' recognition than Waterloo and Hastings.
Regards Mike
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the cultural recognition is debatable me thinks. What do you base it on, the fact that you have a celebrative square in London?