[Doug]

A good point raised by Tealeaf there. Thousands of British and Commonwealth troops were already in theatre waiting to support mainland landings by the yanks…The Royal Navy was also there in numbers and the RAF was readying to redeploy much of the European Tactical Air Force to the Far East under Tiger Force. British losses would have been tremendous and many of our fathers and Grandfathers wouldn’t have made it back. That means we might not be here……………