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About Britain Part 2, what do we do now?

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Once the decision had been made to not enter into negotiations with Germany, either through the offers made by Italy in May or

otherwise, the path forward for Britain was a bit unclear. The British Empire had entered the war

as part of a coalition of nations aligned against Germany, and since that moment,

the coalition had shrunk drastically, as one nation after another was invaded by the German

Wehrmacht. In the short term, the only option was simply to continue to resist, whatever that

might mean and whatever that might require, with any path to victory being far in the future.

But if the British Empire could continue to exist, they would be a problem for the Germans.

They would be a constant drain and strain on German resources, even if the British never

launched a single offensive action in Europe.

To make a comparison to the First World War, because you know that's what I do here, they

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