what war machine?
Germans fought UK (and the rest of Western Europe) with one hand, and not the good one at that.
You saved nobody.
Your speaking English earnt you?
Your ancestors, however, managed to convince Americans and other nations to help them out. If in 1939 with the force that Hitler used to invade Poland then the Brits would stand no chance.
We saved the World!!!!
At that without being attacked by the USSR at the same time.
We saved the World!!
what war machine?
Germans fought UK (and the rest of Western Europe) with one hand, and not the good one at that.
That would be the Luftwaffe then, the main (left and right hook) of the German onslaught, we defeated them in the air thus avoiding a full on land assualt. On our own I might add.
We were never going to win a war with an industrial nation that had been preparing for a 1939 strike from the early 30's. But we did serve as a beacon light to the rest of the World. We saved the WORLD.