I can't believe no-ones mentioned Poland's role in defending Britain yet.
Polish and Czech pilots were among the Few who battled Hitler to defend freedom. For this, they have my undying respect.
Perhaps your little island isn't the center of the world, eh?
If it werent for us, you'd be under the jackboot of Nazism.
Ingrate.
And for you, we were enslaved for two centuries.
What have I to be grateful for? I would take the Emperor in Tokyo over the Emperor in London.
Getting thrown off a cliff, raped or having your child thrown in the air and caught with a bayonet is better then living under the King or Queen of England? Not hardly.