He says it is "mere" to show that it is an estimation
In 1969, Nixon halted the dumping of toxics into the Great Lakes. Nixon was responsible for the push to develop the Environmental Protection Agency. He created the Council on Environmental Equality in 1970 and passed the Clean Air Act in 1972.
The Roaring Twenties was a great golden age in America, but ironically, led to its greatest downfall.
Lots of new things became popular among all Americans in the 20's; automobiles, radio, silent movies, etc. People were spending money left and right on these things, and were becoming very materialized. So why am I talking about Americans buying boatloads of stuff they didn't need? Well, this was one of the prime causes of the Great Depression. Americans started buying on margin, or buying with credit; buy now, pay later. People bought so much like this, that they had to borrow lots of money from the banks. As this went on, it built up slowly, and led into buying stocks on margin. This eventually led to the Stock Market Crash of 1929. As people ran to the banks to withdraw all their money, the banks failed, and people lost all their savings in the blink of an eye. Manufacturers soon started producing less and laying off workers as jobs became a demand, and ended up causing the intense unemployment rates throughout the country. And finally, farmers suffered as a massive drought hit the Mississippi Valley in 1930, which created the infamous Dust Bowl.
Answer: It was thought of as a hopeless fight, since the British had far more advanced military resources, and many did not know how to fight, since many were just farmers.
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Dunkirk was in essence a defeat, but there was a victory in the impact it had on the country's morale and national identity during the war.
