This sort of thing always chokes me up
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This sort of thing always chokes me up
70 years ago we prepared for the largest military operation and the liberation of Europe. Countless men gave up their lives, countless women and children lost theirs.
We will never understand what those people went through as they jumped out of their boats or aircraft . All we can do is thank them.
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We will never understand what those people went through as they jumped out of their boats or aircraft . All we can do is thank them.
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
Had a great uncle that lost a leg at Normandy. Brave generation of people
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
My Grandad was there D-day + 8 as an ambulance driver. I've always regretted not asking him to tell me more about it but always got the impression that it was very difficult to talk about it so never pushed him.
Plus at the time I had bigger things to worry about like my fraperchino not being served at the correct temperature!
Plus at the time I had bigger things to worry about like my fraperchino not being served at the correct temperature!
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
My gramp was a POW and my Nan had the dreaded telegram " Missing in action ,presumed dead"
He came home but never ever spoke about anything.
I will be following the events avidly
He came home but never ever spoke about anything.
I will be following the events avidly
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
The 75yr old fella that came in to sweep the workshop and make the tea at a place I used to work at was a D day +0 Para, he was a lovely guy but twatted a 22yr old that hid his cup one day. A different breed.
My Dads cousin was a Captain in the R.A landing on +2, in the 45yrs I knew him he mentioned it once, very briefly, I think they just wanted to come home and put it all in a box and leave it there.
My Dads cousin was a Captain in the R.A landing on +2, in the 45yrs I knew him he mentioned it once, very briefly, I think they just wanted to come home and put it all in a box and leave it there.
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
Yeah that's the feeling I got with my Granddad. He ended the war driving a Bulldozer at Belson, can't imagine how that would have effected me.Deegee wrote:I think they just wanted to come home and put it all in a box and leave it there.
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
Chuff me, just typed "bergen belson concentration camp" into google. First page, first picture!
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
A lot of Allied troops forced captured german troops or locals to clear up the mess in the concentration camps.
You can't imagine what it was like to discover one of those places.
You can't imagine what it was like to discover one of those places.
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
The stench was horrendous from what i have read which is why the allied troops refused to believe that the locals knew nothing of what happened there as many of them claimed.
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
Everyone knew about it, even the Allies for most of the war. We were sending ships back loaded with escaping Jews, knowing exactly where they were going.
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
Are children still learning about what happened in schools? as I think it should be an important part of the school curriculum for many years.
Too many youngsters take what they have for granted including my own
Too many youngsters take what they have for granted including my own
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
They do still teach them in schools. This year my daugher is doing both World Wars.
I don't think my daughter's teacher liked me telling my little girl that WW1 was all to do with oil and shipping power and nothing to do with an assasination.
I don't think my daughter's teacher liked me telling my little girl that WW1 was all to do with oil and shipping power and nothing to do with an assasination.
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
reading these short comments does bring a lump to your throat,i dont these heroes will ever be forgotten http://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/ ... en-and-now" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
Nice link
Good to see Pat Churchill not only sports an impressive tache but is still a player.
Good to see Pat Churchill not only sports an impressive tache but is still a player.
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ha ha yea go PatKwacky wrote:Nice link
Good to see Pat Churchill not only sports an impressive tache but is still a player.
seeing all the dead around seems to be the most awful memory they recall.They are made of sterner stuff than this current generation,thats for sure
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
Kids today wave a knife around and demand respect.
These kids and men 70 years ago show how you gain respect.
These kids and men 70 years ago show how you gain respect.
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
'I can look out at that beach and tell you where each was lying and I can describe his face even nowadays,
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
Monty wrote:Yeah that's the feeling I got with my Granddad. He ended the war driving a Bulldozer at Belson, can't imagine how that would have effected me.Deegee wrote:I think they just wanted to come home and put it all in a box and leave it there.
We have had this chat before........ So did my grandad....
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Re: This sort of thing always chokes me up
They endured far more than any of us can conceive.
They certainly endured far more than the next generation would be prepared to I suspect.
They certainly endured far more than the next generation would be prepared to I suspect.
For all that we are taught about it. I just wish that the world had learned from it.bb41 wrote:Are children still learning about what happened in schools? as I think it should be an important part of the school curriculum for many years.
Too many youngsters take what they have for granted including my own