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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Good to see Pat Churchill not only sports an impressive tache but is still a player.
ha ha yea go Pat
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
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.
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
For all that we are taught about it. I just wish that the world had learned from it.