WW2

[shailen_patel4]

Just now, Tuna said:

I went to Guernsey a few years ago, there are some fascinating WW2 museum's there.

Was thinking of visiting churrchill’s war room in London soon.

[Bellend Sebastian]

2 minutes ago, shailen_patel4 said:

Could be a terrorist for all we know

I would use them for impressing lasses and fire them into the air at times of celebration, like Iraqis do.

 

No need to be alarmed

[woznotwos]

1 minute ago, shailen_patel4 said:

Must’ve cost a bomb

Some more expensive than others , glider patches , pegasus patches and canadian para's being the toughest to find and you have to watch for repro's

 

[Bellend Sebastian]

1 minute ago, shailen_patel4 said:

Was thinking of visiting churrchill’s war room in London soon.

If, like me, you like aircraft, Imperial War Museum Duxford is GREAT

[woznotwos]

Just now, woznotwos said:

Some more expensive than others , glider patches , pegasus patches and canadian para's being the toughest to find and you have to watch for repro's

 

 

[shailen_patel4]

1 minute ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

If, like me, you like aircraft, Imperial War Museum Duxford is GREAT

I’ll give that a search 

[shailen_patel4]

1 minute ago, woznotwos said:

 

That’s amazing that

[woznotwos]

5 minutes ago, shailen_patel4 said:

Was thinking of visiting churrchill’s war room in London soon.

Really enjoyed that . Well worth a visit.

[Lionator]

33 minutes ago, shailen_patel4 said:

There might be one in the future but not sure

Very unlikely, or at least not similar to what we saw in WW1 or WW2. Any major conflict between major powers is more likely to be economic in nature.

[Lionator]

World War 2 in colour on Netflix is also great!

[shailen_patel4]

1 minute ago, woznotwos said:

Really enjoyed that . Well worth a visit.

Wish I’d been last time I visited London 

[shailen_patel4]

1 minute ago, Lionator said:

World War 2 in colour on Netflix is also great!

I started watching that but forgot to finish it off ?

[Lionator]

Just now, shailen_patel4 said:

I started watching that but forgot to finish it off ?

I won't spoil it for you in that case however there's an explosive ending.

[shailen_patel4]

3 minutes ago, Lionator said:

I won't spoil it for you in that case however there's an explosive ending.

I’ll have to finish it off tomorrow 

[Stadt]

The World at War is the best documentary series ever made 

[Wymsey]

14 minutes ago, Stadt said:

The World at War is the best documentary series ever made 

This.

So insightful, in a way as if you're actually there seeing the events unfold at the time.

[shailen_patel4]

8 hours ago, Stadt said:

The World at War is the best documentary series ever made 

I’ll have to watch this as well

 

[Vlad the Fox]

It’s a subject that fascinates me too, also the home front, I’ve loved listening to stories of those that lived through it. My dad telling me about his Mickey Mouse gas mask that had a tongue that came out and made a rasberry noise when he breathed out, also how all the kids in his village marched around banging dustbin lids like cymbals as the church bells rang celebrating victory. He also told me about how he remembers his mum baking cakes for the street party after victory.

 

I can can also remember an old wren telling me how she looked down on the boats leaving for France on d day, they’d known for days what was happening due to troop movements and the arrival of hardware for the attack but were sworn to secrecy, she said as she looked down on the boats leaving she could hear all the soldiers singing land of hope and glory. 

 

Also in a field near where my mum lived, ab kettlby, a German bomber dropped a bomb, shedding its load on the way home. The bomb unexploded but after it had been removed the locals didn’t miss a trick as at the village fate they charged people to go down the 'bomb hole' 

 

My my dad also told me how he could see Coventry burning from his bedroom window in Coalville, Said the sky glowed orange. 

 

Fascinating stories of how the war affected those at home, amusing, moving and tragic. 

[Wycombe Fox]

9 hours ago, Stadt said:

The World at War is the best documentary series ever made 

Couldn't agree more. The opening lines from episode 1 send shivers down the spine;

 

"Down this road on a summer day in 1944, the soldiers came. Nobody lives here now. They stayed only a few hours. When they had gone, the community, which had lived for a thousand years, was dead. This is Oradour-sur-Glane, in France. The day the soldiers came, the people were gathered together. The men were taken to garages and barns, the women and children were led down this road, and they were driven into this church. Here, they heard the firing as their men were shot. Then they were killed too. A few weeks later, many of those who had done the killing were themselves dead, in battle. They never rebuilt Oradour. Its ruins are a memorial. Its martyrdom stands for thousands upon thousands of other martyrdoms in Poland, in Russia, in Burma, China, in a world at war"

[Babylon]

10 hours ago, woznotwos said:

Whats de-activated ???  , course it is . 

Just me who is more worried you have four heads mounted on your wall?

[Blarmy]

I’ve been to a fair few of the D Day landing beaches in Normandy. A lot of the bunkers, concrete emplacements and artillery is still there, amongst the monuments and cemeteries. Very moving places to visit.

[shailen_patel4]

52 minutes ago, Blarmy said:

I’ve been to a fair few of the D Day landing beaches in Normandy. A lot of the bunkers, concrete emplacements and artillery is still there, amongst the monuments and cemeteries. Very moving places to visit.

They not been vandalised?

[Blarmy]

10 minutes ago, shailen_patel4 said:

They not been vandalised?

Possibly a bit of graffiti. 

[lgfualol]

I loved Bletchley Park - however I realised that I am possibly stupid when I couldn't get my head around the Turing Machine despite being there all day. Seemed like everyone around me understood.

 

The walking tour was cool as well. WW2 is really interesting.  

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

12 hours ago, shailen_patel4 said:

Was thinking of visiting churrchill’s war room in London soon.

Go to the Imperial War museum it’s amazing, give yourself enough time to look around though.