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D-Day 70th anniversary thread.
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shadygiz
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mcmanus said:I would make THE worst soldier ever.
Just imagine being told you've to leg it towards a fella with machine gun.
because you are in the train of thought that you have a choice
also your freedom has never been in question
mcmanus
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de niro said:if anyone wants to get the real flavour of the war, including D day buy, watch borrow or steal the documentary "the world at war". it is awesome. I have the full dvd set and watch parts of it regular. even the music is harrowing.
The best documentary series ever.
Bilboblue
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mcmanus said:de niro said:if anyone wants to get the real flavour of the war, including D day buy, watch borrow or steal the documentary "the world at war". it is awesome. I have the full dvd set and watch parts of it regular. even the music is harrowing.
The best documentary series ever.
Daily Mail gave this series away a couple of years back, one dvd every Sunday, I bought the paper, took the dvd, read the sport section and binned it.
Doesn't Lawrence Olivier narrate it? or am I imagining it?
Ducado
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All very moving, considering that some of the old men would have been only 18 or 19 at the time, what a thing to go through, we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude and honour to that whole generation and not only to the lads who fought in the various services, but the men and women who worked in the factories, farms and mines who all played their part.
Rascal said:@Henkeman
I remember watching those 4 who were all over 100 and thinking to myself, I know little of the war you fought. But felt humbled by them. The last 4 left of millions.
My local where I worked which was opposite our villages Cenotaph would always open early back door on rememberance day for the Vets and there families. The landlord would give them all a tot of rum before going over to pay respects. We had an Arnham para vet who was a regular and Falklands para vet too. The respect they had for each other transcended anything ive seen.
Had a desert rat grandad, my mams eldest brother was in the Navy doing the Artic convoys, my cousin was Seargent Major in the RLC and did tours in the Balkans, NI, Iraq and Afghanistan and my nephew is in the RAF and has done a tour of Afghanistan. All of them blues too.
Yes it was poignant wasn't it? I am glad I had the chance to meet so many of them when I was young. I feel privileged. I never knew my grandfather, who was in the Manchester Regiment at Gallipoli sadly. He was gassed and suffered poor health in later years, dying before I was born.
mcmanus said:de niro said:if anyone wants to get the real flavour of the war, including D day buy, watch borrow or steal the documentary "the world at war". it is awesome. I have the full dvd set and watch parts of it regular. even the music is harrowing.
The best documentary series ever.
The World At War episode concerning D-Day:
[video]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x13sol8[/video]
mcmanus
Well-Known Member
shadygiz said:mcmanus said:I would make THE worst soldier ever.
Just imagine being told you've to leg it towards a fella with machine gun.
because you are in the train of thought that you have a choice
also your freedom has never been in question
Nah. I wouldn't have the balls.
Jump out a landing boat, into water with equipment and a rifle then leg it up a beach with Nazis with machine guns blazing away..... soz, I doubt I could handle that.
Damocles said:mcmanus said:de niro said:if anyone wants to get the real flavour of the war, including D day buy, watch borrow or steal the documentary "the world at war". it is awesome. I have the full dvd set and watch parts of it regular. even the music is harrowing.
The best documentary series ever.
The World At War episode concerning D-Day:
[video]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x13sol8[/video]
I can't remember - it's been years since I've seen it, and yes it was superb - were they able to incorporate the details of Ultra/Bletchley Park into TWAW? It was finally declassified around the same time.
Bill
Moderator
Bilboblue said:mcmanus said:de niro said:if anyone wants to get the real flavour of the war, including D day buy, watch borrow or steal the documentary "the world at war". it is awesome. I have the full dvd set and watch parts of it regular. even the music is harrowing.
The best documentary series ever.
Daily Mail gave this series away a couple of years back, one dvd every Sunday, I bought the paper, took the dvd, read the sport section and binned it.
Doesn't Lawrence Olivier narrate it? or am I imagining it?
he did. unthinkable that anyone could have done it.