World War 2

[Kyle]

I did two tours myself pal.

[Batigol]

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[flattythehurdler]

@Fagan_ODowd

A number of reasons. First because they lost the war, there is none of the air of “they died so you might be free” that you get in the other cemeteries. They died and that was that. Ultimately there was no purpose to their dying. There is no celebratory aspect to the place. Second it’s very Germanic, the graves are in the style of Iron Crosses and the font is in the Germanic style. Third, the soldiers are noticeably younger than the allied cemeteries. There is a real sense of a desperate state pouring every able bodied male of whatever age into the front line. They can hardly have been trained. There is an air of absolute futility about the place.

Also it has the best toilets between Caen and Cherbourg

That’s just about the best post I’ve ever read on here.

[Kyle]

I was trying to get something on my grandfather’s exploits on D-day … Allegedly he killed 258 Germans, saved his etire unit and carried his best mate 100 miles to safety, but that’s for another day.

I did find this on him from 1942 - Thomas Frayne.

It’s not quite up there with my two tours in the FCA but impressive all the same.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Kyle

I was trying to get something on my grandfather’s exploits on D-day … Allegedly he killed 258 Germans, saved his etire unit and carried his best mate 100 miles to safety, but that’s for another day.

I did find this on him from 1942 - Thomas Frayne.

It’s not quite up there with my two tours in the FCA but impressive all the same.

I did a very significant tour of duty with An Slua Muiri but I don’t like to talk about it.

[StoneCold]

Thank you for your service

[Batigol]

Thank god it’s over now

[glenshane]

I’dsay @kyle did more hooring than touring

[Raylan]

Defence Forces pull out of Blacksod D-Day commemoration at last minute after...

[maurice_brown]

Bayeux is worth a visit

[Fagan_ODowd]

@maurice_brown

Bayeux is worth a visit

Could take in the famous tapestry as well.

[corner_back]

Why did they let that happen? Wasn’t war inevitable? Did they presume we’d let them have the use of them?

[Fagan_ODowd]

The World at War episode on Himmler and the Final Solution just finished there on Yesterday. The series is invaluable because it was made only 27 years after the end of the war so it is has lots of coherent survivor testimony. The eye witness accounts of both Jewish survivors and German Army men from the camps is still staggering even after all I’ve read about the era.

[balbec]

I have that somewhere on DVD.

[briantinnion]

It’s an astonishing piece of television.

I had just restarted it when it got pulled from Sky Box Sets.

[Fitzy]

Likewise, it’s an amazing, accessible but very comprehensive series.
Olivier’s narration absolutely makes it.

[Cheasty]

@Fitzy

Olivier’s narration absolutely makes it.

You couldn’t have an American narrating such a series. American narrators automatically subtract about 90% of the credibility away from any documentary.

[Locke]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Amazing if hitler headed for Britain the Americans would have been screwed they’d have had no where to land their troops for an evasion of mainland Europe.

Ireland would have been used for sure. Be it the North and/or the Free State.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

@Locke

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Amazing if hitler headed for Britain the Americans would have been screwed they’d have had no where to land their troops for an evasion of mainland Europe.

Ireland would have been used for sure. Be it the North and/or the Free State.

Weren’t we neutral

[Locke]

The North wasn’t. But, imo, we would have stepped up or gave in America’s demands to be a base for their forces.

Sure look at all the troops going through Shannon Airport ffs!