World War 2

No sympathy for the poor Chinese I see.

If my eyesight ever recovers to a state where I feel able to read a book again I’ll read this.

Ask corky

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The ppl of Cologne bore the brunt of that cunt Bomber Harris ( and other major cities full of civilians)

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Very interesting article here about reburying Germany’s war dead and the conflicts that arise from this (hopefully article is accessible).

Unburying the remains of the Third Reich.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/magazine/germany-nazi-bones-remains.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c&pvid=93E43F8E-D41C-4536-B791-AAB45C1B17D0

Eerie stuff.
I didn’t read it all…

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It’s worth it, brilliant article

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This is some podcast

Interesting article. Our local area is littered with these. Had the Germans invaded @Kyle would have had his FCA issued hurley sticking out through the gun loop.

https://www.tii.ie/en/technical-services/archaeology/seanda-ezine/the-forgotten-defenders-pillboxes-of-the-shannon-estuary/

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I remember the Grandfather mentioning how they had them doing the drills as teenagers, imagine a tinpot Irish army facing the Wehrmacht.

The ESB maintain the only reason the Germans never bombed Ardnacrusha was because they were so proud of it.

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I’ve enough worries, thank you.

That must be up there with Germany wear Green in Soccer because Ireland played them after ww2 in terms of urban myths

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There is a big one dug into a hill overlooking Shannon airport on private land. It’s actually two pill boxes connected by a long tunnel with a 90 degree bend in the middle.

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They’re fairly certain, there was Germans working there past the start of WW2.

The Czechs would tell you Hitler never bombed Prague because it was too beautiful to destroy. *

*The cunt walked in there sure he’d no need to be bombing it

It was 20 years since War of independence or 2005 in new money.
Most of the population would have been German leaning as demonstrated by the open arms for them in Kerry after the war

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Ardnacrusha was hardly the most strategic target in fairness