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Originally posted by cosmo View Postjust finished reading 'blitz kids' , its about the german blitz on britan during ww2, its a series of stories about the kids and teenagers living during the bombings and evacuations to the countryside for safety.also it deals with the youngsters who were in the armed forces ,like ww1 most were underage [specially the royal navy] its one of those books you can`t put down, strangely, I offered it to a bloke I shoot with this morning and he declined, he said he was nine years old when that happened and he got a little quiet talking to me about the time, he was form London.....great read of a dreadful time. 605 pages, not bad for 50p pick up.
One of the old ladies that kath spends a morning with every week.....was sent to Somerset as a ten year old in 1940.....Both of her parents who lived in Poplar East London were killed in an air-raid.......Her only brother was killed serving in the Navy......After the war she stayed on in Somerset....Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!
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Originally posted by Mykidsmom View PostI just downloaded it jembo...i read the somme a while back but i think he wrote it with someone else.....cant remember...
All that blood to take the pressure off the French at Verdun........Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!
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Originally posted by Mykidsmom View PostI just downloaded it jembo...i read the somme a while back but i think he wrote it with someone else.....cant remember...
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History can become a plaything of societies and propagandists,so that we have come to a situation in which most people think this was an Australian campaign. Most certainly it was vitally important to that nation's development and it helped to bring it out on to the world stage. But this has overshadowed the contribution of others. Notable the Newfoundlanders,the New Zealanders and Britrish (and indeed ,the Irish) and perhaps,above all the French. Quote ends.
In my opinion the part played by the Irish is the most unrecognized part of the whole campaign.I google because I'm not young enough to know everything.
Nemo Mortalium Omnibus Horis Sapit
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Originally posted by jembo View PostHe wrote this one own his own and its a revised version of his previous book "The Battlefields of Gallipoli" Its a more graphic account of the campaign with many old pictures. One very interesting quote in the introduction by Nigel Cave is one that I have always believed in.
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History can become a plaything of societies and propagandists,so that we have come to a situation in which most people think this was an Australian campaign. Most certainly it was vitally important to that nation's development and it helped to bring it out on to the world stage. But this has overshadowed the contribution of others. Notable the Newfoundlanders,the New Zealanders and Britrish (and indeed ,the Irish) and perhaps,above all the French. Quote ends.
In my opinion the part played by the Irish is the most unrecognized part of the whole campaign.Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!
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I'm currently reading "the secret speech" by Tom Rob Smith
The Secret Keepers ByLast edited by Sharkface; 17-12-2014, 12:10 AM.Old age and treachery will outdo youth and skill anyday
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sharkie,
sorry for off topic, I think you said your g/father was in e comp 2nd batt , this a pic at tom cullens /burial/commeration, excuse me if I`m all wrong .in god i trust...everyone else cash only.
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