So after my trip to Normandie I have quite a few pics but these are the pick for me. First one is me wearing my medals for the first time in over 20 years. The second is with Ernie, a Day Veteran. Didn't to talk to him for long but to meet the guy was very humbling.
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That's terrific.
I'm big into WWII, there are so many aspects that fascinate me.
The 'Back home' war effort, rationing, the blitz, dig for victory, women at war, the black market, the home guard etc.
Then there's the technical war, the planning, deception, logistics, code breaking, the hierarchy power struggles....
There are some incredible POW escape/survival stories, especial Japanese POWs, and then the Holocaust, I mean, wow!
And then there's the war itself, the actual fighting I mean. so many incredible battles, thousands of individual stories from the war in the Pacific, the dessert, the jungles, the battle of Britain, Dunkirk, Pearl harbour....
I'm just spewing stuff out really but WWII spawned literally millions, and I use that word advisedly, of the most astonishing true stories of cruelty, treachery, brutality, savagery, inhumanity, sacrifice, heroism, courage, gallantry and valour that will ever be told and especially told by eye witnesses and participants.
Never ever again will a war be fought on such an incredible scale or with so much at stake.
Thanks for posting.
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