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D-Day; 68 years ago today

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  1. Medro

    Medro Well-Known Member

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    ‎68 years ago today, many hero's gave their lives to keep Adolf Hitler's Nazi party at bay.

    To those brave men and on behalf of a far less grateful generation. We thank you.

    D-Day June 6th 1944
     
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    Medro, Jun 6, 2012
  2. Trypsin-1

    Trypsin-1 Active Member

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    Meh, wont matter anyways cos none of us ****s are gonna be able to stop the chinks
     
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  3. Mind The Duck

    Mind The Duck Well-Known Member

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    T-That's great news
     
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  4. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    They made a good movie about it. Tom Hanks saved the day but died at the end. Sad.
     
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  5. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

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    You wouldn't see the like again, today's young people complain when they have to do a days work or stand in the cold for an hour or two.
     
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  6. Go G YellowScreen

    Go G YellowScreen Well-Known Member

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    You're not young Thatcher Boy.
     
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  7. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

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    Which is a shame as I'd be first on that beach but for my bad back.
     
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  8. irishgreen

    irishgreen Well-Known Member

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    Very brave men indeed.
     
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  9. Dorty Dogbreath

    Dorty Dogbreath keeper of the glow

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    My old man fought in Burma during WWII. Eighteen years old and scared ****less.
     
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  10. irishgreen

    irishgreen Well-Known Member

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    No he wasn't or he wouldn't have fought. There's scared then there's scared '****less'. He may have said this but that don't make it true.
     
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  11. Dorty Dogbreath

    Dorty Dogbreath keeper of the glow

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    Yes, it was all a jolly good adventure, don't ya know. A grueling six week voyage via the Med, the Suez Canal and travelling across India in a train culminating in a brutal fight with the Japanese in the Burmese jungle. It was a gas.
     
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  12. JONATHAN ACWORTH THE LEGEND

    JONATHAN ACWORTH THE LEGEND New Member

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    well said medro --------------------------------

    ive seen a film shot on the day my god loads of soldiers jumping out of ships the germans where just shooting at them what i cant understand why didnt the raf knock out the german sniper nest before the landings would have saved so many lives if the bombs had got the buggers
     
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  13. irishgreen

    irishgreen Well-Known Member

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    Never said it was but the man had the guts to fight. Not many would have had.
     
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  14. JONATHAN ACWORTH THE LEGEND

    JONATHAN ACWORTH THE LEGEND New Member

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    i bet none from england would do that now would they?
     
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  15. Dorty Dogbreath

    Dorty Dogbreath keeper of the glow

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    War is ****. I've seen the American war dead buried at Maddenly Cemetery in Cambridgeshire, that was more than enough <grr>
     
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  16. irishgreen

    irishgreen Well-Known Member

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    Medro would



































































































    not. <ok>
     
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    irishgreen, Jun 6, 2012
  17. King Shergar

    King Shergar Well-Known Member

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    Those men would turn in there graves if they could see the state of the country today :biggrin:
     
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    irishgreen Well-Known Member

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    So would Shergar IMO.
     
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  19. Mind The Duck

    Mind The Duck Well-Known Member

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    Nothing like a bit of war nostalgia before a FOOTBALL tournament
     
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  20. Dorty Dogbreath

    Dorty Dogbreath keeper of the glow

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    The Mirror did an infamous one before Euro 96 if I remember correctly.
     
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