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The last few getting their 'LEGION' getting their medals from Macron.
A very moving ceremony.
The last few getting their 'LEGION' getting their medals from Macron.
A very moving ceremony.
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I do hope they have been well looked after in their final years.
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The story of the cafe owner’s daughter always puts a lump in my throat recollecting encountering the British for the first time following the invasion.
‘ Monsieur, we are British….we are here now’ |
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Profoundly moving scenes at the ceremony this morning. I recommend the broadcast to anyone who didn't manage to see it. I would imagine it will be available on BBC IPlayer today.
It won't of course be suitable viewing for the Progressive Left as they've told us so often that they can't possibly be proud of the persons who gave their lives for Britain and the liberation of Europe. Their mystifying excuse is that it all happened long before the Progressives were born. Curiously though, such people will never forgive Britain for our historical role in matters such as slavery, which they still pretend to be vexed about, although they don't give a fig about slavery that is a daily feature of life in other parts of the world. |
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Useralun2005 • June 6, 2024 3:46 PM BST
Profoundly moving scenes at the ceremony this morning. I recommend the broadcast to anyone who didn't manage to see it. I would imagine it will be available on BBC IPlayer today. It won't of course be suitable viewing for the Progressive Left as they've told us so often that they can't possibly be proud of the persons who gave their lives for Britain and the liberation of Europe. Their mystifying excuse is that it all happened long before the Progressives were born. Curiously though, such people will never forgive Britain for our historical role in matters such as slavery, which they still pretend to be vexed about, although they don't give a fig about slavery that is a daily feature of life in other parts of the world. Citations please! |
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Wonderful stuff.Never forget.
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This day 80 years ago was the most noble
and most important day in the worlds history (BBC coverage was a pleasure , deeply moving ) |
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Thank you for the liberation of Europe overall and Germany in particular, guys!
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And thank you for landing on mainland European shores instead of letting the Soviets march further west to suppress and enslave yet more people.
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Thankyou for your kind words edy
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Lfc exposed again for the LIAR that he is
By lfc1971 on 12 Apr 24 16:44 History ? That’s when eg Germany was Englands enemy It doesn’t bother me lfc197106 Jun 24 18:24Joined: 06 Nov 11 | Topic/replies: 78,882 | Blogger: lfc1971's blog This day 80 years ago was the most noble and most important day in the worlds history |
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They may have done lots wrong since, but we need to be eternally thankful to FDR and the yanks for stepping in when they did.
140,000 young American men died on a continent that's 5,000 miles from home against an enemy that wasn't a threat to their land. Unbelievable sacrifice really. |
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Sunak's just apologised for getting off from the ceremony early so he could record an ITV interview.
Nice of him. |
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Reform should be jumping all over this btw.
Any old patriot clinging on to the tories might have just realised what he really thinks of them with this action. Unbelievable stuff. |
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It's a staggering blunder.
Terrible judgement, might as well resign. |
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If this wasn't an election campaign then Sunak would have to resign - simple. His people arranged the time for the interview so it is something fundamentally wrong with the whole organisation behind the Cons. Imagine if Starmer or, god forbid, Corbyn had done even vaguely similar - the right wing media and this lace would have gone mental. No excuses
And thank you for landing on mainland European shores instead of letting the Soviets march further west to suppress and enslave yet more people. Can i suggest you google 'US WW2 rape' you might learn something! |
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A monumental mistake by Sunak and his handlers. TBH I'm past caring what the Cons do or don't do, sick to death of them for their betrayals and duplicity.
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It's just a manifestation of what we know already. Their sole concern is pacifying the mainstream liberalist broadcast media. The very people who hate them and want to bury them. These idiots think that helping shift Johnson made them sympathetic to Sunak
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A bad day for Uncle Tom's cabinet.
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The party at the start of this parliament had natural allies in other media outlets, but Tories completely snubbed them in the favour of the likes of labour loving itv. A trap they walked right into, can't wait for them to be eviscerated. Hopefully earning me a bit of cash !
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I’ve mentioned it in the past, but a really good book on the subject of the realities of losing a war was translated from German into the title:
‘Promise me you will kill yourself’ A fascinating insight into mass suicide and the killing of one’s own family to save them from rape. Rivers with bodies running downstream and trees with hanged corpses were common. Mothers who drown their own kids and then couldn’t kill themselves or took poison only to wake up again. |
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Since the D-Day snub has gone so well. what have Sunak’s genius advisers got planned next to test how low they can drive their poll numbers? Have him push David Attenborough down the stairs? Ban fish and chips? Put Paddington Bear on a flight to Rwanda?
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He's having a car crash on sky right now
Great timing ! |
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shoot not kill dusty. Putting what you wrote into google alerts big brother offering help
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It sounds like a depressing book and I think I will give it a miss although it is something that has always happened in war.
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A search through Amazon reveals that Huber has written many books but only the one you mentioned seems to have been translated into other languages. Has anyone read the one about the neighbour with the big wotsit?
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I did wonder after posting if it was shoot
It’s on tone of the shelves but I wasn’t interested enough to find it. |
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In German it's kind of a mix of the two. "Kind, versprich mir, dass du dich erschießt. Der Untergang der kleinen Leute", which would literally translate to "Child, promise me you'll shoot yourself dead. The downfall of the ordinary people". The word "erschießen" (only for Foinavon case-ified to "erschießt") is the word for specifically shooting someone dead, not just the act of shooting.
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https://x.com/Otto_English/status/1798720246611898380/photo/1
Lest we forget |
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God bless the BBC
The voice of the Nation! |
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Thanks edy but used reflexively (dich) so no confusion in the title. Is that gay book of his worth reading?
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That looks like Dunkirk edy.
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It can't be though as they are Americans not British WW2.
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Tommy's men are Sunaks, running away
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I saw it listed under his name (Florian Huber) but I now see he wasn't the author.
Obviously you don't know of it so you won't have any information. https://www.amazon.de/Mein-Nachbar-mit-gro%C3%9Fen-Latte/dp/B07VGNSHFR |
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Have fun explaining your upcoming Amazon recommendations to your carer.
I'm glad I choose to open that link with the TOR browser. |
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 I delete all the junk in my inboxes unread. My nurse doesn't have access (and doesn't read German). |
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This story shall the good man teach his son
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’re go by, from this day until the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered - we few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother; be he ne’re so vile, this day shall gentle his condition, and gentlemen in England now abed will think themselves accursed they were not here and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks they - Fought with us upon St Crispins Day. |
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dustybin
 Anyway, "Next Conservative Leader" race: Note Penny Pugwash didn't miss the starting gun! 8.2 |