@Rocking Ros Rose posted:where are we now?
Sky History 123 Ros 
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:me too Katie
Me three 
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I switched to the fall of france, I checked my text
...I'm fine with staying on the other if everyone else wants to
I don't mind either
willl go with the majority - checked my text as well
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:me too Katie
Wahey! Weâve hit the jackpot and got it right ðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢðð
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:me too Katie
yes I have got it on
@Baz posted:Me three
mum and dad disliked Winston Churchill - not sure why
@Kaytee posted:Wahey! Weâve hit the jackpot and got it right ðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢðð
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:mum and dad disliked Winston Churchill - not sure why
Prior to the war he was a bit of a muppet Ros
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:mum and dad disliked Winston Churchill - not sure why
most people disliked him...
@Kaytee posted:Prior to the war he was a bit of a muppet Ros
thanks kaytee
I felt sorry for these countries, loads collaborated with the Germans..but can you blame them really, they were terrified for their families
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:most people disliked him...
Donât think my parents cared one way or the other tbf
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:most people disliked him...
@Kaytee posted:Donât think my parents cared one way or the other tbf
mine disliked him and most of the British troops were glad to see the back of him
@Kaytee posted:Donât think my parents cared one way or the other tbf
dad was worse than mum I remember - don't know why I remember that
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I felt sorry for these countries, loads collaborated with the Germans..but can you blame them really, they were terrified for their families
Yes , itâs easy to be brave in hindsight âĶ.a whole different ball game if youâre in the middle of it âĶ.
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I felt sorry for these countries, loads collaborated with the Germans..but can you blame them really, they were terrified for their families
Very little option tbh,they didnât have the strength military or fiscal to do anything on their own against such a superior force
@Baz posted:Yes , itâs easy to be brave in hindsight âĶ.a whole different ball game if youâre in the middle of it âĶ.
agreee bazzy so true - it was a case of survival
he was soon booted out after the war, so he really wasn't popular
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:he was soon booted out after the war, so he really wasn't popular
yes - think he expected to get elected
@Baz posted:Yes , itâs easy to be brave in hindsight âĶ.a whole different ball game if youâre in the middle of it âĶ.
exactly, most of us would do anything to protect our family
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
mine disliked him and most of the British troops were glad to see the back of him
My parents went to India,so really werenât involved with the actual fighting
we were so lucky that Hitler changed course away from the uk - we were on our knees I think
@Kaytee posted:Very little option tbh,they didnât have the strength military or fiscal to do anything on their own against such a superior force
no, they couldn't win, so had to live as safely as they could
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:he was soon booted out after the war, so he really wasn't popular
He was against the Welfare StateâĶ..he wasnât a friend to the ordinary people
@Kaytee posted:My parents went to India,so really werenât involved with the actual fighting
@Kaytee posted:He was against the Welfare StateâĶ..he wasnât a friend to the ordinary people
yes, I think 12 times they voted against it and free National Health
@Baz posted:And my dad was captured in 1942 âĶ.and never got home until 1946 , so âĶ.
Baz, he was so lucky to get home...4 years was a long time to be held 
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
no, they couldn't win, so had to live as safely as they could
Exactly âĶmy Danish friends Dad was a sea captainâĶ.he secretly shipped Jews to Sweden throughout the warâĶ.although the Scandis have never forgiven Sweden for its neutrality and collaboration with the German side
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:we were so lucky that Hitler changed course away from the uk - we were on our knees I think
Yes , we were Ros 
âĶ..if he had invaded then we would all be speaking German now
@Kaytee posted:Exactly âĶmy Danish friends Dad was a sea captainâĶ.he secretly shipped Jews to Sweden throughout the warâĶ.although the Scandis have never forgiven Sweden for its neutrality and collaboration with the German side
it's sad...
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:it's sad...
YesâĪïļâĪïļ
@Baz posted:Yes âĶ..he was held in a camp on the Korean border âĶ..so it was one of the last to be liberated because the allies didnât believe it was thereâĶ..
I bet there wasn't many held for 4 years made it home
@Kaytee posted:My dad was making gunsights and all sorts of stuff for the Burma frontâĪïļâĪïļâĪïļðĪĢðĪĢ
pity he never mastered them before he tried to shoot the Cobra