@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

I bet there wasn't many held for 4 years made it home

My dad was a tough little devil ….very stubborn

The Low Countries never stood a chance

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

yes it was  a long time

@Baz posted:

My dad was a tough little devil ….very stubborn

I'm pleased he was

30,000 in 90 minutes

@Baz posted:

The Low Countries never stood a chance

no, not a chance in hell Baz

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

I'm pleased he was

So am I ….I wouldn’t have been here otherwise

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

pity he never mastered them before he tried to shoot the Cobra

He was an engineer not a soldier…just attached to the military for the duration…..however, he did learn to shoot eventually,but never really got on with guns🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

30,000 in 90 minutes

like pushing dominos over

@Baz posted:

The Low Countries never stood a chance

Not a snowballs

I wonder if we would have won the war if the yanks hadn’t come in ….

@Kaytee posted:

He was an engineer not a soldier…just attached to the military for the duration…..however, he did learn to shoot eventually,but never really got on with guns🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Kaytee posted:

He was an engineer not a soldier…just attached to the military for the duration…..however, he did learn to shoot eventually,but never really got on with guns🤣🤣

No, I don't like guns either, I suppose if I lived in India I would be driving a Sherman tank

How the hell didn’t our spotters find that lot

@Baz posted:

I wonder if we would have won the war if the yanks hadn’t come in ….

all depends on if Hitler corrected his mistakes...although I do have my doubts we would have won if he had stuck to his original plane

@Kaytee posted:

How the hell didn’t our spotters find that lot

Beggars belief , eh…

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

like pushing dominos over

yes

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

No, I don't like guns either, I suppose if I lived in India I would be driving a Sherman tank

Me too🤣🤣

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

all depends on if Hitler corrected his mistakes...although I do have my doubts we would have won if he had stuck to his original plane

@Kaytee posted:

How the hell didn’t our spotters find that lot

no idea Kaytee

You just can’t imagine having to live through all this , can you

@Kaytee posted:

Me too🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

You just can’t imagine having to live through all this , can you

no, terrifying Baz

Cue Dunkirk

@Baz posted:

Beggars belief , eh…

It does and there were wireless operators too

@Baz posted:

You just can’t imagine having to live through all this , can you

no

@Baz posted:

You just can’t imagine having to live through all this , can you

Not at all

@Baz posted:

Cue Dunkirk

Caught on the hop…..some of my. Family were involved in the little boat evacuation

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

no idea Kaytee

Massive amount of troops and hardware plus refugees might have just been a clue that something was happening

@Kaytee posted:

Caught on the hop…..some of my. Family were involved in the little boat evacuation

when you see some of the boats that made it there and back....some weren't fit for a row up a river

@Kaytee posted:

Caught on the hop…..some of my. Family were involved in the little boat evacuation

My mums brother was one of those rescued

@Kaytee posted:

Massive amount of troops and hardware plus refugees might have just been a clue that something was happening

yes, you would have thought...hmm might be something happening here

@Baz posted:

I wonder if we would have won the war if the yanks hadn’t come in ….

I doubt it….all our allies were defeated except the Russians…..not the strength to stand alone against such a large country with a huge population to call on

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

yes, you would have thought...hmm might be something happening here

Just a tiny clue eh Dame?🙄

where is bestie ?

@Kaytee posted:

I doubt it….all our allies were defeated except the Russians…..not the strength to stand alone against such a large country with a huge population to call on

@Baz posted:

My mums brother was one of those rescued

Might have been on one of my lots boats😁

@Kaytee posted:

Just a tiny clue eh Dame?🙄

yep, so small they missed it

@Kaytee posted:

Might have been on one of my lots boats😁

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

no

Horrendous , eh Ros

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

where is bestie ?

I’ve just noticed she’s gone awol