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May 8, 1945: Victory in Europe Day (pg. 2)
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| ShadoWolf |
| VE Day didn't come until October 3, 1990. |
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| zig |
| quote: | Originally posted by ShadoWolf
VE Day didn't come until October 3, 1990. |
I can only presume you are talking about the offical day German reunification took place which was October 3 1990.......... |
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| ogvh5150 |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
Both my Grandads worked down the pit! (Well somebody had to!) |
Enlighten us Americans. |
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| Dervish |
During the war we couldn't have fires because the bombers would bomb (following the light of the fires to the houses) us so people had to work down in the pit turning big wheels to generate electricity for heating and so on.
It was very harsh labour. Not many people know about it these days because most of them died.
Does that explain it? I can try to find a link if you want. |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by ogvh5150
Enlighten us Americans. |
They worked down coal mines pushing a big wheel around to generate electricity |
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| Nick |
| One of my grandpas busted out of a POW camp. And the other was "asked" to help the Germans in rail road repair and maintenance. |
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| stamper |
| quote: | Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0
Eh, what the surrender of nazi germany? Yeah, imagine the great world of national socialism, my heart is shaking with delight from a mere mention of that idea :rolleyes: |
Haha no i meant World War II. :) |
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| Izzy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yoepus
One of my grandfathers served in the Jewish Brigade during WWII, seeing fighting in Italy and France. My other grandfather worked in labor camps and survived through Auschwitz among other camps ending up in Belgium in an allied-run camp before going to Israel and staying in a British run-camp on Cyprus. |
what a coincedence, the same exact thing happened to my two grandfathers as well ;)
love'em both! |
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| ogvh5150 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dervish
During the war we couldn't have fires because the bombers would bomb (following the light of the fires to the houses) us so people had to work down in the pit turning big wheels to generate electricity for heating and so on.
It was very harsh labour. Not many people know about it these days because most of them died.
Does that explain it? I can try to find a link if you want. |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
They worked down coal mines pushing a big wheel around to generate electricity |
Thank you.
A link would be great. |
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| Dervish |
Took ages to find.
| quote: | | The Peoples Land Army, and its associated organisation, the Peoples Timber Corps, ploughed the fields, looked after cattle, sheep and poultry, caught rats, undertook the hazardous job of lumberjack and pit based manual power generation, largely unrecognised since the end of WW2 (they were not demobbed at the end of the war because the food situation was still critical, and in fact carried on up to around 1950, when rationing began to ease), they probably were one of the key reasons the UK survived the food and raw materials shortages (bones for example are used to make explosives). We stock what PLA items we can find, and thankfully today, although again ignored by government during anniversary parades, many people can be seen in their distinctive uniform at shows and dances around the UK and even in the USA! |
>>>LINK<<<
PLA differnt meaning back then eh? :p :disbelief :p |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dervish
Took ages to find.
>>>LINK<<<
PLA differnt meaning back then eh? :p :disbelief :p |
Nah dont think they were in the Home Guard, think they just worked down the pit (a coal mine) pretty boring really! Think my Greatgrandad survived WW1 tho which is something! (Died a few years later like cos of the gas in the trenches but) |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by ogvh5150
Thank you.
A link would be great. |
I think we should tell him (especially as Dervishes post admitting this was a piss take has "mysteriously" disappeared!) |
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