Tomshardware
8:44 Sat Oct 20
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Got the Blu ray of this that was released by Network on air. The definitive WW2 documentary.
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gank
3:38 Sat Oct 20
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It's like the fucking TV Times on here, it used to be a West Ham website.
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normannomates
3:33 Sat Oct 20
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legendary series btw.
for all Oliviers prancing about on stage and giving it the big un.
his narrative on this was his finest work imo.
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normannomates
3:26 Sat Oct 20
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there in lies a lot of this country's ills
most in the teaching profession have always been socialists..therefore are ashamed of British history...and not included in the curriculum..certaintly was in my case...and that was in the 80s
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Stepney.Ammer
10:04 Fri Oct 19
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Mashed
I’m 38 mate.
I missed most of year 11 after being expelled but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t covered, or very little if it was.
If it is now fair play. It wasn’t my parents thought but it should have been something they insisted I watched. I suppose a lot of teens can be fuckers and not interested but it is way too important not be learned about.
If I could go back in time I would have a hell of lot more time for my grandparents war stories...in fact anyone’s account who lived through it.
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Far Cough
9:54 Fri Oct 19
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The World at War should be compulsory viewing at ALL schools
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mashed in maryland
9:51 Fri Oct 19
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How old are you Stepney? I'm 31, was definitely taught at my school, although in fairness not until year 10/11, and not in any real depth.
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Stepney.Ammer
9:48 Fri Oct 19
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I’ve been watching the last few weeks after getting into World War 2 in colour on Netflix (also decent btw). I’m up to episode 17 at the moment (you can also watch it on the UKTV Play app).
Absolutely superb docuseries. In fact the best I’ve ever seen.
I’m amshamed to admit that I knew very little about what went on during WW2. I thought I knew a fair bit but blimey some of what happened beggars belief, as well as being proper fascinating.
A fucking crime that WW2 (and WW1) isn’t taught at school. Just having to watch this series alone would teach so many about what people in this country (and others) went through.
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Mirkwood
9:38 Fri Oct 19
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Hitler...The Greatest Story never told....Youtube it....Best ever documentary...
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Briano
9:05 Fri Oct 19
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http://www.stalag18a.org/IDphotos.html
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Mart O
9:01 Fri Oct 19
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Briano 8:54 Fri Oct 19
Interesting stuff, cheers. Fuck me, now we have people that spend their lives arguing about cis this, trans that. Bag of shite.
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Briano
8:54 Fri Oct 19
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My brother was researching his father in law who was captured in Crete and spent 4 years as a POW in Germany
Will be of interest to some of you I will post the Stalag 18a website.
Subject: Gunner Alfred George Bonner Stalag18A
Dear Ian,
I came across your website by chance over Christmas - and was astonished to see
my Father-in -Law, Alf in your opening photo. He is at the back on the right wearing a shirt.
My Wife Anita (his only child) recognised him immediately.
Like many of his generation, he spoke little of his experiences and only to me, over a quiet pint
over a period of time. Having explored your site a lot of the pieces now make sense.
He was one of 5 Brothers (and a Brother-in-Law) all East Londoners, who saw active service
and returned - Alf was the only POW. He Volunteered in 1940 (aged 25) to follow his Brother
into the RA and after training in Yorkshire left Liverpool for Egypt Via the Cape then Crete
and finally Greece.
I don't know his AA regiment - He was a Bofors Gunnner guarding an RAF Airstrip and
had a couple of near misses being continually straffed by ME109's.
His battery was order to retreat and make a stand at the Corinth Canal.
He was taken prisoner by German Paratroopers"a real tough lot but quite decent once we surrendered".
The survivors of his Battery were handed over to an SS detachment. They were taken to a beach
grouped against a Cliff. Heavy MG's were positioned. Fully expecting the worse, they exchanged
cigarettes and said their goodbyes.
Then a Wermacht Officer appeared who outranked the SS Officer, ordered them to be taken
away as POW's.
I dont know what work party he was in, but he worked on Construction of the Dam nearby.
His worse memory was of Jewish (or Russian?) inmates being worked to death opening Cement Bags
and mixing Concrete. They did not last too long and as Alf and others marched past they would
try and throw a few scraps of bread, which in the latter stages, was ill-spared and at some risk
of punishment.
Finally after Liberation by the Americans, he flew back to England in the Bomb Bay of a Lancaster.
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Mart O
7:39 Fri Oct 19
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Northern Sold 1:23 Fri Oct 19
'The men were taken to garages and barns, the women and children were led down this road, and they were driven into this church. Here, they heard the firing as their men were shot. Then they were killed too.'
I've seen this a stack of times, everyone should, but 'then they were killed too' doesn't quite do justice to being burned alive. I can't remember, do they omit this detail ? Just wondering if it was considered too shocking at the time the doc was made.
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jfk
7:06 Fri Oct 19
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Haha I remember that too.Tough people back then.
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The Mercernary
6:46 Fri Oct 19
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Thanks for the positive comments, I thought WHO appreciated this series from previous comments down the years.
I feel compelled to watch it again whenever it's on. Just watched the Blitz one again and hard to imagine what it was like having 76 straight days of bombing, with, at one stage, 1,500 separate fires burning - no wonder they ran out of water!
The spirit of the locals comes oozing out with their interviews mind. I loved the story of the old lady who came out of a near demolished building very partially dressed, who was advised she might want to re-think what she had on. So she went back in and came out with a hat on!
Priceless...and that goes for the whole series.
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Far Cough
6:21 Fri Oct 19
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I bought the whole set on DVD
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Percy Dalton
6:17 Fri Oct 19
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You can watch the whole box set on tv player.
I've got that on Freesat.
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,
6:01 Fri Oct 19
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Eddie Murphy’s remains are in scary spice.
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terry-h
6:00 Fri Oct 19
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Audie Murphy can be found at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
I don't know where Eddie Murphy's remains are.
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