My Grandpappy came over to England in WW2 just to get a pair of boots. According to him he & his friends all joined up just to get the boots & uniform I think they were from the Algonquin tribe.
My Grandpappy came over to England in WW2 just to get a pair of boots. According to him he & his friends all joined up just to get the boots & uniform I think they were from the Algonquin tribe.
although ur reply to author @lucylin, please let me just say, in wartime, the most incredible things occur with average folks. I had kin who joined to fight for varied reasons. One uncle went airborne so he could make a little more in pay, and others just to not be left behind (my uncle @ 14 - lost all his brothers... four, save one, two came home). I knew another who was rejected by Army Air Corps (not the right stuff) so he flew for Canada, become an ace in Europe. Army AC enlisted him to fight in the Pacific after VE was declared . he trained on British Tiger Moths and flew P40s, P47s. And some who joined for just three square meals. And your Grandpa did he duty I am sure. The greatest generation all those men and women...we owe them...much.
Point taken & it's a good one. Though I think If my grandpa had the knowledge I have now I think he might have stayed at home. In Britain now most people are driving German or Japanese cars & shop at German supermarkets. Over half our manufacturing has been moved to Asia for cheap labour makes me wonder why we just didn't surrender to the Germans in the first place. They would never of taught us to speak German as a nation we are too stupid to learn a new language. As for Americans learning Japanese that would be even more far fetched.
Hitler actually improved the German economy before the war & was sending the Jews to Palestine before the war started which seems to be exactly where they want to be now. Chamberlain the British P.M who declared war on Germany made a mistake in my opinion he should have taken one of the many peace offerings that Hitler sent he actually considered Britain an ally. Russia invaded Poland the same time that Germany did & Britain chose sides if it had been the other way round & we chose Germany as our ally the US would have joined us & communism would be a thing of the past. The Jews would have got the land they wanted everyone a winner. Even the Japs would have been on our side they would never had bombed pearl Harbour & would have controlled East Asia instead so we would have no North Korean problem. of course hindsight is a wonderful thing. Never mind no going back now. We will just put on our German Adidas sneakers jump in our Volkswagen's & pop down Lidl or Aldi for some shopping or we could have an Asian takeaway then sit back & watch our Sony TVs or play with our Japanese computer or phone.
Britain owns nothing now it killed the British empire even Jaguar, Mini & Bentley are owned by the Germans. We accused the Germans of propaganda & got sold up the river by our own governments BS. Hitler primarily wanted to end communism & take the land back that got stolen off of Germany because they started the first war although ironically it was actually Serbia a communist nation (Russia's little brother) that started the first war.
https://steemit.com/funny/@professorhobo/what-if-world-war-one-was-a-pub-brawl
why, its almost as if the powers that really be, needed a war to reshape the global map....mmmmmm
Much to chew on there mate... let me think on it, I am a tad weary....old dude. :)