World War II

[JimW]

Nice feature on the AP site about some of the women serving in UK forces during the war, with links to a few individual stories, such as this codebreaker who learned German as a child from refugees working on the family farm: Pat Owtram used her language skills to listen in on German U-boats during WWII
Main article:

Barred from combat, women working as codebreakers, cartographers and coxswains helped D-Day succeed

The history of the D-Day invasion that changed the course of World War II is often told through the stories of the men who fought and died when the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944.

apnews.com

 

[manji]

Spent the afternoon watching "Occupied City" at the DocHouse..

Occupied City — Modern Films

It's a fascinating account of Amsterdam during the war, the Jewish deportations, and the resistance, with footage taken from COVID-19 onwards.

It’s on Amazon Prime. I’m going to watch it. Thanks.

 

[Idris2002]

Inspired by a post petee made on the DVD thread

 

[Hollis]

Took a day trip up to Bletchley a couple weeks back... amazing to think there's folk still alive who were there during the war.

 

[Chz]

Took a day trip up to Bletchley a couple weeks back... amazing to think there's folk still alive who were there during the war.

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Bletchley is a great day out for anyone with a slight interest in history or general geekiness. Heck, the museum of computing was closed when we went (devastated!) but we still got a whole day in wandering around Bletchley Park anyhow, with kids in tow.

 

[davesgcr]

Took a day trip up to Bletchley a couple weeks back... amazing to think there's folk still alive who were there during the war.

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Back in 1998 when I was local Operations Manager for North London Railways , I got one of our class 31's named "Bletchley Park - Station X" - and we got some "connected" ladies along for the occassion , and they were really superb company and a pleasure to meet them.