Mikefrombelgium
Active member
The day freedom was taken away. Thank god and the allies we got it back!
This day in military history..
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
Sad thing is Mike, until the collapse of the Soviet Union, Poland didnt get their freedom back, the very reason why Britain and France declared war in the first place.
What also disgusts me, Polish troops who fought in the British Army were not invited to take part in the parade in London after the war was over. That stinks
A Can of Man
Je suis aware
Politicians... they never change.
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
WW2
3rd September 1939.
70 years ago today Britain and France declared war on Germany.
3rd September 1939.
70 years ago today Britain and France declared war on Germany.
Zastava-Arms
Banned
So much for the "Peace in our time"
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
Neville Chamberlain was an appeaser, the disgrace of handing over Czechoslovakia to Germany damaged Britain in the eyes of the world big time.
Many people in Britain at the time remembered all too well the horrors of WW1 which had only ended 21 years earlier. In some villages and towns every married woman was a widow, their men folk slaughtered on the Fields of France and Belgium. The British were quite rightly terrified of another major war, the death and destruction that goes with it.
As we all know, Hitler was a bully and one cannot appease bullies, which Winston Churchill fully understood. Despite a number of peace overtures, Winston Churchill refused to even discuss peace with Hitler.
LeEnfield
Active member
Okay we did not fight for Czechoslovakia, but we were not the only member of the League of Nations, why didn't a few of the the other countries that set it up do some thing about this. Still when Hitler got around to taking Poland we went to war which is more that a lot of countries who had signed up to the League of Nations including the country that had set up this organization
rattler
Active member
Might be interesting to read (and all contributions are *very* much welcome), we try and have a day-by-day WWII thing going here for the next 5 1/2 years... (cited msg is the SEP 4 issue):
http://www.warandtactics.com/smf/world-war-ii/it-started-september-1st-1939/msg6454/#msg6454
Rattler
Sept 5. My newspaper runs a "this date in history".
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
15th September, Battle of Britain Day
Germany attacked Stalingrad on the 15th 1942, but someone said they wanted to go day by day '39- 45 over the next 6 years. Do we want to do that, or anything on this date during the War?:?:
BritinBritain
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October 2, 1941: Heeresgruppe Mitte begins Operation Taifun, the final attack on Moscow. Heeresgruppe Süd sets out to advance against Kursk and Kharkov. Hitler, in a special order of the day, announces,"Today begins the last decisive battle of this year."
October 2, 1944: The short-lived rebellion of the Polish Home Army at Warsaw under General Bor-Komorovski is crushed. In recognition of their valor, the survivors are not treated as partisans, but as regular POWs.
October 2, 1944: The short-lived rebellion of the Polish Home Army at Warsaw under General Bor-Komorovski is crushed. In recognition of their valor, the survivors are not treated as partisans, but as regular POWs.
