Like many of you here I’m an avid history buff, especially military history, and no conflict has shaped the world quite like The Second World War.
It is an all encompassing war that saw some countries rise to greatness while others descended into madness.
Even though most of the generation that fought this war, on all sides, are now gone the effects of the war can still be felt today. From the initial causes of the war to the start of the nuclear age there’s so much to unpack from this conflict.
This thread is intended to discuss and debate any and all aspects of WWII.
From technology and weapons to the battles, tactics and politics of the day please feel free to post.
I find stories from relatives to be especially poignant so I’ll share mine.
My grandfather Jim served with Battery C 554th Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion.
As I got older and was getting into history I decided to do some research. As luck would have it I was able to locate the battle history of his battalion from Boot Camp and D-Day to The Battle of the Bulge and the push into Germany.
He was never one to talk openly about his experiences but he wasn’t against talking about what he went through.
One particular passage described his unit being strafed in the Normandy area by a BF-109 on D-Day +22. When I asked him about it my always happy go lucky pop commented:
“Yeah, I remember that son of a bitch, he couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn.”
A funny reaction to a terrifying scenario I guess.
Thanks in advance for your stories and interest fellas.
Oh and of course OP is a……
It is an all encompassing war that saw some countries rise to greatness while others descended into madness.
Even though most of the generation that fought this war, on all sides, are now gone the effects of the war can still be felt today. From the initial causes of the war to the start of the nuclear age there’s so much to unpack from this conflict.
This thread is intended to discuss and debate any and all aspects of WWII.
From technology and weapons to the battles, tactics and politics of the day please feel free to post.
I find stories from relatives to be especially poignant so I’ll share mine.
My grandfather Jim served with Battery C 554th Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion.
As I got older and was getting into history I decided to do some research. As luck would have it I was able to locate the battle history of his battalion from Boot Camp and D-Day to The Battle of the Bulge and the push into Germany.
He was never one to talk openly about his experiences but he wasn’t against talking about what he went through.
One particular passage described his unit being strafed in the Normandy area by a BF-109 on D-Day +22. When I asked him about it my always happy go lucky pop commented:
“Yeah, I remember that son of a bitch, he couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn.”
A funny reaction to a terrifying scenario I guess.
Thanks in advance for your stories and interest fellas.
Oh and of course OP is a……