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NtEMegathon - Ah Dresden - same old same old. This video is about engine noise. If I want to know about what it felt like to be on the receiving end of a bombing raid I ask my relatives, or a friend in Cologne. Don't forget the USAAF Bombers! They were scheduled to fly in first but due to bad we...

The turrets are not replying and the guns look as if they are freely swinging - safe to say the gunners are wounded or dead. Next target - the engines. But at least the B-17 had two pilots, unlike the Lancs which had only one (to save money on wages).

My mum's boyfriend was one of the three survivors.By the time he returned to Liverpool she was wearing a black crepe arm band in his memory!He was reported KIA again, so she rewore the black crepe arm band but he arrived on her doorstep.The third time he was torpedoed he was Killed in Action.Mum ...

@Slemoster-the lack of hate & bragging is possibly due to being an older female (is that ageist & sexist, I can't tell any more?!).Being female might colour my view of wars & imperialism.If the English peasants knew that more of their ancestors died of disease & malnourishment than ever died on a...

@broadband0118 - pressed the wrong button :) None of us have forgotten our gran was a mill girl (aged 12) in Burnley, so remember not all Southerners are Tory toffs.Coe comes across as slimey & the ££ would be better spent on Youth Clubs & Community Projects etc.But we've been appallingly governe...

Those smart police uniforms of the 60s were not stab proof!!! And police officers now have to carry soooo much equipment. And, yes, they need Hi-Viz, so the ........ which run them over can't say they didn't see the officer as a defence. They are aware the uniforms are not smart, so it must be...

Children!Let's look again.I think these are British Legion flag bearers (possibly including a vet or two) led by No 2 Co Grenadier Guards (Nijmegen Company), followed by US soldiers, followed by some of their vets.The marching style between the two countries is quite different.No other soldiers c...

@Youc4ntsh00t - you're as offensive as you're uninformed.YOU might consider the ceremonial uniforms of my soldiers in horrible taste (jackass?), I do not.Neither do most of my countrymen.I hope you've been as insulting and ignorant on the sites featuring the ceremonial uniforms of the Danish, Nor...

Grandeur Francaise is winding up you Scots. Buried in blankets? They couldn't keep up with the demand for coffins, so not only the Scots were buried in blankets. That excellent General Sir John Moore was buried in his cloak, so no disgrace. Seems the Frog has forgotten that the Scots fought in ...

I want this played at the end of my funeral ..... plenty of Swing Music. If my son allows Celine Dion or Witney Houston to be played I will haunt him!!!! He's been warned. Swing, Andrews Sisters even Big Bottomed Girls, then down the pub for a few pints of Spifire:)

Brass band!! BRASS BAND!!!!!!!! These are the massed bands of the British Guards. Are you foreign, sir?????? I can think of no other excuse. The Trooping of the Colour is one of the most impressive displays in Europe. Brass!!!!!!

May not be the time nor the place to say, but I've chosen this for my funeral. Hopefully, it will set the mood and not offend the Believers (well, she'll be in the coffin:)), the Not-sures and What's All This Crap Brigade. I hope it will bring some calm, peace and hope - not to mention introduc...

@saintben2008 - after being dragged a short way, the soldier freed his foot, lurched to his feet, staggered to the side of the road & stood at attention for the rest of the parade.Had he remained motionless on the ground there were enough medics around to deal with him.He is a professional soldie...

On another video the rider said they had rehearsed many times but never with the bells banging away.The horse really played up - rearing, backing out of line etc. When they finally moved off the horse was hyped up. It slipped on the road surface - the camber could have been quite steep - consider...

Jonathan9163 - the speeches were honest (certainly compared with Hitler's) which would have been appreciated by the British of the period & also very stirring.The latter was vital given the enemy was less than 20 miles away.We know Churchill was sentimental, racist, anti-female suffrage etc etc b...

@malcolmwesson - like much in our country, the Police Officer "leading" the parade symbolises that we are not a military dictatorship and that "civilians" are in charge of our democracy. Only a symbol. And very easy to sneer. But we should be grateful for what we have compared with so many oth...

@alarik36 - you're not calling Gillian Anderson an "old dog" are you:) They are certainly cute looking little dogs - slightly longer in the muzzle than a Corgi? Queen Liz loves Corgis, does the Swedish Queen have a palace full of those little dogs. I have a retired Greyhound, but would've loved a...

@Lola6920 - I had him down as antipodean (I thought New Zealand).As an Englishwoman, living in England I can assure you the "average" person in the street would not answer much better. And the younger those questioned, the fewer correct answers which is terrifying when you think of the boiling ca...

The Bruce certainly had single minded determination (in common with other Normans) - he could smell the prize of a Throne.

@Beaker11000 - I fully understand you are a proud people, so are the ordinary English in a different way.We admire & appreciate the Scottish military contribution over the centuries (tho' I gather you no longer like being called Jocks?) but we are sick to death of the continual harping on about E...

Read the title properly.Over each country is written how THEY view us British e.g. Spain thinks of us as drunken tourists, the Baltic States think of Britain as a Job Centre, Scandinavia laughs at the dark roots of our blondes, the Turks want to come to open another kebab shop etc.It's funny (Eng...

I live in the land of crap food, ugly women & alcoholics. But, being English, I can see MrGGG64's point. Anyway, I laughed like a drain. But HOW do French women stay so slim with the best food in the world. If there's an Anglophile Frenchman out there who can cook, I can eat..... And I don't g...

To think I used to watch these guys in Richmond (England) and such places 50 years ago .... brilliant! Still making me smile after all these decades.

@terenceoneil713 - Britain was broke.Money was needed to found the Welfare State which we more than deserved after centuries of being used to invade foreign countries to enrich the very few.India etc fought for independence, we'd a huge loan to repay & US was given rent-free many bases around the...

For whatever reason that horse is dangerous. I suspect it might have had to be put down, as it would be too risky to sell him (even outside the racing world).

@MAXTHEASTARTES - do the words Hanover (Brunswick-Luneberg) and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha give you a clue? Not to mention Battenburg. After 50+ Roman Catholics were deemed unsuitable for the job, George was invited over, so he brought some his favourite tunes:) As for Phil the Greek!!

Long, long ago when I was young my father (exBEA aircrew) preferred I flew only with certain European airlines - his own, KLM and Lufthansa :) He always said the Ground Crew (maintenance) was vital - did he know something about procedures at Paris airports?

Ah the Revisionist Historians out in force over this one! Nigger came from the Latin for Black. I remember a paint colour Nigger Brown (much darker than Donkey Brown)! My father had a black Rear Gunner called Snowy. Black & Whites flew together in the RAF (unlike US), but the RAF mixed ranks air...

This is subtle - Phil the Greek, Chenobyl, Tax Avoidance industry reduced to penknives, Open Pool (tideless Med), Gibraltar (saved Allies arse in WW2), so of course they know exactly where Poland is.For the English, .... start at Calais, they're deliberately winding you up:( In 1940 The Channel s...

@3tangle3 Let's set the record straight-the German parasites care only for their own class they don't give a shit about the English (let alone Celts).My ancestors were either starving farm labourers or working in cotton mills at 12 but Celts & people north of Watford always assume I'm a rich, Tor...

Good grief!!!!! Strange he didn't seem to know (unlike his partner) any of the hymns at the Royal Wedding - bad show for a musician.

Mr Davy is a white man who has not been stripped of everything in Zimbabwe and is "thriving".Should we ask why? Ms Davy supposedly advised Harry to wear the Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party! Interesting. Harry supposedly hates England & isn't happy being a Prince.Well, carry on lad (with some ...

As my old dad used to say "Some mileage on that - twice round the block".

Whoops! Crossed wires. It happens. She smiled at him, she didn't glare at him. Do you know how rare it is for the old girl to smile like that - her visit to Ireland was a revelation to us in England. Everybody managed but I expect someone, somewhere got a rocket! It won't happen again ha ha

@Glinkaism1 - on a recruitment campaign are you? One nasty little paragraph has undone much work by our local Catholic priests. Good job. Pope would be proud.

Goodness there's some angry, self righteous people on here! 15 or so years ago I used to drive my young daughter through the English countryside to her riding lessons & we sang this at full volume. How incongruous was that! I'm well into my 60s, so I remember The Beatles very well. I've never...

Any reason why a Scottish (Highland) Regiment doesn't have a Highland Pony as a mascot. They are stunning - especially the Dun coloured - and are far nicer tempered than those wicked little Shetland .......?