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    Afro-Caribbean RAF Ground crew

    I read somewhere that many of he men who came to Britain on the Empire Windrush had already served in Britain as RAF ground crew during WWII, including the Battle of Britain. Does anyone know anything about his?
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    Jewish PoWs

    A question, I hope doesn't turn nasty. How were American and British Jews treated if captured by German forces during WWII?
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    Not politicaly correct But...

    Possibly one of the funnyest things I have ever seen on You Tube. Google: Hitler gets banned from Jethro tull concert. Wow. Just.. Wow
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    When did the penny drop?

    A rather fundamental question, I suppose: At what point did the German military leadership begin to think that they had lost the War? And what plans had they in place to do anything about it?
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    The end of Vichy

    Does anyone know which Allied troops actually took the town of Vichy?
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    Hard cheese

    I don't know if anyone here can assist, as many of you are on the Western side of the Atlantic, and I have a north-west European question. But as a Fedorista, here I am. As part of the Waterloo 200 commemorations next year, many re-enactors will be going to Belgium for an event. My...
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    I was Monty Stubble

    A link from Good old Aunty Beeb: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-27487717>. Monty's interpreter has passed away aged 91.
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    Tough jeans

    Okay. I've never posted on this bit of the Lounge before, wandering about, somewhat drunkenly, in the WWII parts of the Bar. But, I have a problem that, I hope someone can help solve. I really wreck trousers. Honestly, the knees go within a few weeks and even down below where a chap has...
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    WWII German army organisation

    One of those questions that comes to you while staring out the window doing the washing up. Did "Austrians" and "Germans" serve in separate units during the Second World War, or was it assumed that the two nationalities where one, and thus served together? Were there "Austrian" only units?
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    Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

    As a Brit I know the quote "Freedom of Speech does not mean the freedom to shout "Fire" in a crowded theatre". I've come across another today, even more useful in this day and age: "The freedom to swing one's arms ends where the other man's nose begins". How influential in terms of law...
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    The man with the pipe and overcoat: Ch Ins Maigret

    I'm a fan, as I find the books as very atmospheric. I can follow Maigret around Paris quite easily. My partner, though has never read one. Any idea of which one would be the best to get (I don't own any at home)? Something baased in Paris, and very noir, please.
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    Feeding the Free-European forces

    I'll probably also put this on the Connoseurs thread as well, but........... I have been wondering what spices were availible on Britain during the War. I would imagine that the free-Czecks, and Poles might want various spices, plus Indian army, and so forth. Does anyone have any idea...
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    13eme DBLE

    For those in the know that means The "Allied" unit of the French Foriegn Legion in WWII. I am hoping to begin re-enacting the unit, and I am fairly clear on the kit, and the history of the unit, but I am still a bit unsure on a few facts. So perhaps you chaps and Ladies could assist...
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    Pumpkin

    One for our American friends, from a Brit. What pumpkin recipies would you recommend for a small dinner party? Sweet and savoury, please. And a question of idiom: Why do people say "As American as apple pie" when pretty much every apple-growing nation has apple pie (Britain...
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    War Poets of WWII

    My Mum is into poetry and has been looking at war poetry from WWII. I wondered what American war poetry there was, as well as British? And on another tangent what German, Italian and Japinese poetry there is in translation?
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    A new Fedorista

    The Hairy Bloke and Kishtu are very pleased to announce the birth of their son: William Geoffrey (hereafter known as "Wigglesworth"). I suppose it is a metaphorical tab behind the bar, and cigars all round. All the best The Hairy Bloke
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    'Phoning the bank

    I had to 'phone the bank this evening. I will have to 'phone them tomorrow evening. I found tonights ordeal made easier by a pint of Fuller's Discovery, a "blonde" beer simillar to some of the Belgian wheat beers (Hoegarten etc). What tipples would connoisseurs suggest for tommorrow?

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