Toxteth O'Grady
I can think of no greater use of your broadband than this.
This is an awe-inspiring documentary covering the Commando raid on St Nazaire , France in World War 2. If you read it in a book you wouldn't believe it to be true.
Set aside an hour to watch one of the greatest tales of courage ever and be proud of these men.
The Greatest Raid of all time.
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Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
Absolutely brilliant.
What else can you say?
Why the fuck don't we have decent stuff like this on our television??
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Hardcore Biker
My great Uncle Bert was killed in that raid. He was in an Army Commando unit. The losses were horrendous. In some sections no one made it back alive. Makes you think aye?
Homo Sapiens Vulgaris
Very good documentary! Thanks for the link.
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Hardcore Biker
Stuff like that on the history channel all the time.
That is particulary epic however.
The 2nd-most bad arse KBer.
That was good.
Then I could get a Kb Tshirt, move to Timaru and become a full time crossdressing faggot
Average trowel is average!
That was bloody epic.
Originally Posted by John Banks
Homo Sapiens Vulgaris
I couldn't help but chuckle a bit and recall a well known scene from Monty Python when they talked about the fella who, during the disembarkment from the destroyer, cheered the other guys on after he had one of his legs blown off...
...but then you think about it a bit... Nothing but respect for the men who put their lives on the line that night!
It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat
Irritant
Wasn't there a film made about this?
Born to be mild
Um yeah. It was on about three Sunday mornings ago infact.
Grow older but never grow up
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
Yes........
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Irritant
Anyone got a copy?
Only found one torrent.. and nobody seeding
Hardcore Biker
Yes and lessons learned after this helped out in the D-Day landings. Great doco.
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If you are interested in the rehersals for "D Day" do some research on the 'Dieppe Raids" Frightening when you look at it from today's perspective.
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I read a book (Tumult in the clouds) by an American fighter pilot who was involved with the air cover for that operation. He could not believe the waste and is of the opinion that an attack on the Channel Islands would have been wiser. This would have met the "needs" of intelligence gathering and also would have provided a forward base of operations in addition to an alternative airfield for damaged allied aircraft.
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