My home town, U-Boats and the 2 World Wars

[Aktungbby]

Of some interest perhaps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bushell "Falling back on his legal background to represent his scheme, Bushell called a meeting of the Escape Committee in the camp and not only shocked those present with its scope, but injected into every man a passionate determination to put every energy into the escape. He declared,

"Everyone here in this room is living on borrowed time. By rights we should all be dead! The only reason that God allowed us this extra ration of life is so we can make life hell for the Hun... In North Compound we are concentrating our efforts on completing and escaping through one master tunnel. No private-enterprise tunnels allowed. Three bloody deep, bloody long tunnels will be dug - Tom, Dick and Harry. One will succeed!" The simultaneous digging of these tunnels would become an advantage if any one of them were discovered by the Germans, because the guards would scarcely imagine that another two could be well under way. The most radical aspect of the plan was not merely the scale of the construction, but also the sheer number of men that Bushell intended to pass through these tunnels. Previous attempts had involved the escape of anything up to a dozen or twenty men, but Bushell was proposing to get over 200 out, As the mastermind of the Great Escape, Bushell inherited the codename of "Big X"."

[fender2610]

Lucky ! Your hometown not only has a great history and scenic beauty, it also is the home of true Heroes and patriots









Weird Al grew up in my hometown, Lynwood California. That's it.
I'll trade you, yours for mine. How about it?

[GoldenRivet]

To be addressed by Douglas Bader would have been an event I would have appreciated very much.

Great read, thanks for sharing

[Von Tonner]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

To be addressed by Douglas Bader would have been an event I would have appreciated very much.

Great read, thanks for sharing

It truly was GoldenRivet. I will never forget him walking up the steep short three steps to get onto the stage to talk to us. Having read his history one held ones breath. What he said to us youngsters was truly inspiring - he was a giant amongst men.

[Von Tonner]

Originally Posted by fender2610

Lucky ! Your hometown not only has a great history and scenic beauty, it also is the home of true Heroes and patriots









Weird Al grew up in my hometown, Lynwood California. That's it.
I'll trade you, yours for mine. How about it?

Yes it is true, I live in an unbelievable town but you live in a great country fender2610

[Akula]

My Goodness, this is very interesting indeed. I never knew all of this and my mother lives there!

Thanks for the delightful historic tidbits. Love to read stuff like this.

Regards,
G