What happened in your town/city during WWII?

Linton · 10-11-06, 09:22 AM

This is a link to a map of v1 crash sites in kent:http://www.edenbridgetown.com/maps/v1.shtml

STEED · 10-11-06, 09:48 AM

What happened in your town/city during WWII?

Nothing a big fat zero.

August · 10-11-06, 09:56 AM

The last ship sunk by a U-Boat (U-853) was just off our shores.

http://www.usmm.org/blackpoint.html

PT boats and torpedos were also tested here and the first Seabee battalions were formed just down the road in Quonset RI. Pretty much the entire bay was turned into a giant Navy base for the duration.

Oberon · 10-11-06, 10:01 AM

Aaay! A Dagenham man! My Dad lives in Dagenham over near Five Elms, drives for first bus out of Dagenham depot.

Captain Nemo · 10-11-06, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

Aaay! A Dagenham man! My Dad lives in Dagenham over near Five Elms, drives for first bus out of Dagenham depot.

I'm not too far from Five Elms, I live near the Roundhouse Pub.

Nemo

Pioneer · 10-11-06, 11:04 AM

While I live in the USA now, my home town is Brisbane, Australia, and was at the core of important decisions during WW2.

Initially, after the USA entered the war, US General Douglas MacArthur was based in the Phillipnes. USA President Rooseveldt, a good friend to Doug, wanted to preserve an occupational force in a "safe" precinct. When he retreated MacArthur moved to the city of Brisbane and set up the US Theatre Headquarters, which operated from the heart of the city at the corner of Queen and Edward Street. The new building was appropiately called MacArthur Chambers, and still exists today. Brisbane residents can still recall walking by and seeing see MacArthur in the basement through the iron grills, which when I was last in brisbane still existed.

Now, more importantly, here's what DIDN'T happen in Brisbane.

The impending arrival of the Japanese scared the Australian people. Darwin was bombed, then a week later Townsville, and then the unthinkable, 2 midget submarines snuk into Sydney harbour and reeked havoc. The Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies sought advise from both MacArthur and Rooseveldt on a strategy, and The Brisbane Line was devised.

The Brisbane Line was essentially a retreat line which stretched from just north of Brisbane at a place called Wildhorse Mountain (near Moby Vic's on the Bruce Highway) to a location (that I cannot recall) west of Adelaide. This was ensure the protection of the nations capital and chief economic centres of Sydney and Melbourne. It was planned that in the event of invasion, Australian troops were retreat, and the remainder of the country handed over to the Japanese.

The implications of this retreat line, with hindsight, is unimagineable. The Australian government would have handed over the rich mineral and farming areas of the country, along with the strategic northern port of Darwin. Had the Japanese arrived, their food/land expansion process would be complete, and undoubtable, would have changed the look of the Pacific basin.

WutWuzDat · 10-11-06, 10:03 AM

We built the A-Bomb (okay, maybe I don't live in Oak Ridge, but I'm about 3 miles from Anderson county... and about 15 miles from the Oak Ridge city limits)

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	What happened in your town/city during WWII? Nothing a big fat zero. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,215 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The last ship sunk by a U-Boat (U-853) was just off our shores. http://www.usmm.org/blackpoint.html PT boats and torpedos were also tested here and the first Seabee battalions were formed just down the road in Quonset RI. Pretty much the entire bay was turned into a giant Navy base for the duration. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Aaay! A Dagenham man! My Dad lives in Dagenham over near Five Elms, drives for first bus out of Dagenham depot.

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Pioneer Stinking drunk in Trinidad Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: AU in the USA Posts: 349 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	While I live in the USA now, my home town is Brisbane, Australia, and was at the core of important decisions during WW2. Initially, after the USA entered the war, US General Douglas MacArthur was based in the Phillipnes. USA President Rooseveldt, a good friend to Doug, wanted to preserve an occupational force in a "safe" precinct. When he retreated MacArthur moved to the city of Brisbane and set up the US Theatre Headquarters, which operated from the heart of the city at the corner of Queen and Edward Street. The new building was appropiately called MacArthur Chambers, and still exists today. Brisbane residents can still recall walking by and seeing see MacArthur in the basement through the iron grills, which when I was last in brisbane still existed. Now, more importantly, here's what DIDN'T happen in Brisbane. The impending arrival of the Japanese scared the Australian people. Darwin was bombed, then a week later Townsville, and then the unthinkable, 2 midget submarines snuk into Sydney harbour and reeked havoc. The Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies sought advise from both MacArthur and Rooseveldt on a strategy, and The Brisbane Line was devised. The Brisbane Line was essentially a retreat line which stretched from just north of Brisbane at a place called Wildhorse Mountain (near Moby Vic's on the Bruce Highway) to a location (that I cannot recall) west of Adelaide. This was ensure the protection of the nations capital and chief economic centres of Sydney and Melbourne. It was planned that in the event of invasion, Australian troops were retreat, and the remainder of the country handed over to the Japanese. The implications of this retreat line, with hindsight, is unimagineable. The Australian government would have handed over the rich mineral and farming areas of the country, along with the strategic northern port of Darwin. Had the Japanese arrived, their food/land expansion process would be complete, and undoubtable, would have changed the look of the Pacific basin.