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Sundae · 08-04-2011, 05:15 AM

We had a discussion about the war here somewhere.
I was very much of the opinion that it was the height of bad manners for Americans not even born at the time to claim to have saved me from speaking German (this I do still believe).

But I asked my Grandad - who lived and worked through the Blitz because he was refused the chance to serve for health reasons - and he said that the Americans did save us. Note - not that they won the war, that was a joint effort. And we (Great Britain and the rest) had fought bloody hard to get to the tipping point. But that the Americans came in with all the money, the equipment, the man-power, the ammunition, the bravdo that came from not being embroiled since the start.

He and Nanny were in catering and frequently stole from the Americans because their families were so hungry. And large.

60 years after he still sees Americans as heroes.
So there you go.
He'd buy you a pint too. If he wasn't in a nursing home in Aylesbury, rather than a pub in Eastbourne.

08-04-2011, 05:15 AM	#32
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	We had a discussion about the war here somewhere. I was very much of the opinion that it was the height of bad manners for Americans not even born at the time to claim to have saved me from speaking German (this I do still believe). But I asked my Grandad - who lived and worked through the Blitz because he was refused the chance to serve for health reasons - and he said that the Americans did save us. Note - not that they won the war, that was a joint effort. And we (Great Britain and the rest) had fought bloody hard to get to the tipping point. But that the Americans came in with all the money, the equipment, the man-power, the ammunition, the bravdo that came from not being embroiled since the start. He and Nanny were in catering and frequently stole from the Americans because their families were so hungry. And large. 60 years after he still sees Americans as heroes. So there you go. He'd buy you a pint too. If he wasn't in a nursing home in Aylesbury, rather than a pub in Eastbourne.