Comments by "" (@MrDaiseymay) on "Timeline - World History Documentaries" channel.

  1. That's one side of it, BUT, there were several other cases, where either, the parents -didn't want their children back, or, had no home to house them, or, where children didn't want, to go back ; mostly because they had a good time in the country, and /or, their carerer's loved them more. Sad on different levels.
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  2. Born in 1941, in Birmingham, my earliest memory is, sitting in my 'Push-Chair in the garden, aged about 2--3, And very fast fighter planes, whizzing overhead, very low and noisy. The Spitfire Factory at Castle Bromwhich, was only about 7 miles away. I've since learned that the very Brave Ladies of the ATA, collected the new planes, and flew them to front-line bases. maybe that's what i saw.
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  3. Virtually ALL Cities ,and major towns, where bombed.
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  4. of course, many people were from poor backgrounds, knew deprivation personally , i.e they roughed it, SO, the war shortages, mend and make do attitude , was the perfect background for survival. But harder to adjust, for better off people, prewar.
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  5. Putting aside Dowdings belief in Spiritulism, everything about this man, epitimised the true heroic image ,of the traditional British HERO. Also, I am surprised that Keith Parks brilliant organising ability ,at this crucial historic time, was not given more time here. I did not know, that both great men, had been so disgracefully treated. It seems, the familiar 'old-boy ' network, was in full flow, and no doubt, Freemasonry.
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  6. I was born in 1941, and lived about ten miles from the Spitfire factory, at Castle Bromwich, near Birmingham. At the age of 2 to 4, One of my earliest memories, is of sitting in my Pushchair, in the garden, and seeing , hearing, very noisey and fast planes, roaring over our house. With no other airfields nearby, these were without doubt, new Spitfires being tested, and /or flown, by those heroic ladies of the ATA.
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  7. And how about that little girl Mary Ellis, who had been given a 4 engine bomber to fly (instead of a spitfire ) and when she got aboard , on her own, she found a book of instructions, on how to fly the plane. As shown here ( its part of a larger film I've seen before) the snotty RAF Brass, refused to fly with a woman pilot, but he had to in the end. Mary Ellis, died earlier this year 2019, aged over 100. The last of these great brave ladies.
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  8. GREAT BRITAIN, Sheryl.
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  9.  @donyates1408  THATS THE POINT, ANYONE ACTING LIKE TURING DID, WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED. IT WAS THE LAW BACK THEN. IT'S NO GOOD SEEING THINGS THROUGH THE EYES OF A 21ST CENTURY PERSON.
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  10.  @andrewtongue7084  Well said Andrew , you're right in every way. However, there is of course, also an argument as to whether it was an American war at all, especially WW1. Some say that it was ,after all, a European war, among the Royal families, who were all linked together, and could have, should have, prevented it. As for WW2, that was a totally different scenario, against a vicious tyranny, that really did threaten the worlds freedom , and became , inevitably, a World War. That War, could not have been won without the American's vast wealth, armament production capabilities, and it's huge contribution from it's brave people. But, with the WW1 centenary last year 2018, and the 75th anniversary of 'D' Day this year, 2019. WE ALL MUST NEVER FORGET THOSE, WHO WILL NEVER GROW OLD.
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  11. My Sister in law was a WAAF girl, and thereby met her future husband , he was a Bomber Crew Member. She is still with us today, A terrific Lady , who is as bright and chatty as ever.
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  12.  @ggenergyarthurmiller5963  YES, AT FIRST, BRITAIN ENCOURAGED AMERICAN AND CANADIAN WOMEN, WHO COULD FLY, TO COME TO BRITAIN AND JOIN THE ATA. WHICH THEY DID, VERY SUCCESSFULLY. SO MUCH SO, THAT AMERICA CREATED THEIR OWN FORCE, AND THE US GIRLS WENT BACK HOME.
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  13. Nurse !! ANOTHER ONE OVER HERE
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  14.  @OldeJanner  WHO DID ? The Russians , by the millions, occupied the whole of eastern Europe at wars end, President Rooseveldt agreed to the border's, ( Churchill didn't )to save the war continuing ,and millions more lives lost AND the possibility of the A bomb being used in Europe. Tough decisions, no choices. Read your history.
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  15. pul--ease don't.
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  16. BRISTOL WAS SEVERELY BOMBED, LIKE MOST BRITISH CITIES, ESPECIALLY, BECAUSE OF THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY AT FILTON.MANY WORKER'S WERE KILLED THERE
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  17. A FIRST RATE, AND DETAILED INSIGHT, INTO THE MINDS OF TWO OF HISTORY'S MOST EVIL MONSTER'S. I NEVER STOP LEARNING ABOUT THEM, AND THEIR DESTRUCTIVE AFTERMATH
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  18.  @maureenjackson2041  i USED TO WATCH THAT, VERY WELL MADE AND INFORMATIVE.
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  19.  @Jason.cbr1000rr  YEP, make no mistake. NONE of the Chinese Politburo caught Covid, or heads of business etc etc etc etc. What does that tell us?
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  20. OVER 3000 New Zealander's took part in Vietnam, why leave them out?
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  21.  @Plevins  Historically true, but in modern terms, meaningless. As we we adopted and adapted all manner of European languages , via invasions, but mostly French.
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  22. @Janis Valanciunas Don't overlook Britains contribution in military equippment etc. Britain lost many brave men on the Convoys to Northern Russia , with material, fuel and food from both allies.
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  23. ABSOLUTELY, FROM EVERY STAND-POINT, SUCH SKILL AND BRAVERY, WILL NEVER BE REPEATED.
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  24. Can never be challenged
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  25.  @PMMagro  THE POLISH WAR COST THE NAZIS PLENTY----THOUSANDS OF TANKS AND ARTILLERY ---AND TROOPS, IT WAS NOT A WALK OVER. AND IT'S A MYTH TO SAY THE POLES SENT ONLY CAVALRY AGAINST TANKS
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  26. Completing a superb documentary perfectly.
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  27. Nothing excellerates technology, like WAR.
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  28. Yes, that was not just odd, but a serious omission.
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  29.  @williamwhitcombe6487  That's plain silly. There's a big difference between , not giving in, and being wiped out.
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  30.  @viking_nor  i'M GLAD I WATCHED THIS, BUT IT IS FULL OF OMMISSIONS AND ERRA'S. THE AMERICANS WERE SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT BRITAIN HAD INVENTED THE FIRST ( PART RE-PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTER ) TWO YEARS BEFORE THEM, AND---THERE'S WASNT AT ALL REPROGRAMMABLE, WITHOUT ALMOST DISMANTLING THE WHOLE MACHINE.
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  31.  @ivareskesner2019  the reluctance to accept the design, was due to it being made of wood, in an era, that had already switched to metal ,not because there wasn't surficient metal, the government would have asked them to make a few metal ones, if that was the case. DeHavilland had alread made super-fast planes out of wood. thaty equals lightness, and more speed.
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  32. ARE YOUWATCHING, ALL YOU LEFTY LIBERALS, WHO BANG-ON ENDLESSLY ABOUT POOR DRESDEN ?
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  33. YEAH ?? tell me about it
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  34. Although seeing the GREAT Mark Hanna's contribution, was a reminder of his incredible abilities, and contributions over his short life, it was also highly poignant, and very sad.
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  35. That short clip at 50.30 shows Park Street Bristol, with the University Tower at the top of the Hill, and US troops marching down towards the City Center. Which had been heavily bombed.
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  36. OLIVIA
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  37. a bit deaf are we?
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  38. and true
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  39. WHAT A DAFT COMMENT---HOW CAN YOU SEPERATE THE TWO, NEITHER IS OF USE WITHOUT THE OTHER. STAY OF THE CIDER MATE
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  40.  @stevenhoman2253  That's far to rigid. We will never know, but, look at the benefits it gave the RAF. OR, what would be the scenario, without those benefits? WHEN were the planes coming? WHAT direction? WHAT formations? WHAT speed ? All this info, decided the size of our response, and when. The Luftwaffe Pilot 's main complaint was--'They were always there, waiting for us''. it was very disconcerting for them. We, didn't have to keep planes on patrol all the while, and THEY were often at their maximum range, for fuel. THOSE RADAR FACTS ARE, the winning benefits.
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  41.  @loisreese2692  Don't get your knickr's in a twist, benedict Cucumber patch didn't die.
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  42. NOTHING TO ADD---SPOT ON
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  43.  @markmh835  GO BACK TO SLEEP, YOU SILLY PERSON
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  44. GET YOURSELF A BOOK---OR SIX
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  45. BIG QUESTION; given that the Soviets had beaten the Americans into Space, in the middle of the cold War, and the huge advantage in propaganda over their hated rivals. WHY didn't the Soviets spill the beans about the fake Moon project? After all, THEY failed many times and lost several Cosmanauts, including women. ANSWER---the CIA found out that Yuri Gagarin's --'FIRST MAN IN SPACE'' was ALSO FAKE. a BBC TV documentary a few years ago, had 3 former Soviet Rocket Scientists, with original film, told how Gagarin was 'officially'' chosen, because he was a young and good looking Jet Fighter Pilot, and would make better propaganda, around the world. ONLY, he wasn't very good, so they faked his take-off. Climbing into the Module waving, and out a secret back exit, and driven away. His roll was taken be a senior, older cosmanaut . SO--the deal was --you keep schtum and so will we. Gagarin later became a bit of a drunk, with a loose tonque, and was killed much later, in a mysterious plane crash.
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  46. agreed
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  47.  @alexcraw1010  Most uplifting, you'd have been popular during the war.
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  48. WE----SAW THAT, BUT DIDNT SEE THE POINT OF WHINGING ABOUT IT. FINDING SUITABLE MATERIAL TO TELL A STORY, THIS OLD, AIN'T EASY.
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  49. YOUR IGNORANCE, COMPLETELY NULIFIES WHAT YOU SAY. READ HIS LIFE STORY, CONCENTRATE ON HIS LAST 2 YEARS, SAVE YOUR TEARS.
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  50. Thats about the time they installed the recreated 'Collossus Computer'' Much of which WAS still classified. It's BLETCHLEY Park by the way.
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  51.  @DavidBrown-bp4iq  HE POISONED HIMSELF FOR GAWD SAKE.
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  52.  @sorenlundt3347  i'M SURE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WORKS OF REMEMBERANCE. THE CREDITS AT THE END OF THE BRITISH FILM ''BATTLE OF BRITAIN'' 1969. FROM WHICH, MANY SCENES ARE SHOWN HERE, LISTS ALL THE COUNTRY'S, WHO'S PEOPLE WHO FLEW AND DIED, IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, A VERY FAIR TRIBUTE.
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  53. I BET THEY SAID 'GOD WAS ANGRY WITH US, SO HE HAS SHOWN IT'' ITS THE CONCLUSION MADE IN 1663/4, WHEN SAMUEL PEPYS WROTE IN HIS FAMOUS DIARY, THE SEASONS WERE REVERSED, HOT IN JANUARY, COLD IN JULY /AUGUST. THE SUN WASN'T SEEN FOR 6 MONTHS. SUNSET SKIES OVER LONDON WERE BRIGHT GREEN FOR WEEKS. PARLIAMENT DEBATED IT , AND SAID IT WAS GOD'S WRATH, FOR OUR WICKEDNESS. IT SLOWLY CORRECTED ITSELF OVER 3 YRS.
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  54.  @noproblem4260  ''WHERE HAVE ALL THE FOWER'S GONE''?
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  55. he murdered himselfff
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  56. YEAH, SHAME PEOPLE CAN BE BLACKMAILED INTO GIVING AWAY STATE SECRETS BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUAL ACTIVITY INNIT ?
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  57.  @thoughts4872  He played only a small part towards the computer, The REAL geniuses don't get there just deserves, like TOMMY FLOWER'S, WHO BUILT THE WORLDS FIRST PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTER--''COLOSSUS''.
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  58. But no commonsense
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  59. Another ignoramous
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  60.  @rci_adl5486  Yes, the big obstacle, was their Navy's codes, which were much tougher to crack, and resultng in massive loss of Ships, men, and important militay goods and food. It was later on, that Bletchley cracked those codes, which made a huge difference at sea.
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  61. What is your age number 8 ?
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  62. Where? in Germany ? MARXISM SURELY
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  63. I'm used to that, so I always skip accross the screen looking for real worthy news. If I find it, i go back and follow the story again
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  64. I can only concurr with your choices. Although, both great films are the only German Films I've ever seen, but several times over.
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  65. That, of course, was not the only purpose for bombing cities. Most Large cities, had many factories, making War material of every kind. Which obviously, were 'manned' by the people. In Total war, every related item or issue , was a target. Thanks to the Aeroplane ( and Zeppelin of WW1) Wars were fought against civilians, for the first time.
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  66. They were too busy working as a TEAM with the greatest Brains in the world. Turing was only part of it.
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  67. THE REAL ISSUE-----WAS HIS CONNECTIONS WITH BRITISH ROYALS AND ARISTOCRISY, FORMENTED BY RIBBONTROP, WHILE HE WAS GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO LONDON. @oldsguy354 
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  68.  @gsaw5008  BEING SPRUNG POSSIBLY
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  69.  Chris Russell  And if my informant is correct--the greatest contributers were the US. Bush family.
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  70. DO YOUR 'CARER'S' KNOW YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT?? N-U-R-S-E- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  71.  @stuartnicklin650  THE KIND OF STUFF THE BBC USED TO BE TOPS WITH, BEFORE THEY WENT WOKE, AND NOW, HEADING FOR BROKE.
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  72. I read Turings biography years ago. MOST PEOPLE, only heard of him from that Hollywood comedy and GAYFEST ''The Imitation game'' UTTERLY PATHETIC, MOSTLY LIES..
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  73.  @mmsmam8404  and they can't touch you for it
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  74. Guilt ?
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  75. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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  76.  @hdexotic1914  Return to Disneyland, where you belong.
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  77.  Jeff Smith  YEAH--THANKS TO THE COMPLICIT SHUTDOWN OF THE TRUTH IN THE MARXIST CONTROLLED MEDIA--WORLDWIDE.
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  78.  @TeaParty1776  But they ARE the enemy, by using every tool at their disposal.
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  79. You clearly have NO knowledge of his post war activities. Read his biology and get the whole picture, I did 8 yearsago. @loisreese2692 
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  80. no you didn't
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  81.  @jamiegpersonal  NURSE !!!!!!!
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  82.  Jesus Christ  YEP. JUST STAY THERE A MINUTE -----NURSE !!!!!!!!
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  83.  @peebeedee6757  All those who fought the evil NAZIS, can take credit . WE fought together, and shared our ideas and inventions; it would have been stupid, to have fought over who had created what, instead,
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  84. NOT A BAD ANALOGY, BUT DO WATCH ''37 DAYS'', A BRILLIANT MINUTE BY MINUTE ACCOUNT OF WHAT LED UP TO WW1. A WONDERFUL BBC TV DOCUDRAMA IN 3 ONE HOUR PARTS. NOW ON DVD. ORIGINAL UNSEEN DOCUMENTS AND PERSONAL LETTERS, BY AND FROM ALL THOSE DECISION MAKER'S INVOLVED, FROM THE KAISER AND HIS WAR MAD GENERALS, TO BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY, VISCOUNT EDWARD GREY, CHURCHILL GEORGE THE 5TH AND SO ON. ALL BERILLIANTLY PLAYED OUT BY GREAT ACTORS, BRITISH AND GERMAN. YOU WILL SEE THAT THE WAR ALMOST NEVER HAPPEND, AS IT SEE--SAWS BACK AND FORTH , WITH BRITAIN TRYING DESPERATELY ,NOT TO GET INVOLVED, UNTIL THE VERY LAST MINUTE. LOOKING BACK, AND AT WHAT THE GERMANS DID, AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR BRITAIN, WE REALLY HAD NO CHOICE.
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  85.  @rnstoo1  CORRECT !! THE ATA , WAS FORMED IN 1940. BUT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WARTIME WORK, BEGAN IN WW1, WITH THE SAME ANXIETIES OVER THE MEN RETURNING FROM WAR , TO FIND THAT THE WOMEN HAD KEPT THE JOBS, A REAL THREAT, SEEING AS THE WOMEN WERE PAID A MUCH LOWER RATE THAN THE MEN, AN INSENTIVE FOR THE EMPLOYER'S ,NOT TO LET THE WOMEN GO. ANYWAY, UNEMPLOYMENT BECAME HUGE ANYWAY, ONCE THE NEED FOR ARMAMENTS ETC ETC , HAD FALLEN MASSIVELY AT WARS END.
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  86.  @tightywhitey9779  Yep--in the NUT HOUSE
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  87.  @rogerusa9696  AND, according to several gatherings over the years, of Military Historians, of ALL countries ,during WW2, allied and foe, concluded; Had Britain been invaded and lost, the Nazis would have won the war. The reasons are complex, and need seeking out, if there is doubt; BUT, just one remark, by former Soviet Union boss , Nikita Kruschev, underlines Britains Importance; In one of Kruschevs rants, at the UN, in the 60's, about Western beligerence, he warned'' On the first day, of WW3, that unsinkable Aircraft Carrier'' ( Britain), will be sunk'' ! This was a back-handed compliment, to the fact, that Britain had not only been a massive holding place, and Airstrip for US planes, AND, the jumping off point for the attack on Fortress Europe, without it, we could not have helped the Russians, ie no second front, or massive supply lines, WE ALL, would have been slaves.
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  88. Excellent. and very revealing, but also disturbing, how Britain, so often, treat's it's hero's, so badly.
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  89. forrunner of the modern multi-roll, all weather jet fighter /bomber.
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  90. There's one important fact, that often get's overlooked; In the late 1930's, Rolls Royce applied for financial help, from the government, to continue developing their new ''Merlin'' Aero engine. They turned Rolls down, stating that the alloted finances for that year, had already been spent. So RR dug deep into their own coffer's, and found enough to continue----creating the War winning engine, that had no equal. Think of the planes, that became great, as a result of that decision , by RR. DID IT WIN THE WAR?----IT WAS CERTAINLY A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. BUT THANK CHRIST MITCHELL WAS TALKED OUT OF CALLING THE SPITFIRE ''THE SHREW''.
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  91. Yoooooo Silly twisted fool. You know nothing. Go read his Biography.
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  92.  @suziecreamcheese211  THE ARABS WERE INDULGING IN EAST AFRICAN SLAVING FOR 3 ,00OYRS, STILL ARE. LONG BEFORE THE EUROPEANS DISCOVERED WEST AFRICA. THIS IS B-S PROPAGANDA MEANT TO CREATE SHAME AND GUILT WHERE THERE ISN'T ANY. HOW ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF SOUTH -WEST BRITONS AND SOUTHERN IRISH PEOPLE WHO WHERE KIDNAPPED BY ARABS IN THE 17TH CENTURY ?
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  93.  @home2039  TRUE, despite the well planned national food rationing scheme, and a monumental effort by our farming community, and 'Land Army Girls', our probability of loosing the War, through starvation, was high. Churchill wrote, in his post War Memoirs, that the only issue that scared him, was the U Boat menace. By 1943, the U Boat Fear , with great help from our US cousins, WE turned that huge danger around. BUT, WE won't forget.
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  94. RECCOMENDED
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  95. ifififififififififififififififififififififififififififififififif---if. a hollow and pointless invention. IF MY AUNT HAD BALLS, SHE'D BE MY UNCLE
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  96.  @icychillin5455  USA ?
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  97.  @grimreefer8561  NAME IT
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  98. most of Britain was; I was 6 and remember it well. the best bit was, no school. they were all shut, because all had no heating, and frozen toilets etc.
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  99.  @sprinter1832  Another joke; they had it in the early 30's. just before the British, There was a constant competition for advancement throughout the war.
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  100. Those with the REAL power, choose their Puppet
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  101. In fact---the whole of the free men and women of Europe. both here, and at great personal risk, under cover in their occupied homelands.
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  102. You can have the best detection system possible, but without top class fighter's to intercept the enemy, piloted by ''the Home Team'' the great defeat of the Luftwaffe ,would not have been possible. You cannot isolate any part of the whole, each depended on the other, it was a complete ''system''. Thanks to Hugh Dowding, and New Zealander .Sir Keith Park, who had been disgracefully neglected, these two great men, made it all possible.
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  103. YEP, EVEN THE ''TYRES'' WERE MADE OF SOLD OAK
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  104.  @johnelliott7850  same here, time to dump the junk
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  105. YEAH, BUT ONLY SINCE THE DAWN OF MAN----INNIT ?
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  106.  @dianebrady6784  well said
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  107. My Hamster Albert, could have done that
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  108.  @jread3906  yeah---how dare they have smarter brains than you
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  109. hE DID IT TO HIMSELF.
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