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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