Aneirin -> RE: A bullet in the brain, is it questionble? (5/10/2011 2:54:21 PM)
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What they used to do here in the war, was run wagons full of oil soaked burning jute around the city, so the smoke would merge with the sea fog and hide the targets. But the Gerries just used the rivers, the Tamar and Cattewater as outside markers and dropped bombs in between those rivers, so the dockyards largely survived, it was the city that got the brunt of the blitz. Where I am sitting now on this computer, only fifty yards from me is a big WW2 fuel dump that stored enough fuel to keep the UK armed forces supplied for two days if need be, it was hit several times and beyond that a road laid by the Americans so the tanks and armoured vehicles could line up waiting for the D day landings. This place is rich in military history, with a Napoleanic fortress three minutes walk from here. We have even got a Yank here, a Normandy veteran who stayed after the war, he is fascinating to talk to down the pub, and given his age, he still has all his marbles
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