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Ojc

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13th Jul 11 at 11:58

Past couple of weeks I've been here

Last night I went here

Wow what an eerie place the woods are

The woods you can see, that is the far left of where Easy Company were dug in, the road you can just about make up would be the northern end of their defence positon, as the road curves around that is just about the edge of where they were, so it wasn't a massive position at all. As you drive further down you can see where the Germans would have been and the clearling that if you have watched Band of Brothers is where the Volks Grendadier division came through to attack them.

I did wander to the edge of the woods but got spooked when I got to the tree line and heard something run away and when I turned on my torch heard a faint mummering of "don't"

Fuck that, it's literally in the middle of no where I was lucky to have come across it as easily as I did.

Then Remagen bridge

Brett

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13th Jul 11 at 12:04

Pics work fine.

You heard something say "don't"?

Ojc

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13th Jul 11 at 12:08

I heard something, I could make out foxholes but it was about 9.30 and getting darker and darker if I'd walked in to where they were by the time I got there it would have been pitch black, I didn't fancy going somewhere where there people had recently lost their lives and had limbs removed by shells blasting the trees to pieces and showering them in splinters.

Brett

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13th Jul 11 at 12:11

Sounds like you were really in the moment tbh

Nath

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13th Jul 11 at 12:12

Sounds like you were on coke tbh.

Ojc

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13th Jul 11 at 12:13

If you haven't anything good to say regarding my trips to WW2 battlefields please don't comment.

Kind Regards

Ojc

Nath

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13th Jul 11 at 12:14

Dear Ojc,

STFU

Kind regards,

Nath

Jake

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13th Jul 11 at 12:20

quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
I heard something, I could make out foxholes but it was about 9.30 and getting darker and darker if I'd walked in to where they were by the time I got there it would have been pitch black, I didn't fancy going somewhere where there people had recently lost their lives and had limbs removed by shells blasting the trees to pieces and showering them in splinters.

you wouldnt be any good in wwIII would you

Ojc

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13th Jul 11 at 12:22

No I don't pretend to be Steve with his military training

willay

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13th Jul 11 at 12:23

sick

Ojc

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13th Jul 11 at 12:26

Bastogne is about 20 minutes from Spa.

Remagan is about 30 minutes from Adenau.

That road that takes you towards Brunnchen car park, stay on it all the way to Remagen, wonderful road.

Jambo

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13th Jul 11 at 12:28

Amazing post. Thanks Ollie.

It would shit me up too, really puts it into perspective when you realise that the line and the tide of the advance was such a small area covered by so few.

RIP to the fallen

3CorsaMeal

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13th Jul 11 at 12:36

it was probably a hairy german girl having anal that told you not to come any further.

i bet ojc has been on the edge of some famous german dogging spot

spencer88

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13th Jul 11 at 12:37

I have been to Ypres and done a military ceremony thing to remember the dead. Truely amazing place to visit and very heart wrenching to see the massive fields of graves. Menin Gate (where they do the ceremony)in Ypres has 10,00's of names of dead soldiers.

[Edited on 13-07-2011 by spencer88]

Ojc

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13th Jul 11 at 12:38

Turn the sound off

http://youtu.be/xmGcBZmfHjo

Steve

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13th Jul 11 at 12:39

What did Sarah Ashfield think of this?

Russ

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13th Jul 11 at 12:47

excellent, i went a few years ago to the WW1 battefields, then on to Ypres, (sp). beautiful town with one hell of a memory for the ones who never came home

Ojc

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13th Jul 11 at 12:48

Just to add to the scene and chaos

http://youtu.be/iXCzC9aJaPU

spencer88

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13th Jul 11 at 12:51

quote:
Originally posted by Russ
excellent, i went a few years ago to the WW1 battefields, then on to Ypres, (sp). beautiful town with one hell of a memory for the ones who never came home

They hold a small ceremony every night as a thank you to the British fighters who gave their lives.

Ojc

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13th Jul 11 at 12:52

http://youtu.be/Y9F1szmKOa8

Ojc

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13th Jul 11 at 12:53

The memorial at Bastogne chimes every 15 minutes

Russ

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13th Jul 11 at 12:53

Have you been to the Menin Gate Ollie? thousands of names etched onto the wall of people who were never found who had fought for the British Empire. They've played the last post at 8pm every day since the end of WW1, the only time they didnt was when the town was under German rule, and on liberation day, they started again

Ojc

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13th Jul 11 at 12:55

No but there is a memorial in Belgium I need to go to where my grand grandfathers name is etched

spencer88

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13th Jul 11 at 12:55

Fuck me: Found footage of it