silversurfer1947 wrote:I have just come back from the D Day commemorations. As part of it, we visited a small out of the way military cemetery. As we were going in, there was a line of young school children just coming out. It turned out they they had been to the cemetery to place a dove of peace on every grave, British and German. There is a huge appreciation of the sacrifice made to free them from tyranny, even several generations removed.
Good. But what about this, Richard?- The Carrefour shopping chain produced this commemorative bag for D-Day:
Notice anything unusual about it? Well, not only is the Union Jack missing from Gold beach, but the British flag has been replaced by the French tricolor on Sword beach
The British made the largest contribution, in terms of troop numbers (73,000), on D-Day... with a tiny contingent of French (less than 200?).
https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/norman ... dy-landing
Is this because of the ancient animus between the British and the French, or Brexit, perhaps? For the nation that waved the white flag after a few weeks, despite having a larger army, and more tanks than the Germans, this is indeed a new and shameless low. While we live in an age where history is busily re-written to conform with PC narratives, this is an example of blatant bias and revisionism!!