And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, September 3, 2021
The youngest daughter just sent me this from the city she's visiting. Name it if you can.
Copenhagen. Worked there with Boeing and Scandinavian Airlines many years ago. Beautiful city, wonderful people.
I recall, from the local Resistance Museum, that the city was pretty much untouched in WWII as the Germans wanted Denmark to be a "little brother" nation illustrating the benefits of being part of the Greater Reich, and Britain having primary area jurisdiction over that AO. The only real damage was done when groups of Mosquito fighter bombers attacked the Gestapo HQ downtown. Resistance fighters were being held on the upper floors and the plan was to bomb the lower floors to give them the chance to escape. The first wave was partially successful except that one plane was shot down and crashed near a school. The second wave, mistaking the burning wreckage for the target site bombed the school killing many children, teachers, and onlookers. Most of the fighters got away, though. See here about Operation Carthage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Carthage#:~:text=Operation%20Carthage%2C%20on%2021%20March%201945%2C%20was%20a,and%20the%20torture%20of%20Danish%20citizens%20during%20interrogations.
Prague?
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ReplyDeleteCopenhagen. Worked there with Boeing and Scandinavian Airlines many years ago. Beautiful city, wonderful people.
ReplyDeleteI recall, from the local Resistance Museum, that the city was pretty much untouched in WWII as the Germans wanted Denmark to be a "little brother" nation illustrating the benefits of being part of the Greater Reich, and Britain having primary area jurisdiction over that AO. The only real damage was done when groups of Mosquito fighter bombers attacked the Gestapo HQ downtown. Resistance fighters were being held on the upper floors and the plan was to bomb the lower floors to give them the chance to escape. The first wave was partially successful except that one plane was shot down and crashed near a school. The second wave, mistaking the burning wreckage for the target site bombed the school killing many children, teachers, and onlookers. Most of the fighters got away, though. See here about Operation Carthage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Carthage#:~:text=Operation%20Carthage%2C%20on%2021%20March%201945%2C%20was%20a,and%20the%20torture%20of%20Danish%20citizens%20during%20interrogations.
Leeuven Belgium or Amsterdam? Seen similar in both.
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