Describe Something You Have Learned
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Re: Describe Something You Have Learned
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I never knew about this too, and it made more sense reading about it. Actually, I don't think I've ever heard of the phrase "giving someone flak"...so not only I learned from the book, but here too! Thank you for that.Kia wrote:One thing I learned that was kinda random was about flak. I've heard the expression "giving someone flak" but I never stopped to think about the fact that flak was a real thing. I suppose all expressions have to come from somewhere. Kinda a "oooooooh" moment for me.
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Yeah, it's not a hugely popular expression. It might also be a Canadian thing? Language is funny like that. We both speak English but the English we speak is not exactly the same.hsimone wrote:I never knew about this too, and it made more sense reading about it. Actually, I don't think I've ever heard of the phrase "giving someone flak"...so not only I learned from the book, but here too! Thank you for that.
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Hm..maybe? It is funny how the English language varies from place to place.Kia wrote:Yeah, it's not a hugely popular expression. It might also be a Canadian thing? Language is funny like that. We both speak English but the English we speak is not exactly the same.hsimone wrote:I never knew about this too, and it made more sense reading about it. Actually, I don't think I've ever heard of the phrase "giving someone flak"...so not only I learned from the book, but here too! Thank you for that.
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Me too! I never realized that could happen until I read that. My uncle was in the Air Force and he never mentioned that. I can't imagine how scary that would've been.hsimone wrote:I know the feeling!
One thing that stuck out to me was the fact that the men could easily have died in the plane by frostbite, lack of oxygen and/or clogging up their oxygen tubes with frozen spit. In other words, war in it of itself is scary and death could be lurking around the corner, but the journey across was just as dangerous!
I haven't heard about that documentary, but it sounds very interesting and informational. I'll have to check it out. Thank you for sharing!
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hsimone wrote:I know the feeling!
One thing that stuck out to me was the fact that the men could easily have died in the plane by frostbite, lack of oxygen and/or clogging up their oxygen tubes with frozen spit. In other words, war in it of itself is scary and death could be lurking around the corner, but the journey across was just as dangerous!
I haven't heard about that documentary, but it sounds very interesting and informational. I'll have to check it out. Thank you for sharing!
What we learn from every war is important. Sometimes it is a medical breakthrough or other wonderful or not so wonderful knowledge.
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- The tours of duty for the Bombardiers during the war were based on a minimum number of missions, not length of time. Since missions were often scrubbed due to bad weather and other reasons, this just lengthened the time until the men could go home. Even injuries would delay the time to go home - for example, Howard couldn't go fly for a while due to his basketball injury. The tours started as a minimum of 25 missions and increased to 30 and then 35.
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- More than 1 million British civilians were relocated to England's rural countryside to keep them safe during the London bombings. Many were children who were moved without their parents.
- The pilots and their crew were so young. It was mind boggling to think about such young men dealing with such dangerous air missions.
- As others have noted, the horrible conditions in the planes - the frostbite due to most of the planes not even being heated.
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I was totally blown away by the conditions on the plane at that time. I ended up pausing my reading to google army plane conditions in the modern world... now we have a lot of bells and whistles that could do serious damage.. but man.. what a difference to do the actual comparison!hsimone wrote:I know the feeling!
One thing that stuck out to me was the fact that the men could easily have died in the plane by frostbite, lack of oxygen and/or clogging up their oxygen tubes with frozen spit. In other words, war in it of itself is scary and death could be lurking around the corner, but the journey across was just as dangerous!
I haven't heard about that documentary, but it sounds very interesting and informational. I'll have to check it out. Thank you for sharing!
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I totally agree. This book gave me a much better understanding of the conditions in Europe during WWII, including the Resistance and what the locals and POW's experienced.CrescentMoon wrote:This book was extremely enlightening for me. Most of the history I know involve major events and really broad topics. This book however was very personal and detailed. I never really thought about the planes that were shot down and the danger the pilots constantly put themselves in. I learned so much after reading about their day to day reality and the harsh horrible conditions they stayed in.
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I totally agree! To have the courage to climb aboard those planes time and again without trembling each time just blows my mind. I am not sure that I would be able to do the same. Just another reason why they have been called our greatest generation!hsimone wrote:Very good point, rssllue. This is probably why it was so shocking to read that at first. I actually read that part twice, making sure I was comprehending the words. Makes the people who fought even braver in my eyes.
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