tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680771968888528726.post4454807420355943804..comments2023-11-05T00:38:56.097-07:00Comments on 21st Century British Nationalism: Hellfire CornerDefender of Libertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093052197059748663noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680771968888528726.post-40545183145066155542008-12-21T14:13:00.000-08:002008-12-21T14:13:00.000-08:00Two of these Dover guns were named Winnie and Pooh...Two of these Dover guns were named <A HREF="http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/atlanticwallbeginnersguidepage.htm" REL="nofollow">Winnie and Pooh</A>.<BR/><BR/>On September 29, 1944, the 3rd Canadian Division, supported by RAF bombers, elements of the British 79th Specialised Armoured Division ('Hobo's Funnies') and W and P captured the giant Channel batteries at Cape Gris Nez and Sangatte, mounting 16-inch guns. Minesweepers from the Dover Patrol began clearing the fairways into Boulongne. Dover and other Kentish towns as far inland as Maidstone slept soundly for the first time in four years.<BR/><BR/>We should never forget. Others will or would never give the proverbial tinker's cuss in the first place.<BR/><BR/>But the re-capture of the Channel Ports in September 1944 is an outstanding example of British and Old Dominion greatness. The Americans couldn't have done it - they didn't have anything like 79th Armoured, which is partly why they suffered such terrible losses at Omaha Beach on June 6th, 1944, thanks to General Bradley's refusal of Montgomery's offer of support from General Hobart's division.<BR/><BR/>I bet this isn't taught to white British school children either.alanoreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013953165470026155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680771968888528726.post-68979518537759967182008-12-21T02:35:00.000-08:002008-12-21T02:35:00.000-08:00Although not as well crafted as other poems I real...Although not as well crafted as other poems I really liked this one for both its descriptive value and its historicity.<BR/><BR/>The fact that it relates to our recent history ( which is being erased by Political Correctness) and to your own family gives this work a poignacy and hard-hitting strength that it would not otherwise have.<BR/><BR/>A great tribute to your family and to thos who lived and died on the Home Front during World War Two.<BR/><BR/>On a slightly different note it is interesting that Strood was known as "Hell Fire Corner" during the War. Other places in Kent, due to its proximity to Occupied France, were also known as this, most notably the area around the two big Channel guns at Dover which pounded the French Channel coast and which in their turn received poundings from their counterparts in Occupied France. There were so many shells that fell in that part of Kent due to this that this area became known as "Hell Fire Corner".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com