BellyTank said:Kassia- I think you're preaching to the choir now- quite a few Danes here.
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Spitfire said:I can assure you, there is nothing romanticized in this movie.
Everything is pretty rough/natural and straight forward. (Except the final scene - which - to my liking - is pretty theatrical)
About airraids in Denmark - please remember that every time the allied bombed somewhere in Germany, they often flew in- or out - via Denmark. And everytime the sirens sounded. And people went into the shelters or basement.
Which is not the same as Denmark was bombed by RAF or USAF.
Edit:
Just checked it out: Aalborg Airfield - not town - was bombed several times in april 1940 and again in august 1940.
Besides that, there were only two airraids on danish targets - one at 31 october 1944 against the gestapo HQ in Aarhus and one at 21 march 1945 against the gestapo HQ in Copenhagen.
In between there were only "Gardening operations" - minelaying in danish waters.
This site gives a lot of information on the Airwar in Denmark: http://www.flensted.eu.com/
Very interesting - and in english!
Kassia said:How odd i'll have to ask her about it next time i talk to her..
My father in law was born and raised in Norsunby so that's near Aalborg, right?
Spitfire said:Nørre Sundby is north of Aalborg - and even closer to the airfield than Aalborg.
So he might have been pretty close to the action.
parachutage said:Can this be found on DVD?
H.Johnson said:Has anyone else heard or read of WW2 cake decorators making RAF briefing models? I'd like to find out more...
ethanedwards said:No, but in 1942 there was a clandestine recruitment of fish fryers who undertook secret work in the development of submarine prototypes. Apparently their familiarity with fish meant they had a natural affinity for building accurate underwater scale models.
This crucial work was eventually abandoned because of the ensuing public outcry - it impacted badly on the opening times of fish and chip shops around the country and the matter was raised in the house in early 1943. It was decided that the drop in civilian morale was an unacceptable tariff and thus the Admiralty's focus then switched to the recruitment of carpet fitters. The V class submarine would never have been successfully launched without their efforts.
H.Johnson said:Well, I doubt if people thought that planning such a raid in WW2 thought it a subject for levity, whatever their previous trade or occupation may have been. Particularly when, as in the case of the raid on Copenhagen, four Mosquito crews were lost, one due to a minor accident in which Wng Cdr Kleboe and Flg Off Halland were killed and a number of innocent civilians were incinerated.