Boards in 1945

branie2

I warned you all about Hitler 6 years ago, but would ye listen? No! Look at the destruction and death because of him.

For Forks Sake

Who'd Live In A Bombed Out Tenament Like This?

SpitfireIV

Bloody good show though wouldn't you say!

Ten of Swords

Americans and Soviets, now there's a friendship that's gonna last!

Thank fcuk we stayed outta that sh1tshow

Phew!

Quantum Erasure

Fake news

Omackeral

Hitler is alright, he’s the fella who killed Hitler.

Collie D

Germany and Japan will never bounce back from this.

NickNickleby

Omackeral wrote: »

Hitler is alright, he’s the fella who killed Hitler.

Hitler's dead??:eek:

Is there a Book of Condolences anywhere?

Ubbquittious

Lad who polished my shoes today doesn't even remember the Spanish flu. I feel old!

For Forks Sake

NickNickleby wrote: »

Hitler's dead??:eek:

Is there a Book of Condolences anywhere?

Ask Devalera, he'll point you in the right direction

dxhound2005

We got the Childers Allowance last year, but nothing for the first two childer.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1944/act/2/enacted/en/print#sec3

FromADistance

Any rations for sale?

Church on Tuesday

Some here (mostly CA) would be saddened by Hitlers demise.

Tyrone212

WW2 was only a wee skirmish. Nothing like WW1. Now that was a real war. The young folk are too soft these days, they don't know what real hardship is.

Yurt2

I see those funny little Japanese men are trying to make cars now. What a joke - as if people will trade in their tried and trusted British Leylands for Nipmobiles.

branie2

And they say they'll be great at inventing new technology!

RobbingBandit

Mad science bugger Erwin Schrödinger living in Clontarf seen frequenting the society pages.

I can wait for the 50's when every household will have flying cars.

HerrKapitan

Conspiracy Theories of special camps where they send people to die would be laughed at because the conspirators wouldn't be able to provide exact location or what gas was used.

One More Toy

These new chemotherapies they derived from mustard gas work a real treat!

Mr. CooL ICE

I heard yer man that helped the allies decode the nazi communication was *spits on ground* one of them homosexuals

silverharp

I see Edwards Hobbs senior is flogging apartments in Poland, might buy 2, looks like a solid investment

Ten of Swords

This new United Nations thing is just some short term reactionary measure, it'll never replace the League of Nations

siltirocker

All the lads playing devil's advocate bringing up the Treaty of Versailles!

Yurt2

Just looking at the results of the '45 British election. Mad how Atlee mopped the floor with Churchill after the war.

Hadron Collider

Mary Anne MacLeod Trump: "I'm pregnant!"

So is The Emergency over yet or what?

Yes

Pity, I was hoping the tans would take another batin' for a few more years at least

Wibbs

Ten of Swords wrote: »

Americans and Soviets, now there's a friendship that's gonna last!

Nobody thought that at the time though. Suspicion towards the Russians was very high from the start, only the early massive German victories and the fear of them winning got the other allies into bed with the Soviets. If Hitler hadn't been so hellbent on destroying communism and invading Russia(which the allies would have agreed with among themselves for the most part as they were all staunchly anti commie) Britain would likely have had to come to the we surrender/negotiation table with Germany. In Hitler's ideal world the British and him would have come to the arrangement of leaving the Germans alone in Europe, Germany would respect the British empire(which Hitler admired) and he would be free to crush Bolshevism and the Jews forging their own empire in the east.

When the war in Europe ended there was a view among many high up to continue fighting only this time the Soviets and push them back to their pre war borders. There was even some talk of rearming what was left of the German army to do it. General Patton for one was pretty open about his hositility and concerns over the Soviets, even stating that "maybe we've been fighting the wrong enemy" just after the Germans surrendered.

Yurt! wrote: »

Just looking at the results of the '45 British election. Mad how Atlee mopped the floor with Churchill after the war.

The British public knew Churchill was the man for the job in war, but too old style landed gentry conservative for peace. They were tired of war and wanted a new more equitable Britain/England for them and their kids. One thing that Hitler did do though unintentionally as he was imperial by nature was in trying to start his German empire he effectively destroyed the other European empires in the process. They all unravelled after WW2 and the European superpowers came to be replaced by the US and USSR.

Montage of Feck

Volkswagen, who'd ever want to buy one of those?

Capt'n Midnight

Wibbs wrote: »

When the war in Europe ended there was a view among many high up to continue fighting only this time the Soviets and push them back to their pre war borders. There was even some talk of rearming what was left of the German army to do it. General Patton for one was pretty open about his hositility and concerns over the Soviets, even stating that "maybe we've been fighting the wrong enemy" just after the Germans surrendered.

Especially since the US didn't know how long they'd have a monopoly on atomic weapons so it was now or never.

JustAThought

We fought for five years and now we’ve to give up our colonies? Where will we get good staff from now? Domestics will be looking for higher wages.

Any spare jobs as a truck driver on the Autobahn? Would Odessa hire me?

I knew we were ****ed when the Luftwaffe started to use it as runway.

Don't anyone worry about sickness or cold / flu.




ANTIBIOTICS


They're the cool thing now. Apparently what some unemployed rocket scientists have gotten into!

Reliable Sources say that the fella who made the A4 / V2 will have humankind landing on Planet Mars soon enough.

Shield

Some little 11yo rapscallion really getting on my nerves for saying Roll It There Colette all the time. Get a job like the rest of us you loser.

indioblack

JustAThought wrote: »

We fought for five years and now we’ve to give up our colonies? Where will we get good staff from now? Domestics will be looking for higher wages.

I'm sure that's what most of those who did the fighting will be thinking.

Capt'n Midnight

We'll have bananas any day now. Some school kids have never seen one.

Badly Drunk Boy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

We'll have bananas any day now. Some school kids have never seen one.

Ah, I love the taste of a Gros Michel banana. Long may they thrive!

Larbre34

Someone got 90 pounds for a terrace in Rathmines! That's 10 pounds over the asking price!

Our chisselers will never be able to afford to live around here with 17 chisselers of their own, on a messenger boy's salary.

Pherekydes

The next one will be totally atomic.

wexandproud

where am i going to send all these rabbits i shot . it's all well and good the emergency is over but i could be stuck with them and at a thrupence each i could use the money

I'm glad that the war is over, in a way. But God help us we'll never hear the end of it now the Brits have won. There'll be books and films and God knows what into perpetuity and poor aul Paddy laughing at the lot of them knowing that there isn't a 'Great Power' on the face of the earth brave enough to take on the Republic.

Capt'n Midnight

Oh wow, we finally get a chance to vote for a presidential.
Seán Mac Eoin's going to walk it,

Capt'n Midnight

They are nationalising the buses and trains under CIÉ :eek:

Cycling Is Easier

wexandproud

wexandproud wrote: »

where am i going to send all these rabbits i shot . it's all well and good the emergency is over but i could be stuck with them and at a thrupence each i could use the money

Don't forget to advertise whether it's true or not the rabbits have no myxomatosis

wexandproud

Deleted User wrote: »

Don't forget to advertise whether it's true or not the rabbits have no myxomatosis

im not that stupid , I don't shoot the one's with the mixo, can't afford to waste ammo . i just walk up to them and clatter em with a stick shur i wont be eating them

Manach

I'm sure that those boards progressives are right and the Soviet armies return to their country and respect the boundaries of Eastern Europe.

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Heraclius

Do we all agree that Germany and Korea will be reunited countries by 1950? I can't see this new spirit of international cooperation endind!

nj27

Kind of crazy to imagine the extent of primary sources which will be available to future historians. Not just a diary here and there but in depth real time discussion of every major event at their fingertips. Imagine reading a thread about d day etc written by people back then, would be fascinating.