C5: Battle of Arnhem: Tour of Duty
Discussion
AngryApples said:
Are they taking the piss with this?
"Get to find out what it was like to drop at Arnhem"
What, aside from the loss of life, limbs, friends, etc?
Very similar then.................
It was still too much for some - not that they were the type of individuals that would normally have been involved in such an operation."Get to find out what it was like to drop at Arnhem"
What, aside from the loss of life, limbs, friends, etc?
Very similar then.................
I thought it was an OK-ish programme, if suffering from the oh so usual 'reality TV shock horror isn't everything so difficult' genre.
There are kids even today in the various Cadet forces who would laugh at some of the attitudes displayed.
That said, fair play to the kids involved, especially for the jumps. It was nice to see some 'grit' and interesting to see their complete attitude change when they actually found out what Arnhem was all about.
What pissed me off was the constant referrals to Arnhem being the 'largest airborne assault of all time'.
NO IT BLOODY WASN'T!
The Rhine Crossing, 24 March 1945 (Operation VARSITY) was the biggest (and the most successful).
Why oh why can't TV researchers get their facts right?
There are kids even today in the various Cadet forces who would laugh at some of the attitudes displayed.
That said, fair play to the kids involved, especially for the jumps. It was nice to see some 'grit' and interesting to see their complete attitude change when they actually found out what Arnhem was all about.
What pissed me off was the constant referrals to Arnhem being the 'largest airborne assault of all time'.
NO IT BLOODY WASN'T!
The Rhine Crossing, 24 March 1945 (Operation VARSITY) was the biggest (and the most successful).
Why oh why can't TV researchers get their facts right?
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
I thought it was an OK-ish programme, if suffering from the oh so usual 'reality TV shock horror isn't everything so difficult' genre.
There are kids even today in the various Cadet forces who would laugh at some of the attitudes displayed.
That said, fair play to the kids involved, especially for the jumps. It was nice to see some 'grit' and interesting to see their complete attitude change when they actually found out what Arnhem was all about.
What pissed me off was the constant referrals to Arnhem being the 'largest airborne assault of all time'.
NO IT BLOODY WASN'T!
The Rhine Crossing, 24 March 1945 (Operation VARSITY) was the biggest (and the most successful).
Why oh why can't TV researchers get their facts right?
That kept nagging at me too. I kept thinking, I'm sure I've read that operation Varsity was the biggest air drop of WW2.There are kids even today in the various Cadet forces who would laugh at some of the attitudes displayed.
That said, fair play to the kids involved, especially for the jumps. It was nice to see some 'grit' and interesting to see their complete attitude change when they actually found out what Arnhem was all about.
What pissed me off was the constant referrals to Arnhem being the 'largest airborne assault of all time'.
NO IT BLOODY WASN'T!
The Rhine Crossing, 24 March 1945 (Operation VARSITY) was the biggest (and the most successful).
Why oh why can't TV researchers get their facts right?
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
I thought it was an OK-ish programme, if suffering from the oh so usual 'reality TV shock horror isn't everything so difficult' genre.
There are kids even today in the various Cadet forces who would laugh at some of the attitudes displayed.
That said, fair play to the kids involved, especially for the jumps. It was nice to see some 'grit' and interesting to see their complete attitude change when they actually found out what Arnhem was all about.
What pissed me off was the constant referrals to Arnhem being the 'largest airborne assault of all time'.
NO IT BLOODY WASN'T!
The Rhine Crossing, 24 March 1945 (Operation VARSITY) was the biggest (and the most successful).
Why oh why can't TV researchers get their facts right?
When I was a Royal Marine cadet we used to do the things in this programme as a matter of course but it was hard but we certainly did not find it as hard as some these children did, and certainly NO ONE ever dropped out. But I thought their attitudes were great and I did enjoy seeing them start to 'get it'. Parachute training, survival training etc was par for the course...I suppose it is what you are used to.There are kids even today in the various Cadet forces who would laugh at some of the attitudes displayed.
That said, fair play to the kids involved, especially for the jumps. It was nice to see some 'grit' and interesting to see their complete attitude change when they actually found out what Arnhem was all about.
What pissed me off was the constant referrals to Arnhem being the 'largest airborne assault of all time'.
NO IT BLOODY WASN'T!
The Rhine Crossing, 24 March 1945 (Operation VARSITY) was the biggest (and the most successful).
Why oh why can't TV researchers get their facts right?
You are hardly going to fire at them so this I suppose is about as close as one can get for children, my grandfather was a commanding officer in Holland during this time and would never talk about it...
Not the only mistake - "we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them" comments weren't exactly accurate, either. Far from it.
That said, all credit to the kids, gobs
te attitudes that changed completely at the end. And no matter how "easy" some people might have thought it, unless you have done similar then you have no real idea of what it is like. It might seem a small point, but have you tried wearing itchy clothes? KF Shirts, for example? And thats before you try to run in them.
I'd have jacked it in when told I'd have to wear WWII-era clothing.
That said, all credit to the kids, gobs
te attitudes that changed completely at the end. And no matter how "easy" some people might have thought it, unless you have done similar then you have no real idea of what it is like. It might seem a small point, but have you tried wearing itchy clothes? KF Shirts, for example? And thats before you try to run in them.I'd have jacked it in when told I'd have to wear WWII-era clothing.
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