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#4501850 - 12/29/19 12:41 PM 'I survived D-Day - then had my first champagne'  
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and older article from June on my BBC feed that I did not see when originally posted on their DDay coverage site (apologies if posted here earlier). worth the read if you have some time.

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-48504300


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#4501861 - 12/29/19 03:28 PM Re: 'I survived D-Day - then had my first champagne' [Re: Patrocles]  
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There are many things worth a bottle of champagne. Surviving D-Day would definitely rank as one of them.


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#4501865 - 12/29/19 04:22 PM Re: 'I survived D-Day - then had my first champagne' [Re: Patrocles]  
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Good article thanks for posting it Patrocles. My mother who is French (U.S. citizen of course) is 96 years old and currently sitting next to me eating some camembert with crackers. For New Years she purchased a bottle of French champagne (Veuve Clicquot by Brut). She says its the best bottle for the money. She was living in Nantes, France during the Normandy invasion. She remembers the Allies dropping bombs on German positions in or around Nantes and said the first drop resulted in about 1000 french civilian deaths.


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#4501868 - 12/29/19 04:44 PM Re: 'I survived D-Day - then had my first champagne' [Re: Patrocles]  
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Great article..thanks for posting


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#4501897 - 12/30/19 12:06 AM Re: 'I survived D-Day - then had my first champagne' [Re: Haggart]  
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Originally Posted by Haggart
and said the first drop resulted in about 1000 french civilian deaths.



The kind of stuff you’ll never see depicted in any WW 2 Hollywood movie.


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#4501904 - 12/30/19 01:23 AM Re: 'I survived D-Day - then had my first champagne' [Re: Patrocles]  
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Excellent real story!

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