Willys MB Jeep article - still going strong today
This is a great article written by a lady named Francie Clarkson. Her dad fought in World War II and the original Jeep, the Willys MB brings her back to a time when her Dad, and men like him, made a difference.
The first thing you realise when you visit a second world war battleground with a military historian is just what a fanciful view of history Hollywood film-makers have. It�s not just the small anachronistic detail, like blossom on the trees when a conflict took place in mid-summer. No, we�re talking an entire rewrite of historical facts.
From watching war movies you would conclude that the Americans were the ones to capture the machine that cracked the Enigma code, that they were the only nation to take part in the D-Day landings, and that the battle of Arnhem was lost due to the incompetence of the British � poor planning, faulty equipment and soldiers who were effete fops, useless upper-class eccentrics.
That�s how they were portrayed in the film A Bridge Too Far. Anthony Hopkins goes into battle with a hunting horn and Christopher Good carries an umbrella. Good entertainment, but they weren�t typical of the many British officers who fought and died.
I have a particular interest in this battle because my father, Major Robert Cain, was serving in the 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, and was one of only five men to win the…
Read the complete article here, at TimesOnline.co.uk- it’s worth it.
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