Here’s a TV programme that deserves a big audience this week as we continue to mark the 70th anniversary of VE day: Fighting for king and empire: Britain’s Caribbean heroes.
It reveals how thousands of men and women from the Caribbean colonies volunteered to join the fight against Hitler. From meagre savings they paid their own passage to risk their lives - but their contribution to the second world war has largely been forgotten.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/gre...against-hitler
It reveals how thousands of men and women from the Caribbean colonies volunteered to join the fight against Hitler. From meagre savings they paid their own passage to risk their lives - but their contribution to the second world war has largely been forgotten.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/gre...against-hitler
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