My Mum's part in The Battle of The Bulge

Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.

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altipueri
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My Mum's part in The Battle of The Bulge

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This was taken just after things eased up in 1945.

My Mum was a warrant officer (= sergeant) in a HAA (Heavy Anti-Aircraft battery) in Belgium.
She's the one on the right.





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RE: My Mum's part in The Battle of The Bulge

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A couple of people contacted me about the ATS girls:

This short film was in 1941.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5soFrjd4jI


By 1944 they were firing the guns in HAA(Mixed) batteries - (Mixed means they were crewed by men and women).
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RE: My Mum's part in The Battle of The Bulge

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Must have been quite the experience. People, just like us.
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