In the U.K. we have a different attitude to those in continental Europe, the original idea of the “Common Market” was to prevent future wars by having common objectives and open borders.
A lot of British lives were lost both military and civilian but the suffering in Europe under Nazi occupation was much worse. We did not fear the knock on the door at night or being sent to slave labour camps, that is why Europe is much more enthusiastic about the EU.
My parents often recounted their wartime memories, neither endured bombing or combat so they were not really tragic stories. My own views have been much more affected by visits to Holland and Berlin in the 1960s when the devastation was still apparent and the stories told by those I met at that time.
Those who did military service dont seem to say much, although on two occasions at funerals the obituary has told a story. In one case, a good friend of fathers was a Japanese POW on the Burma railway. Another served under Montgomery in the desert then came back to Europe and ended up clearing out the concentration camps, both horrible and we all had no idea.
Being quizzed by chemist's assistant in Boots.
Brussels police ordered to attend a right wing conference attended by Braverman and Farage