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Thread #63537 Message #1032634
Posted By: Arnie
09-Oct-03 - 04:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Translation needed: German to English
Subject: RE: BS: Translation needed: German to English
Don't want to dwell on the war too much (don't mention the War!!) but on Dover seafront is a sign taken from a German big gun based at Calais in WWII. It shows an eagle with a shell in it's claws and the slogan below is 'Es flogen gegen Engeland' which I believe means 'Fired towards England' - there then follows a pictorial record showing how many shells were fired at Dover each day from 1941 until D-day. An interesting piece of history but I often wonder what the many German visitors to the town make of it....