Don't be so bloody stupid, Nigel. My comment was not linked to his Normandy beaches point, which came two paragraphs earlier in his post. Before, during and after they were invaded, all those countries had "values" completely at variance with Hitler's. The clear suggestion in his remark was that the only "values" prevailing at the time were Hitler's. Read it again and keep your silly insults to yourself. And consider for a moment exactly who it is you are defending. Read his last two days' posts in this thread for example. Looks like it's about time you reset some of your own values.

Iain's post was:
IRISH PM Leo Varadkar feels sorry for British WW2 veterans over Brexit.
The Dublin chief claimed Tommies who stormed the Normandy beaches on D-Day were doing so 'for European values'.
Christ on a bike... or for supposed historical accuracy perhaps it should be on a donkey!
The only European values back then were those imposed by Hitler. Some of us are concerned the un-elected bureaucrats might be toddling off down the road to a similar nightmare.
The lessons of history are never learnt by some, and some apparently cannot learn history especially that varadar character.

The comment about European values 'then' must relate to a particular time, already mentioned in the discussion, so places 'then' as d-day.
So you were responding to a comment about D-Day as if the countries had not yet been attacked.
I'm not being insulting, nor am I supporting Iains. I'm pointing out the total lack of logic in some of the arguments you are presenting.