kns, perhaps, not all russians gathered to commemorate victory day outside red square. but fully onboard with more bloodshed. translator: i m in two mikes. because i feel very sorry for the civilians suffering in ukraine. the children, the old people. translator: we are at war another says. i feel sadness for our boys dying on the front lines. when it comes to the second world war, what russia calls its great patriotic war, this country has traumatic memories. after the victory day parade, tens of thousands led by president putin himself marched through the streets of moscow, many carrying photographs of relatives who fought the nazi peril. putin held a picture of his own
are well known. but there s some parts of the story that are perhaps less familiar. glenn parsons wants to highlight the contribution of thousands who came from the caribbean to train with the raf here in filey. the nazi peril was only 26 miles away across the english channel, and the americans, it was still 18 months before they came into the war. so the call went out, it went out to the small isles of the caribbean, and farmers, fishermen, women, answered that call and came here. and i feel very strongly, as do many other people in the black community, that sacrifice to help this country has never properly been reflected. two of glenn s uncles travelled from jamaica and were trained at raf hunmanby. after the war, they returned to settle in the uk and raise their families. they were both young men at the time, my uncle gilmore westcar and edwin samuels both came here from jamaica. they were both very young men, perhaps in search of adventure. they answered the call and were proud to
in the royal air force during the second world war are well known. but there s some parts of the story that are perhaps less familiar. glenn parsons wants to highlight the contribution of thousands who came from the caribbean to train with the raf here in filey. the nazi peril was only 26 miles away across the english channel, and the americans, it was still 18 months before they came into the war. so the call went out, it went out to the small isles of the caribbean, and farmers, fishermen, women, answered that call and came here. and i feel very strongly, as do many other people in the black community, that sacrifice to help this country has never properly been reflected. two of glenn s uncles travelled from jamaica and were trained at raf hunmanby. after the war, they returned to settle in the uk and raise their families. they were both young men at the time, my uncle gilmore westcar and edwin samuels both came here from jamaica. they were both very young men, perhaps in search of a
bbc news, islamabad. during the second world war, thousands of men and women from the caribbean came to serve in the royal air force, training at raf hunmanby in yorkshire. many returned after the war to settle in britain. but there s no public memorial to reflect their contribution. campaigners who d like to create one have been told it wouldn t be inclusive . abi jaiyeola reports. the efforts of the brave men and women who served in the royal air force during the second world war are well known. but there s some parts of the story that are perhaps less familiar. glenn parsons wants to highlight the contribution of thousands who came from the caribbean to train with the raf here in filey. the nazi peril was only 26 miles away across the english channel, and the americans, it was still 18 months before they came into the war. so the call went out, it went out to the small isles of the caribbean, and farmers, fishermen, women,
wouldn t be inclusive . abi jaiyeola reports. the efforts of the brave men and women who served in the royal air force during the second world war are well known. but there s some parts of the story that are perhaps less familiar. glenn parsons wants to highlight the contribution of thousands who came from the caribbean to train with the raf here in filey. the nazi peril was only 26 miles away across the english channel, and the americans, it was still 18 months before they came into the war. so the call went out, it went out to the small isles of the caribbean, and farmers, fishermen, women, answered that call and came here. and i feel very strongly, as do many other people in the black community, that that sacrifice to help this country has never properly been reflected. two of glenn s uncles travelled from jamaica and were trained at raf hunmanby. after the war, they returned to settle in the uk