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Old 10th Sep 2020, 09:06
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I was lucky enough to spend a week in Berlin with the CCF, travelling in from Braunschweig on the British Military Train. Aswell as the normal sightseeing we did FIBUA training at the Ruhleben complex, were driven around the Havel in Rigid Raiders, had a sightseeing ride in a Gazelle, and spent half a day wandering around Treptower Park - in uniform, of course - after going through Checkpoint Charlie. Was quite the eye-opener for a schoolboy who'd never left the UK before. My only regret is that I didn't know more about WWII history; I was pretty much in awe of the Wall, and tales of BRIXMIS derring-do, but when one of our hosts told us he'd met Hess - who was still alive at that point - I didn't really know who he was...
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