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The Northern Irish were the most cheerful people I have ever encountered, before or since. Everything was a joke to them: the war, the world, life, everything was the subject of humour.
In the first volume of these interviews, I noted that there were three themes which seemed to come out strongly in those particular conversations: the Germans’ motivation in defending a ‘United Europe,’ their apparent shock at the aggression of the Allied troops, and the overwhelming firepower and air superiority of the Allies.